builds for 2017 so far
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builds for 2017 so far
First pic is the ebony neck gets a soul mate...still needs lots of shaping but you get the idea
body is sapele with a veneer (only there because I did some weight relief .... this is by far the heaviest bit of sapele I have ever worked with), will be trans black. Will have a floyd (with a MASSIVE brass block).......given the sapele tone characteristics and the brass this should be one HUGE/FAT sounding beast
second is a Korina SS with maple veneer (thanks to thomas (marshmellow) for the body)...will have Gold floyd with a JB (with and A8 magnet)...I have never seen a 3 piece headstock but this has one, need to work on the staining to get it a bit more uniform.....very much looking forward to finishing this one
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good start to the year I think ... (wife doesn't agree)
body is sapele with a veneer (only there because I did some weight relief .... this is by far the heaviest bit of sapele I have ever worked with), will be trans black. Will have a floyd (with a MASSIVE brass block).......given the sapele tone characteristics and the brass this should be one HUGE/FAT sounding beast
second is a Korina SS with maple veneer (thanks to thomas (marshmellow) for the body)...will have Gold floyd with a JB (with and A8 magnet)...I have never seen a 3 piece headstock but this has one, need to work on the staining to get it a bit more uniform.....very much looking forward to finishing this one
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good start to the year I think ... (wife doesn't agree)
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Re: builds for 2017 so far
Looking good there Dave! Got a Dean look going on there. Did you make those necks?
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Hey GrantLostininverness wrote:Looking good there Dave! Got a Dean look going on there. Did you make those necks?
no the ebony is a warmoth neck and the sharkie is from the late 80's
I haven't made a neck for a while. Lost a bit of confidence as most of the ones I make seem a bit "off".... my goal this year is to make a few as I have loads of wood and fret wire (oh and truss rods), just need to start one to get the ball rolling
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nah mate its totally a chris holmes jackson thing....bit of a fanboiLostininverness wrote:Got a Dean look going on there
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"I'm a full blown alcoholic"willow13 wrote:nah mate its totally a chris holmes jackson thing....bit of a fanboiLostininverness wrote:Got a Dean look going on there
Apparently that was just water but I reckon he was pretty full blown
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So does that mean you are going to remove most of the lower bout over the electronics cavity and set it on fire - again?willow13 wrote:nah mate its totally a chris holmes jackson thing....bit of a fanboiLostininverness wrote:Got a Dean look going on there
I know what you mean about making necks, still working on getting the back profile carving method sorted. If you ever want to part with some of your maple stockpile....
Re: builds for 2017 so far
Cool builds, what others have you built?
I'm just getting into building guitars, got a kit underway and an old dunger than i striped down, reshaped, refretted and am in the process of replacing everything
I'm just getting into building guitars, got a kit underway and an old dunger than i striped down, reshaped, refretted and am in the process of replacing everything
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I have built over 20. Pictures are on here some whereOptical wrote:Cool builds, what others have you built?
I'm just getting into building guitars, got a kit underway and an old dunger than i striped down, reshaped, refretted and am in the process of replacing everything
you are a brave man doing a refret right from the get go....I am still yet to do one (always worried about wrecking a good neck). Fretting from new is way less scary
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I have a fretless tellie neck you can practice on, box o beers/12 pack/6 nice ones/2 X epic lupalingus .
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
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Nice! I'll have a digwillow13 wrote:I have built over 20. Pictures are on here some whereOptical wrote:Cool builds, what others have you built?
I'm just getting into building guitars, got a kit underway and an old dunger than i striped down, reshaped, refretted and am in the process of replacing everything
you are a brave man doing a refret right from the get go....I am still yet to do one (always worried about wrecking a good neck). Fretting from new is way less scary
I got a battered prs clone (korina duke) from cash converters for $60 and a set of ebay frets for $20, so good way to learn
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get your neck nice and straight before leveling the frets and you'll be fine.
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you aren't in papakura are you? saw one in there for cheap a while backOptical wrote: I got a battered prs clone (korina duke) from cash converters for $60 and a set of ebay frets for $20, so good way to learn
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Yeah I wouldn't fret over it.Lostininverness wrote:get your neck nice and straight before leveling the frets and you'll be fine.
(sorry, but it had to be done...)
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thanks for the offer mate but I have a couple of old necks already and a pre slotted fretboard that needs to be used .... in fact if I ever got my shit together I could easily build 5 more guitars for basically nothing....although I am always short of pick upsmrmofo wrote:I have a fretless tellie neck you can practice on, box o beers/12 pack/6 nice ones/2 X epic lupalingus .
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