Recent content by aguyinaustintx

Planning to use the Hipshot system, including its string anchor. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who's built with it or played it. https://hipshotproducts.com/collections/guitar-headless/products/6-string-guitar-headless-system

I've played a Stienberger headless guitar copy. You're right about the tangible end to the fretboard. My thinking is to leave a place for the inside of the thumb to rest against. Here's my Photoshop mockup of what I have in mind:

Thanks, I am! Hoping the Austin Markerspace is allowed to reopen soon, as plans for the next guitar are already underway . It's a headless version of this guitar, to be made by cutting the headstock off of a Warmoth neck.

That's one stupendous looking bass you've built there! The "less is more" approach to design (colors, textures, etc.) almost always produces superior results, and you managed to keep it down to basically 2 colors. Wow!

Here are photographs of the finished guitar:

Here's a photograph of the control cavity. Seen from left to right is the Graphtech AcoustiPhonic preamp, stacked piezo/magnetic volume knob, pickup balance pot, no-load tone pot, illuminated preamp on/off push button, and stereo output jack. The piezo and magnetic circuits are completely...

You can never have too many strings. Just ask Linda Manzer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbEJjuJJzhg

Waiting on some special order parts, you know, like strings.  :icon_scratch:

I made ebony pickup covers for the Kinman P90's on the CNC router, and it was quite a challenge. For one, the published dimensions wound up being too tight. Also, chunks of wood would often crack or break off -- the walls had to be thin (2mm) to fit into the P90 route. Ebony is more susceptible...

Finished the Tru-oil coats and applied three coats of Varathane matte poly spray. Just started drying.

Here's the roasted mahogany, sandwiched between a walnut top and bottom, finished with Tru-oil and topped off with spray semi-gloss poly. Home baked, looks mmmh good to me!

Thanks! Will give it a try.

As I wait for the finish to cure, I wonder... Is "ugly" or "beautiful" strictly subjective, or is there an objective component as it relates to purely geometric shapes? As far as guitars go, there's certainly the bias of what guitars "should" look like. I lean towards a mostly functional...

Tru-Oil coat number 9 down, and here's what it looks like so far. Using coffee filters to apply very thin coats. The initial slurry/oil coats were a bit rough, having used 280 grit for them. Might wind up going for a matte finish, which would help hide the slurry/oil scratch marks.

Dyed a pair of pau ferro (Machaerium acutifolium) P90 covers black to match the fretboard, using TransTint Black and Minwax Gel Stain Black. Might leave it unfinished, so it retains the wood look as opposed looking like black plastic.