Recent content by vetteman

Just as an option you can apply a pure Tung Oil finish to the roasted Maple. Helps with the dry feeling of the wood and doesn't make it "sticky". It does darken the color of the wood slightly, but it is dead simple to do.

No knobs and no switches, just a Lace Sensor Silver and it sounds pretty good.

Unless you finish the roasted Maple neck with some kind of oil finish you won't wind up with one looking like that photograph. It will also feel really dry to the touch. I ended up using a pure Tung oil finish on mine and it now feels really nice. Rosewood has more of a naturally oily feel and...

Wow. I have a grinder too and my first thought when I pick it up has never been 'let's go f@#% up my guitar'. Will never understand the whole artificial 'relic' thing I guess.

The only way that I found to make a pickguard that looks remotely professional is to first make a template out of MDF to shape. Attach your pickguard to the template with double stick tape and take out your trusty router with a pattern bit. Rout out the shape and finish with an angle bit or...

I think the wood will have to cure for some time or be kiln dried for use as a guitar body. Don't know of anyone shaping the body and routing it for you, but there are templates galore and the only critical routs are neck pocket and bridge placement. Good luck with the project.

Oh, I am standing here beside myself.

Is it too late to pile on? Go with what the other guys said.

I used pure Tung oil on a couple necks followed by Johnsons paste wax and they turned out great. They feel smooth with no stickiness and seem to get better with age.

I see a skull and crossbones in the fiery depths of hell. Maybe with a bunch of tortured souls clustered around it.

That would look good with "brass" color pickup covers, or maybe black pickups with gold color screws. Don't know if regular gold covers would match or if there is a way alter them to match the other parts better? Might be worth just waiting for them to age into it. Going to be a fantastic...

All set for St. Paddy's day laddie!

But I don't think I want a guitar neck glued up out of a bunch of small blocks just the same.

No driving song list can be complete without these! Driver's seat - Sniff 'N the Tears Highway song - Blackfoot

I'm not normally a Silverburst guy, but that guitar is stunning! True craftsmanship.