custom body, with warmoth pro neck

[bigdan19]

half way through my finishing process, on my body and neck, my first attempt at building so its been quiet a journey, but im really happy with the result. the body is Queensland maple drop top (I'm Australian) and African cherry underneath. i have chambered the body for a little weight relief. i stained the top with colortone from stewmac and finishing the whole thing with tru oil. the neck's wenge with an ebony board, it does take the tru oil, you just need to let it cure alot longer, i leave around a day and a half between coats, it looses its tack when its ready for another, sand with 2000 between.


hardware to come:

2 push/pull for series/parallel and a 3 way toggle
hipshot fixed bridge
planet waves locking
brierley custom wound pickups

 

[bagman67]

That body is pretty slick  I like the figuring in the top.  And I admire your workmanship - looks pretty clean.  I think the only place you lose me is oiling the wenge neck... it doesn't need it, and (obviously my opinion, not fact) it seems unlikely to improve things at all.  Naked wenge is pretty fast under the fingers.

Welcome aboard!

 

[bigdan19]

i dont actually see a problem with finishing it, feels as slick as raw and gets a nice shine and seal to it, id actually like to know if anyones ever tryed it, just from researching on here it seems like most of the forum is against finishing it, but i wonder if thats because they have liked the raw feel and stopped there, as opposed to playing a finished one.

as youve stated in your reply it seems to more opinion or personal preference than fact

 

[DangerousR6]

Nice job....Very original.... :icon_thumright:

 

[rapfohl09]

Nice job....Very original.... :icon_thumright:

+1, that is a cool looking shape. Its nice that I can't quite put a finger on what it looks like :icon_thumright:

 

[swarfrat]

Its an EVH-335 w no f-holes

 

[DangerousR6]

It's kinda Wolfgang meets Red Special-esque.....

 

[jalane]

It's kinda Wolfgang meets Red Special-esque.....

That's actually a perfect description

 

[bigdan19]

thanks for the comments guys, if you really want to know how i got the shape here ya go. traced my PRS Mccarty body for size, arched the top half forward, squeezed the middle, lengthend the body and redesigned the horns, then i used a curved ruler to recurve the whole outline,

so it really shouldnt be a derrivative design :-\

i like the red special/wolfgang description. :icon_thumright:

 

[DangerousR6]

thanks for the comments guys, if you really want to know how i got the shape here ya go. traced my PRS Mccarty body for size, arched the top half forward, squeezed the middle, lengthend the body and redesigned the horns, then i used a curved ruler to recurve the whole outline,

so it really shouldnt be a derrivative design :-\

i like the red special/wolfgang description. :icon_thumright:

Could call it "RedWolf".......... :laughing7:

 

[Cagey]

That's gonna be a fine guitar. And "Redwolf" is an excellent name. Need a neck plate with that on it. Maybe an outline of a wolf. Maybe fill in the engraved lines with some blood red paint of some sort.

 

[Eric Banjitar]

Very nice design.  It seems organic and natural. Great job. :hello2:

 

[DangerousR6]

Very nice design.  It seems organic and natural. Great job. :hello2:

Uhhhhhhm, everything is organic....Or was at one time in it's circle of life... :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cagey]

Uhhhhhhm, everything is organic....Or was at one time in it's circle of life... :icon_biggrin:

Good point. One of the things most tree-huggers forget, or at least never consider, is that many things have been going on or have existed since time immemorial. Extinction, for example, is natural and frequent. There are millions of species that no longer exist, nor need to. They also aren't missing because of mankind. Trying to save a dying breed is a waste of time. if it's on the edge, it's gonna die off no matter what you do. It can't survive in the current state of affairs. Get over it. It's not even sad.

Heavy metal poisoning is another red herring. They aren't making any new mercury or cadmium. They're base elements. What's out there has always been out there, and always will be. Charging everybody money for having fun with it is stupidity on a fundamental level, unless you're the one collecting the money.

But, I'm not algore. I'm not making money off convincing people who can't do their own research that if they pay me things will get better.

 

[DangerousR6]

Uhhhhhhm, everything is organic....Or was at one time in it's circle of life... :icon_biggrin:

Good point. One of the things most tree-huggers forget, or at least never consider, is that many things have been going on or have existed since time immemorial. Extinction, for example, is natural and frequent. There are millions of species that no longer exist, nor need to. They also aren't missing because of mankind. Trying to save a dying breed is a waste of time. if it's on the edge, it's gonna die off no matter what you do. It can't survive in the current state of affairs. Get over it. It's not even sad.

Heavy metal poisoning is another red herring. They aren't making any new mercury or cadmium. They're base elements. What's out there has always been out there, and always will be. Charging everybody money for having fun with it is stupidity on a fundamental level, unless you're the one collecting the money.

But, I'm not algore. I'm not making money off convincing people who can't do their own research that if they pay me things will get better.

LOL, so true..

And people seem to forget or even not realize that all things on this planet, be it a car tire or a cigarette butt or whatever the object is..Be it "man" made, or "organic"....It all came from this planet, so nothing is truly synthetic, man made. The compounds are already in the Earth, we just put them in a soup and made dinner with it.. :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cagey]

Well, to be fair, there are a lot of compounds we've come up with that wouldn't occur naturally and are highly toxic in one way or another. But, they're compounds - that is, they don't naturally exist. For instance, wailing at the wall about dumping Methyl-Ethyl Ketone or PolyChlorinated Biphenyls where they can leach into the water table is a legitimate bitch. Where it gets out of hand is when the doomsayers and Chicken Littles of the world rail against any kind of progress like some sort of modern-day Luddite who's simply afraid of change. They have a detrimental effect on society that's often not felt for years after their intervention and disruption. At that point, the damage is difficult to reverse.

 

[Eric Banjitar]

Ugh...I meant that the shape was organic, like a leaf or animal.  Not all guitars are "naturally shaped". Some seem too heavy in one area or another or pointed oddly. Some less asthetic designs dont stand "the test of time". There are other shapes (strat, tele, LP) which seem balanced and complete visually, like well compsed art. I dont always understand these sorts of things, I just know what looks good to me and that is the root of my "organic" looking comment.

This design seems proportionate, balanced, modern and also timeless.  Well done!

 

[DangerousR6]

Well, to be fair, there are a lot of compounds we've come up with that wouldn't occur naturally and are highly toxic in one way or another. But, they're compounds - that is, they don't naturally exist. For instance, wailing at the wall about dumping Methyl-Ethyl Ketone or PolyChlorinated Biphenyls where they can leach into the water table is a legitimate bitch. Where it gets out of hand is when the doomsayers and Chicken Littles of the world rail against any kind of progress like some sort of modern-day Luddite who's simply afraid of change. They have a detrimental effect on society that's often not felt for years after their intervention and disruption. At that point, the damage is difficult to reverse.

I see your point, but every compound occurs naturally, they are just not mixed together naturally...usually..

Here's a riddle for ya.....What naturally abundant element isn't on the chart of elements?

Ugh...I meant that the shape was organic, like a leaf or animal.  Not all guitars are "naturally shaped". Some seem too heavy in one area or another or pointed oddly. Some less asthetic designs dont stand "the test of time". There are other shapes (strat, tele, LP) which seem balanced and complete visually, like well compsed art. I dont always understand these sorts of things, I just know what looks good to me and that is the root of my "organic" looking comment.

This design seems proportionate, balanced, modern and also timeless.  Well done!

I know what you were meaning, just playing mind games.... :laughing7:

 

[Cagey]

Here's a riddle for ya.....What naturally abundant element isn't on the chart of elements?

Got me. The Fifth Element? Unobtanium? Logic? I know some elements are still elements even if they're short a proton or two to make them isotopes. But, elements are fundamental. I don't know what wouldn't be on the chart. Did Bono discover something inherently purple and androgynous? If so, did they name it after him, or did he patent it and make it unavailable to the world at large?

 

[DangerousR6]

Here's a riddle for ya.....What naturally abundant element isn't on the chart of elements?

Got me. The Fifth Element? Unobtanium? Logic? I know some elements are still elements even if they're short a proton or two to make them isotopes. But, elements are fundamental. I don't know what wouldn't be on the chart. Did Bono discover something inherently purple and androgynous? If so, did they name it after him, or did he patent it and make it unavailable to the world at large?

The answer is the Human element....