It is time.... TO DROOL!!

[pabloman]

I like thinline Teles!!!!

 

[Nando Vallart]

WHERE ARE THE PICS??? WANNA SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kaoskadosk]

WHERE ARE THE PICS??? WANNA SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coming tomorrow Apparantly the delivery guy wasn't bright enough to realize it was a friday when he told me he'd come the day after. UPS don't do deliveries on saturdays. :doh: Can't really be arsed to pay another $15 to have it two days earlier either.

 

[Nando Vallart]

ok!

 

[Dan025]

Well, I use my card for everything, I don't like running around with $450 in real money. You see, we're modern here and use cards instead of cash. <grin>

We use cards here, too. I think we might have actually invented them. Usually about the only people who'd run around carrying that kind of money on them are criminals who tend to stay away from banks or other institutions that keep track of things and leave paper trails. I just said "real" money as I converted it to dollars, which are a better point of reference to most people than Kroner. You tell somebody they have to pay 3400 Kroner, or X Yen, or Y Pesos, or X Francs, it's likely they won't know how much that is. But, $450? That rings a bell.

Anyway, my point really was how much folks get taxed for things outside the US. People here think it would be great if they had "free" health care like everybody else, but they usually have no idea how much "free" health care costs. We pay taxes on things, but on something like a $1,000 order from Warmoth, it's usually between $0 and $80, depending on the state you live in and whether you even bother to claim you bought something.

im pretty good with euros and yen as well as dollars but other currencies are lost to me. there are just too many variables when comparing economies, there are exchange rates but that amount of money may be perceived to be a lot in one country and not a lot in another based on cost of living and average income.

 

[Kaoskadosk]

Here we go!

 

[Kaoskadosk]

and some more

 

[Kaoskadosk]

and the last.

 

[m4rk0]

That KOA is really hot!!

 

[pabloman]

That is damn beautiful! ccasion14:

You know here where I live I have to make large "luxury" purchases on the sneeks. Then you can't just go flaunting the stuff because you will either be taxed one way or another or face severe penalties. The amount of cash that is carried is limited. Card purchases are subject to prior authorization. I set it up so that any UPS deliveries are done at my place of employment. There are 3 agents that work along side the tyranical revenue authority and report any goings on that are out of the ordinary. I must figure out a way to topple this regime. I would prefer a peaceful accord of some sort. But I may just overthrow her one day.

 

[Nando Vallart]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW I'm speechless!

 

[Cagey]

What he ^^ said! That's a stunning piece of work!

 

[Kublai]

Very nice!

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Looks like a real freaky tone beast.  :headbang:

 

[JaySwear]

i love it! and fretless guitars are ridiculously cool! congrats... that thing is amazing.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Oh My!!!  

BTW, you forget the frets.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[ptirman]

Will the True Temperament frets be gold as well? Do you have to send the neck to them to get it done or can it be done locally. Congratulations on a truly fine guitar (drool worthy) with a phenomenal concept.

 

[Kaoskadosk]

Thank you so much for the replies everyone! I'm really excited about this and in all honesty, the pictures don't give it it's proper justice, the figuring looks incredible IRL!  :hello2:

Will the True Temperament frets be gold as well? Do you have to send the neck to them to get it done or can it be done locally.

The True Temperament frets will be cast in Silicon-Bronze, so it will have a kind of gold-esque look. Currently the whole guitar is resting at Paul Guy's shop, I live in Stockholm so for me it's locally since it's only 30 minutes away, but if you live outside of Stockholm you'll have to send it to them to get it done. The slightly sad part is that the radius has to be 12", I would've loved to try out the compound radius. When it comes to fret dressing/crowning it's just as a regular guitar, except that it takes a bit more work and time. If you need to replace the frets (wouldn't expect it to happen often, silicon-bronze is very durable) they will send you all the 22/24 frets and your local luthier can do the job for you, or you can do it youself if you have the proper tools which you can get at Stewmac.

I also intend to create a couple of videos going in-depth about True Temperament. There will be comparisons, lots of testing, different tunings etc. that I will go through, I feel that there currently isn't enough information about True Temperament and I intend to go more in-depth than what videos and explanations I've seen.

Oh, and the guitar will be done in about two weeks, though I will be on vacation for two weeks when it's done, so you'll get to see the finished product in about a month.  ccasion14:

 

[JaySwear]

:doh: i forgot you said it was getting true temperament frets! i stand by my statement about fretless guitars being awesome :icon_biggrin: i think i'd put it together and play for a while before sending it off to get frets. still one extremely badass project!

 

[Kaoskadosk]

I agree, I plan on getting a fretless some time in the future, but I'm not sure if I would go one-huge-fret (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyOZhgQnvU) or just plain wood.