Nick Ellingworth
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stubhead said:Except, when he does what the customer tells him:
I own the album that chapman stick/regular bass hybrid made it's debut on, it may look ugly but it sounds incredible.
Not Warmoth, but kinda cool anyway (les paul triplets inside)
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I own the album that chapman stick/regular bass hybrid made it's debut on, it may look ugly but it sounds incredible.
DangerousR6
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I think he could have gotten a few more clamps on the guitar on the very right.... :icon_biggrin:
DangerousR6
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+1, the Les Paul is looking good, and the blue thing looks like a PRS gone wrong. Horns are way out of proportion to the rest of the body.... :tard:Tempest said:
it took some time for another update, but we're back in business!
the tops for my bodies: rosewood in front, wenge on the back
The First batch of inlays. not my cup o' tea!
so it got cut down; 20 pieces of inlay!
with chisel and knife:
my god, where did I get the inspiration for this inlay!?
wenge top!
Thats it for now
the tops for my bodies: rosewood in front, wenge on the back
The First batch of inlays. not my cup o' tea!
so it got cut down; 20 pieces of inlay!
with chisel and knife:
my god, where did I get the inspiration for this inlay!?
wenge top!
Thats it for now
Nando Vallart
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Looking good!
PS: I HATE with my soul those billion knobs guitars!
PS: I HATE with my soul those billion knobs guitars!
I don't know if someone is still interested, but I'll post it anyway, just to make it a nice diary
excess glue and MoP trimmed off.
My Necks
Snakewood for the fingerboard of my bubinga semi hollow. this is what the builder said about it:
just an idea of how it will look like when its oiled and polished.
removing frets, and later on the fretboard, because I wanted snakewood, not english walnut...
up in the clamps...
just an idea of whats going on in the shop...
flattening the fretboard.
radiusing the fretboard. normally, Ben will do it with a shave and then with sanding paper, but because snakewood is brittle, he's doing it with sanding paper and a template.
I'm a lucky bastard huh!
Doing the fretslots
Its snakewood, with cat-eye holes, and I wanted something to match, regarding the inlay. So: cat eyes! MoP+abalone.
making the inlay cavities
Glue will be cleaned off later this week.
My girlfriend thinks these eyes are butt ugly, but I dig 'm. She'll get chrome hardware with novatron pickups. they're designed to give many, many tones! gretsch dynasonic, filtertron, rickenbacker jangly tones, but also arsekickin' crunchy, dirty rock 'n roll. this baby is due to be one of my more versatile axes, for everything except heavy metal.
Also, the neck was too thin at first, so the snakewood is thicker than on a normal guitar, to give me that 0.975'' thickness. thicker was not possible, unfortunately. And yes, stainless steel frets, as usual.
Have a nice week!
excess glue and MoP trimmed off.
My Necks
Snakewood for the fingerboard of my bubinga semi hollow. this is what the builder said about it:
just an idea of how it will look like when its oiled and polished.
removing frets, and later on the fretboard, because I wanted snakewood, not english walnut...
up in the clamps...
just an idea of whats going on in the shop...
flattening the fretboard.
radiusing the fretboard. normally, Ben will do it with a shave and then with sanding paper, but because snakewood is brittle, he's doing it with sanding paper and a template.
I'm a lucky bastard huh!
Doing the fretslots
Its snakewood, with cat-eye holes, and I wanted something to match, regarding the inlay. So: cat eyes! MoP+abalone.
making the inlay cavities
Glue will be cleaned off later this week.
My girlfriend thinks these eyes are butt ugly, but I dig 'm. She'll get chrome hardware with novatron pickups. they're designed to give many, many tones! gretsch dynasonic, filtertron, rickenbacker jangly tones, but also arsekickin' crunchy, dirty rock 'n roll. this baby is due to be one of my more versatile axes, for everything except heavy metal.
Also, the neck was too thin at first, so the snakewood is thicker than on a normal guitar, to give me that 0.975'' thickness. thicker was not possible, unfortunately. And yes, stainless steel frets, as usual.
Have a nice week!
rockskate4x
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It's so cool to see this coming together...
+1 on the fingerboard
+1 on the fingerboard
