ZionWarmoth
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Love the woods all of them, Canada has very nice woods!♫
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Thanks Bagman!
ZionWarmoth - if I can't work on em, I'll hoard em for when I'm retired. I figure it's a good investment regardless. :icon_biggrin:
From frustration / disappointment is born the urge to create, and so I did.
arty07:
Turned the palletcaster blanks into these:
Thrilled really. Still wondering if I'll fill the voids...
And the cherry blank into this:
Skuse my dust. The flashy sticker on the pickguard is playing havoc with the color balance...
A little frustrated with my blank preparation - could not center the guitar on the middle board of the blank... I hope it won't be too obvious in the finished product.
I think I'm going to try a VERY subtle grey / brown burst on the edges, and pre-treating with ammonia fumes... we'll see. This is the most work I've been able to put in for ages! It's great to be post-call without having stayed up all night.
ZionWarmoth - if I can't work on em, I'll hoard em for when I'm retired. I figure it's a good investment regardless. :icon_biggrin:
From frustration / disappointment is born the urge to create, and so I did.
arty07:Turned the palletcaster blanks into these:
Thrilled really. Still wondering if I'll fill the voids...
And the cherry blank into this:
Skuse my dust. The flashy sticker on the pickguard is playing havoc with the color balance...
A little frustrated with my blank preparation - could not center the guitar on the middle board of the blank... I hope it won't be too obvious in the finished product.
I think I'm going to try a VERY subtle grey / brown burst on the edges, and pre-treating with ammonia fumes... we'll see. This is the most work I've been able to put in for ages! It's great to be post-call without having stayed up all night.
Tools were set up, so I went ahead and cut / routed the wenge and 1pc walnut tele bodies.
You can see sapwood and the router-sled-planer marks on the walnut one.
This is raw off the router. Really no tearout on the walnut, cherry or pallet casters - I think the trick is a combination of cutting close to the line when you're parallel to the grain, slow but constant rate of feed, and a sharp stable bit. I don't sand, and wish I had a spiral trim bit...
The wenge had some moderate tearout (more like splintering - it's completely unlike any other wood.) Only on the outside of the lower bout, and nothing a bit of sanding can't fix - it won't show.
You can see sapwood and the router-sled-planer marks on the walnut one.
This is raw off the router. Really no tearout on the walnut, cherry or pallet casters - I think the trick is a combination of cutting close to the line when you're parallel to the grain, slow but constant rate of feed, and a sharp stable bit. I don't sand, and wish I had a spiral trim bit...
The wenge had some moderate tearout (more like splintering - it's completely unlike any other wood.) Only on the outside of the lower bout, and nothing a bit of sanding can't fix - it won't show.
Cagey
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+1 on the Wenge. I'll bet that grain would really reveal some interesting lines if it were cut more, such as an oversize (for a Tele) edge round-over, and perhaps a forearm and tummy cut. Look what happens to this Kingwood when the grain gets angular cuts through it...
Cagey, are you suggesting I scallop my tele? :icon_biggrin:
Maybe as a novel weight reduction technique. :doh:
I agree - I'd love to show off that grain, but I want to keep it clean.
I've been mulling over doing a large radius on the whole width of the guitar. I don't know...
It is a heavy monster.
Maybe as a novel weight reduction technique. :doh:
I agree - I'd love to show off that grain, but I want to keep it clean.
I've been mulling over doing a large radius on the whole width of the guitar. I don't know...
It is a heavy monster.
At it again today - I think it's the only upside to un-busy call: you get to do so much the next day.
Made a neck pocket template, since no one has anything good to say about StewMac's
Freehanded the contour with the 1/2" collet router bit... got lucky.
Cut and glued the Koa. Too bad - the spalt was really nice! Never knew what hit it.
Made the template for my brother's soloist. He wants a hardtail now... I'm confused.
Cut:
Routed:
No tearout, a little burning. But I was an idiot and didn't keep it flat on the table... Live and learn. Could have been worse.
End result - color is a bit off...
Made a neck pocket template, since no one has anything good to say about StewMac's
Freehanded the contour with the 1/2" collet router bit... got lucky.
Cut and glued the Koa. Too bad - the spalt was really nice! Never knew what hit it.
Made the template for my brother's soloist. He wants a hardtail now... I'm confused.
Cut:
Routed:
No tearout, a little burning. But I was an idiot and didn't keep it flat on the table... Live and learn. Could have been worse.
End result - color is a bit off...
DangerousR6
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Soloist looks good, just say it's an aerodynamic scoop... :icon_thumright:
DangerousR6
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There ya go then, perfect answer..Just put another one on the other side... :icon_thumright:Cagey said:
whitebison66
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Keep up the GREAT work!!!
This is what I had planned for the koa - except the PRS SE One contour (Montag, not my koa):
My dad says he wants 2 pickups (ARGHS!) Disagree...
My koa, Kisekae:
Also wondered about putting a tele neck pickup in the neck position - maybe a little less obtrusive...
Thoughts?
My dad says he wants 2 pickups (ARGHS!) Disagree...
My koa, Kisekae:
Also wondered about putting a tele neck pickup in the neck position - maybe a little less obtrusive...
Thoughts?
Jumble Jumble
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Two P-90s looks great and it's an amazing neck pickup.
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Marty Goats said:
Nice work. Most bare bone telecaster I ever saw. :icon_biggrin:
