tribute guitar - First build
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I just saw this in passing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grand-Master-Custom-Shop-Masterpiece-Surfcaster-Electric-Guitar-100-handmade-/280908202730?pt=Guitar&hash=item41676f02ea
That IS a pretty fish.... it looks to me as though it's made with large pieces of "abalam", which is a laminated shell material much easier to work with that individual pieces (SUPPOSEDLY... easier for you maybe!) :laughing7: And then they scribed lines into the shell and dyed them or something? You could try and check some inlay books out of the library, or get them through inter-library loan, because they might give you some more ideas.
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=Shell%2FInlay&NameProdHeader=Abalam+Sheets
I read Larry Robinson's that way. Libraries are cool...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Grand-Master-Custom-Shop-Masterpiece-Surfcaster-Electric-Guitar-100-handmade-/280908202730?pt=Guitar&hash=item41676f02ea
That IS a pretty fish.... it looks to me as though it's made with large pieces of "abalam", which is a laminated shell material much easier to work with that individual pieces (SUPPOSEDLY... easier for you maybe!) :laughing7: And then they scribed lines into the shell and dyed them or something? You could try and check some inlay books out of the library, or get them through inter-library loan, because they might give you some more ideas.
http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdproducts.asp?CategoryName=Shell%2FInlay&NameProdHeader=Abalam+Sheets
I read Larry Robinson's that way. Libraries are cool...
Still working on getting some new fish-hole templates made and gettoing rather annoyed with my lake of graphic arts skills. So I made a few mockups in blue, BK and I have no idea why but walnut (with gold hardware ... which I usually hate).
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think?
Sorry to hear your Farther passing seems you have a great many memories of times spent
together.The Thinline is a real nice tribute. I like the Quilt Maple in a Blue or Blue to clear burst,
How about going recessed Tom bridge keep the F hole & get one of the neck plates with
your Farther's years dates on with something like this;
http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/jumping_trout.html
If you go Google Images for Fish or Trout clip art should get more idea's Good Luck.
together.The Thinline is a real nice tribute. I like the Quilt Maple in a Blue or Blue to clear burst,
How about going recessed Tom bridge keep the F hole & get one of the neck plates with
your Farther's years dates on with something like this;
http://www.clipartof.com/gallery/clipart/jumping_trout.html
If you go Google Images for Fish or Trout clip art should get more idea's Good Luck.
Jack Michaelson
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How about a solid birds-eye-view fish silhouette?
It would look like a fish swimming just below the water.
It would look like a fish swimming just below the water.
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swarfrat
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My drawing skills are limited to engineering drawings but... seeing that one makes me ponder...
Could you scale the fish up even bigger, make the cutaway the open mouth? Would need an exaggerated perspective to get the rest of the body in. Might work better with a Salmon or trout with the curve of the horn / lower jaw.
Could you scale the fish up even bigger, make the cutaway the open mouth? Would need an exaggerated perspective to get the rest of the body in. Might work better with a Salmon or trout with the curve of the horn / lower jaw.
Max said:I'm sorry to hear about your dad, man. I thought I'd chip in with a mockup.
Holy shit! that is awesome. :headbang:
Max, since your photo shop skills are obviously way better than mine could you post a pic of just the fish? I'd actually like to try to mock up that.
Max said:
I know, that's why I'm trying to figure out how thick the top and back are. I'm hoping I can use 1/8 as it has seemed easier to work with. I have also practiced with some veneer pieces which are 1/32 - 2/32 thick and I'm finding it more difficult to work with the thinner the inlay material is.
bagman67
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You can use temporary spray adhesive to glue your veneer to a thicker substrate. You can also use a jeweler's saw or fret saw (meaning THIS, not THIS) to do your intricate pattern cutting. You might also benefit from a v-block to support the work while giving you some space to manipulate your saw.
Bear in mind I know nothing about the nuts and bolts of inlay, nor of marquetry - but a quick scan of some youtube how-to videos gave me this much info, which I in turn supply. I hope it's helpful.
Bagman
Bear in mind I know nothing about the nuts and bolts of inlay, nor of marquetry - but a quick scan of some youtube how-to videos gave me this much info, which I in turn supply. I hope it's helpful.
Bagman
The wood has arrived!
I ordered the veneer sampler from woodcraft.com, seemed like a reasonable thing to do so I'll have variety to choose from as I mock things up.
I also had some time to work with some wood I already had, and started practicing with cutting out the letters for the inlays. This was down right maddening as I was constantly cracking and breaking the wood until I found a few tips on google/youtube. The trick seems to be to put down masking tape first and then cut the shape out over the masking tape. The tape helps strengthen the wood as you are cutting and handling it
Here is dad's name cut out (I have no idea why the pic is upside-down, Ive tried to fix it twice):
Hopefully this week I'll get to actually inlaying the name into some wood and start cutting out a trial version of the fish Max sent.
Also on a side note, as I have seen the topic come up before and I have been sidetracked a bit by it over the last 2 weeks. I ran out of hard drive space!
Now I am a geeky person and have the whole RAID thing set up at home but I was tired of doing it all "by hand" and have been eying up some home NAS (network attached storage) devices for a while.
Well I bit the bullet and finally bought one:
http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS1512%2B&lang=us
although a bit pricy ($800 + drives) all I can say is this thing rocks. Besides storage it has built in media server, itunes server, web hosting, web accessable photo gallery, blogs ... blah blah blah and some more even geekier stuff.
If anyone is looking for something like this I give the product 2 thumbs up!
I also started using one the blogs on it to document the guitar build.
http://kendog.redirectme.net/blog/#param=label_19
I ordered the veneer sampler from woodcraft.com, seemed like a reasonable thing to do so I'll have variety to choose from as I mock things up.
I also had some time to work with some wood I already had, and started practicing with cutting out the letters for the inlays. This was down right maddening as I was constantly cracking and breaking the wood until I found a few tips on google/youtube. The trick seems to be to put down masking tape first and then cut the shape out over the masking tape. The tape helps strengthen the wood as you are cutting and handling it
Here is dad's name cut out (I have no idea why the pic is upside-down, Ive tried to fix it twice):
Hopefully this week I'll get to actually inlaying the name into some wood and start cutting out a trial version of the fish Max sent.
Also on a side note, as I have seen the topic come up before and I have been sidetracked a bit by it over the last 2 weeks. I ran out of hard drive space!
Now I am a geeky person and have the whole RAID thing set up at home but I was tired of doing it all "by hand" and have been eying up some home NAS (network attached storage) devices for a while.
Well I bit the bullet and finally bought one:
http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS1512%2B&lang=us
although a bit pricy ($800 + drives) all I can say is this thing rocks. Besides storage it has built in media server, itunes server, web hosting, web accessable photo gallery, blogs ... blah blah blah and some more even geekier stuff.
If anyone is looking for something like this I give the product 2 thumbs up!
I also started using one the blogs on it to document the guitar build.
http://kendog.redirectme.net/blog/#param=label_19
Well I got the first inlay test done.
It's not so good, but I'm learning as I go and I think you can see some improvement as you go from the "K" to the "h". I also haven't done any filling or finishing on it yet so it may be better than I think.
I also think that when I do the guitar I might shy away from "script" type lettering as it's basically a pain in the @$$ to both cut out and rout out. I think I'll retry with something more "boxy"
Here is try #1
It's not so good, but I'm learning as I go and I think you can see some improvement as you go from the "K" to the "h". I also haven't done any filling or finishing on it yet so it may be better than I think.
I also think that when I do the guitar I might shy away from "script" type lettering as it's basically a pain in the @$$ to both cut out and rout out. I think I'll retry with something more "boxy"
Here is try #1
