You said "SCORPON", right?

[Great Ape]

Flame maple on poplar, 3.0lbs, routed for 2 p-90's...

 

[Great Ape]

A little more, and a little color...

 

[Cagey]

Beautiful! Yet another fine job!

 

[SustainerPlayer]

No ... someone said scorpion ... and now there are scorpions ... omg.

Bad boy running wild with a wood burning tool.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Updown]

That was a very nice blank canvas to start with.  :toothy10:

Looking good.  :icon_thumright: ............... again.

You know you don't need pickup rings with P90's    :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Great Ape]

Right--don't need 'em, but I got 'em :icon_biggrin:

 

[ghostrider25]

No ... someone said scorpion

I was saying "scorpon"...

:laughing7:

Awesome woodburning as usual  :icon_thumright:

 

[Kuro Uma]

AWESOME!! That's what I'm talking about there.  :rock-on:

 

[bagman67]

Sweet work, Greg!


Someone please tell me that body's gonna get loaded with Roadhouse True Blue P90's.  Best. Pups. EVAR!!!

 

[stubhead]

I guess a Scorpon need the best evar...  :icon_biggrin:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Scorporn ...

 

[Great Ape]

JEEZ!! What a BOZO!!! Just noticed the misspelling!! Oh, but wait---a scorpon is the type of scorpion found in Italy, ain't it? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's it!  :doh:

 

[Patriot54]

The scorpions linked at the tail looks great - kind of a scorpio/gemini thing going on there. And outlining the pickup routs is also a nice touch.

edit: By the way, what woodburning tips are you using now? I've only relied on a scalpel tip and a spoon shader so far, but for my next project I also want small and large ballpoints.

 

[Great Ape]

So far I'm using a tiny scalpel and a ''writer''. Useable technique with a shader totally eludes me.
The ballpoints I'd like to try--the closer I can get to feeling like I'm using a pen, the better....

 

[Patriot54]

So far I'm using a tiny scalpel and a ''writer''. Useable technique with a shader totally eludes me.
The ballpoints I'd like to try--the closer I can get to feeling like I'm using a pen, the better....

My thoughts exactly about having it feel like a pen.

The spoon shader takes some getting used to and all depends on the adjustable heat level, but it's good for even shading (the bottom rounded part of the spoon can leave nasty burns if you wait too long or have it up too high - keeping it touching the wood and using the edges is the key). Once I got used to the shader, it was very versatile because I could flip it upside down and use it for thick dark lines as well.

I like the pointillism technique you use, which I haven't done since high school art class, but I may try to incorporate that into the bass I'm waiting for.

ccasion14:

 

[DangerousR6]

AWESOME!! That's what I'm talking about there.  :rock-on:

+1... :headbang1:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Lovely!!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Someone please tell me that body's gonna get loaded with Roadhouse True Blue P90's.  Best. Pups. EVAR!!!

Good to hear! How they compare to other P90s??

 

[bagman67]

I find Ken's P90's more responsive to different intensity of pick attack than any other pups I've played.  The sonic characteristics change a lot as I go from lightly brushing the strings to really digging in.  And they sound good now matter how hard I hit them.  They give good, tight bass response, and a nice bright high end without sounding shrill.  The midrange is where the real meat of the sound is, but it's not a one-trick pony.  They sound good in a variety of amplified circumstances, whether clean or at varying levels of preamp and/or power tube distortion. 


My current favorite sound for them is actually when playing through my Vox AC4TV through a 1x12" cab on the quarter-watt setting, volume at about 75% (the gain gets a little mushy when you wind it up louder in the 1/4 wat setting).  It actually gets better at 1 watt or 4 watts, but other people who live in my house aren't nuts about the higher volume.  But in any case:  This is a fun little amp.

 

[Great Ape]

A bit more color...dyes and paint...