THIRSTYGUMS Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 (edited) (This is a duplicate of a thread i have started over at Talkbass.com but ill post it here as well for the hell of it.) 8 string Guitar for Conner brown of Putrefy heres what were going for ultimately: 8 string, 30" scale, Baritone guitar with one custom built Seymore duncan Invader pick up and one aluminium 8 string bridge made by E.T.S guitar hardware in Germany. Maple purpleheart neck-through, ash body with flamed maple top. Green stain with burst, high gloss on top natural wood and satin finish on the back and sides. 24 Jumbo frets, wenge finger board with a large pearl 'PUTREFY' inlay. yea boiii! http://www.putrefy.co.uk/ mock up of the inlay: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...rtionlarger.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2004.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_1997.jpg the happy camper himself: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2016.jpg neck profiled, volute carved and headstock cut today, shes shaping up nicely and we have decided to use a different more gooderer top i found on evilbay: hunk o' tree: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2086.jpg cut down and sanded: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2093.jpg http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2097.jpg better shot of the headstock, a sort of Ibanez/E.S.P hybrid on steroids for extra badness! : http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THI...MS/100_2100.jpg and the new improved top: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j164/THIRSTYGUMS/KD68A.jpg ONE PIC PER POST RULE ON THIS FORUM Edited August 27, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 awsome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted August 27, 2006 Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Like the design....body/neck/inlays.......headstock doesn't do it for me. Too pointy......doesn't match well with rest of guitar. The rest looks well balanced. Headstock looks outta shape. Don't get me wrong...not trying to throw rocks at your greenhouse. Good luck with the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted August 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2006 Like the design....body/neck/inlays.......headstock doesn't do it for me. Too pointy......doesn't match well with rest of guitar. The rest looks well balanced. Headstock looks outta shape. Don't get me wrong...not trying to throw rocks at your greenhouse. Good luck with the project. Though i like the headstock it's irrelevant as its the choice of my customer. He wanted something with a bit of attitude, as well as being big enough to comfortably support 8 tuners. But yeah, cheers for the input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 *whistles* Beautius maximus Lookin' real good, and good luck with the inlay. Looks to me like it's going to be a bit of a pain. 8 Strings? I'm crossing my fingers for a low B and a high A, doubling up the low strings is just too painful for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 i wish i could do computer mockups like that cause thats awsome looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 (edited) Though i like the headstock it's irrelevant as its the choice of my customer. He wanted something with a bit of attitude, as well as being big enough to comfortably support 8 tuners. The customer is always right of course......even when they're wrong. I stand my ground on the headstock. Me don't like it. Attitude or not. I think it's also the job of the luthier to stear a customer away from bad choices. Rest of guitar looks pretty cool. Edited August 28, 2006 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 That looks really cool, my only comment would be like RGGR that I don't really fancy the headstock. Otherwise really nice guitar you have there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 Headstock works fine for me, I would have made the waist more exaggerated, deeper. If the band's name is Putrify, you should call the custom color GangGreen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skullsplitter Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Wow that is a bad arse git! Do you what tuning he will be in? The only ones I have seen that use 8-string gits are Meshuggah and they are in F# I believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted August 29, 2006 Report Share Posted August 29, 2006 Excellent stuff man, looks real real cool. Keep us posted - I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Wow that is a bad arse git! Do you what tuning he will be in? The only ones I have seen that use 8-string gits are Meshuggah and they are in F# I believe... Rusty Cooley is another 8 string maniac...... I love this build and the headstock rocks man. I'm assuming your using the low F#? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I was curious on the tuning as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 !!WICKED!! Another Builder of morbid axes HAILS AND WELCOME TO YOU I feel like ive seen your Work before! are you on the seven string forum? !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 hi matt, no im not on the sevenstring forum that im aware of?! anyway heres a wee update, i did an ash and black line veneer today on the back of the headstock to beef it out and add alittle more support, (then thought of 8 strings tuggin on that thing while being thrown around on stage gave me the willys!) i also like the look! I like the look of anything non-standard in fact- but heres a couple of photos: and less blurry, the ash which will match the grain on the body: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 NICE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 update, here im cutting the frets, tip! this may well be the oldest trick in the book but i didnt know it till it was pointed out to me so ill pass it on nonetheless: Take a candle and rub it briskly up and down each side of the saw blade teeth until the metal starts to look cloudy, blow off any little fragments of wax left behind then do the same on the side of your steel rule. The saw will cut effortlessly through the hard, brittle wenge or ebony and you will minimize any tearling out and splintering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIRSTYGUMS Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) Edited August 31, 2006 by THIRSTYGUMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Looking good and nice tip il use it if i ever work up the courage to do a fretboard myself =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Very nice looking work, very clean. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahilltrade Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 i cant tell you how much i love this design, this look, and please do sound clips.....i need to hear this beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducati Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 I like your headstock design! Also I don't think I have ever seen a backstrap that follows a volute contour like you have done there (I hope I am using these terms correctly ). Nice craftsmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 I like your headstock design! Also I don't think I have ever seen a backstrap that follows a volute contour like you have done there (I hope I am using these terms correctly ). Nice craftsmanship. It's nice, but it's a pretty common type of 'finish' among handbuilders. I think Setch has done a few like that, I know a lot of acosutic builders who do it routinely, but regardless, very slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Yep, I do it as standard now. I think I stole it from Mark Swanson, and god knows where he saw it first. It's a very sexy look. I promised to post a demo on how I do it, but I'm having computer trouble, and can't get the *$%£! pictures off my digital camera onto the computer. As soon as I get that sorted I'll post it. Mr.Gums - lookin very nice, and clean - I love teh clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 I managed (amateurly) to curve Koa on the headstock of my Tele build around 60° of a 2" radius curve. It just takes practice I guess, and hell I need it! I just wet the wood with a SecretMixture™ and applied gradually increasing amounts of pressure using cauls and clamps, whilst adding more SecretMixture™. Took about four hours to do, and left it for a couple of days under pressure to dry through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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