Bryan316 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Are those wood wheels tightened like an offset cam to snug up to the body? That's a really nice way to secure the body without marking up the surfaces. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) Oh, that looks fabulous!!! The shape of that guitar (the carving I mean) is really beautiful. How thick is that body? It looks really thin for a Les Paul/PRS style, which I think is why it looks so good. Edited June 30, 2008 by Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 Thanks for the feedback fellas, Sorry Xanthus, didn't quite get what you meant by the Dave Myka comment. The neck to body join was purely intentional. I'm building this for my sister who is small and finds her current Les Paul copy heavy and awkward to play and asked for a shorter, lighter instrument. She rarely sits high on the fretboard, so positioning the joint slightly higher, gets a slightly shorter overall instrument and maintain a standard scale length. The 22nd fret is still quite accessible. The body is about 90% of a standard Less paul size, and Geo you are correct in it being thinner than normal. 35mm at the edge and 47mm at the centre, which makes for a very playable instrument. Quite light too with the chambering and the slightly shorter neek maintains excellent balance. The wood wheels are centrally placed and just screwed in for each individual guitar, however the offset cam is a very good idea.. mmm... might steal that idea. Cheers, Peter Thanks Again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Wow, that is really thin! That's pretty cool that you can build one for your sister. I've tried a few times to convince my brother to let me build him one (a lefty), but he doesn't want to spend for the materials, and I can't afford to give it away. The 12th fret inlay makes me think of the star of Bethlehem for some reason. Cool guitar man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Geo, your right on about the star of Bethlehem, it was what I kind of based the design off, Have finished sanding the guitar and have ingraved the dragonfly inlay. Picture is below: Cheers, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Hey, Have finished this one a few weeks back and thought that I'd post some pics of the finished product. Am very happy with how it turned out. Cheers, Peter http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/si...ey/P8090281.jpg http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/si...ey/P8170301.jpg http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff38/si...ey/P8170289.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan316 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Oh maaaaaan... engraving the dragonfly was KEY! It looks so much better, just by adding that little detail!!! What could you do with the center of the star? What kind of creativity could you come up with inside it? And that's definitely a guitar screaming to be played on a stage! Beautiful! Show that puppy off everywhere you can, man! What kind of output jack did you use? It looks far better than a lot of axes I've seen. And recessing it looks sharp. Edited September 10, 2008 by Bryan316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 probably a recessed endpin jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted September 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Hey Bryan, Thanks for the positive words. I was originally thinking about engraving the star, but when I radiused the fretboard, I realy liked the look of the star as it was. But you're right, with engraving, the limit is your artistic ability... The jack is a flush mound jack from stew mac. Cheers, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Excellent work Peter ! But I´m not sure about the colour of the pickups and its rings, perhaps cream ones looks better... But hey !, it´s your guitar and she´s beautiful !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Amazing work! And i like the inlay on the headstock very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalhead28 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Beautiful guitar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Always a fan of a bookmatched non-maple top! Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 yeah, i forgot to mention that. the finish looks great! what kind of finish is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Hey guys, thanks for the feedback. If I was to do it again, I probably would consider a different pickup colour other than black. I was thinking silver rings, or no rings at all? Or even timber rings maybe? I just picked up a large billet of the blackwood for more tops and I think I'll trial a few options for the next blackwood guitar I make. The finish is waterbased colortone from Stewmac with a thin coat of blond shelac underneath. I love the WB colortone, is much better on the old lungs and environment than the trad solvent based. Thanks again, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Looks great Peter! I really like your inlays... the dragonfly looks amazing and now i wanna start to build another guitar with some detailed inlays! Off to the drawing board i reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 Fantastic! In my opinion this is the best "project guitar" guitar in a long time. I like your take on the traditional single-cut's set-neck the most, was there a reason for this method? It looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Fantastic! In my opinion this is the best "project guitar" guitar in a long time. I like your take on the traditional single-cut's set-neck the most, was there a reason for this method? It looks great. Thanks, I assume you mean how the bottom of the heel meets flush with the back of the guitar? The main reason for this was due to the body being thinner than average (36mm at the edge, 47mm at the centre) and I wanted the neck heel to remain the standard depth (if there is a "standard"), so I made it the full depth of the body, which also looks good too, I think. Cheers, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Very Very Nice. How did it sound for her compared to her original ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbrown Posted October 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Very Very Nice. How did it sound for her compared to her original ? Lets just she was a very happy customer, Cheers, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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