verhoevenc Posted July 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Jack! Been sitting on a beach all week lol Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 cool, bit of down time. I could do with a bit of that, need to rebuild the motor on my harley. 300,000 miles, time for a total rebuild I rekon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I will do a thread if anyones interested. Of course we are. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Oh wow have I been slacking on updating! Alright, here's some updates on the builds. Let's start with the two simple neck projects. The Ibanez replacement neck with the crazy CF U-bar went out to its owner awhile ago: As did the rosewood baritone neck, but it went out in the white to be built into a tele body by someone else: Both the marlin tele and the meeting have had their necks set, hardware attached, etc. pretty close to 'in the white' and lots of sanding! This has to be my favorite latest happening though! My mad scientist wiring scheme for this Marlin hippy guitar. The controls for the standard stuff is volume, tone, 3-way. Push pull on the volume taps the coils, push pull on the tone turns on a pre-amp booster which the gains controlled by the final knob. The pre-amp (Walker pre) also has a buffer that it sends out a stereo loop jack. Upon returning it goes through the arcade button. The little mini switch next to the button changes whether hitting the button allows the signal through (inclusion switch) or if it interrupts the signal (kill switch for the loop). Basically you can tap in/out your looped signal, or just use the return part and tap in/out ANY sound including another guitarist. Some small progress on some other builds too: Oh, and took on another student: Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 What happened with the tenon on the spalty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm not sure I've ever seen spalted quilt. And what's going one with that ghost pinto colored thing. I need to know all about that one! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 KEM: The pocket is just a little longer than the tenon itself. No difference in the end though as it's covered by a pickup. If you're referring to why that spot is shiny, it's because it was glued in with epoxy. Scott: that spalted quilt was actually given to me by thegarehanman (old member) as thanks for making the 11 hour drive to attend his party (we were in college at the time hahaha). Really cool stuff! Got a couple others similar he gave me. For the ghost pinto thing, that's the build I'm doing along side my new student. Needed something simple cause he's doing a strat. It's basswood and persimmon on top bound in ivoroid. EIRW Bolton neck with 25.5" persimmon fretboard. Being done up really simple just an EMG81 with volume, tone, and an LED blue on/off switch. Side and face dots are glow in the dark teal that will match the 'burnt stained blue' finish it's getting aka the JEM7BSBs from the 90s. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Most of my favorite old guitars are Gibson Explorers,and they always have that tenon gap under the neck pup.After years of enjoying the magic of those guitars I have no problem at all leaving that gap in some of mine as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 love the body shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 You're going to change the color of the ghost pinto thing? I think it looks awesome just as it is.....makes me think of Johnny Depp's Tonto for some reason. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 But... But... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Just make another one to look like that. That ghost pinto thing looks like it mostly exists in another dimension. I wouldn't be surprised to see a foggy outline of the player behind it. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Marino Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I have to agree with Scott... as much as I love a BSB I think the Ghost Pinto should stay the way it is too!!! That thing has serious mojo/voodoo already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 So most of my projects are in a stage where nothing I do makes any drastic aesthetic differences. At the end it's all boring stuff like cavities covers and tiny holes to attach stuff and sanding However, for the first time in a good while student #1 was able to pop by to work on his build. It's really coming along quite nicely. He really has a knack for carving well IMO: Couldn't fully decide what pickups he wanted so we went with a bathtub route to make sure he had options moving forward. Really nice heel transition and neck carve going on on the back. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thats just gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted April 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2014 The student was over again and got a little progress done. He's pretty close to sanding and finishing at this point! I also got more minutia done... but that minutia led me to be able to put the Marlin Tele in the white today! Here's student #1 giving it a whirl. Click the pic to play the video: Gotta say I'm happy about the sound of the pickups (sorry you can't actually hear them well cause it's an iPhone video) as I'm still getting used to winding my own stuff. I did however discover that at some point I somehow sheered off the leads from 5 of 6 of my ghost saddles that will run that guitar's variax electronics. Always nice to throw away $100... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Oh. And this: Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Is that a turntable he's used for his 12th fret inlay? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted April 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 Either that or an odd font and the word "OJ"... not sure if juice or Simpson. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdshirtman Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Maybe its because I'm working on a piece of spalt at the moment but I really like this. Judging by the way the grain runs out past the trim it looks like this is purfling vs binding. Do you have any progress shots of you doing this? If so I'd love to see em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted April 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Today is your lucky day SD! So to answer a couple of questions you posed: * Yes, it is JUST purfling. The reason it looks like the grain extends out past the trim is because it does. That's the same piece of wood. * Yes I have a ton of info on the actual purfling technique. It's a technique called radial purfling and it's achieved in the exact same way you do shell purfling: snapping strips into a channel. * No I don't have any shots of me doing it on THIS guitar, but I can easily explain how to do it with the grain extending outside For learning the radial purfling technique check out my youtube video on the subject: As for how to do it without binding, here are the steps I took: 1- Ensure body outline is final and sanded 2- I wanted 1/4" wide purfling (combo of the b/w/b's and the radial EIRW) that sat in 1/4" from the edge 3- I picked a 1/4" downcut spiral bit and a 3/8" collet to do this work. That means in order to follow my spec in point #2 I needed a 9/16" rabbet bit to cut the template I'll be using for this. 4- Take 9/16" rabbet bit and use it in a copying-fashion with your body to make a smaller template. 5- Tape this template in place on the body and use the collet/bit combo to route out your channel. 6- Inlay purfling as per video. I don't have any pics of the process on this guitar, but I do have a pit before the neck went it which may help you visualize what I'm talking about since I didn't bother filling the channel under where the neck would end up: Chris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdshirtman Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Very cool and informative. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 So apparently I'm HORRIBLE at keeping this updated... So yeah absolutely everything is in finishing... So I've started some new builds. And what I mean by "in finishing" is "I can get about 1 coat on each guitar a week because the humidity here is the worst possible for spraying nitro!!!!!" So with that in mind (and slowing me down) I've started a new batch: I like it when things start to look like guitars! Chris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Oh, for those curious that's a, from left to right, quilted maple and bamboo ply with wenge FB and bamboo neck. Then sinker redwood over Spanish cedar with madrose neck and FB. Alder with amazon RW FB and maple neck. And finally swamp ash thinline with Mac ebony FB and curly maple neck. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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