psikoT Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Can't wait to see those pics... Bad place for the jack input, I had the same mistake when I built my V... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks guys, the finish is nice, but different from a "proper" hi-gloss finish. You can see very clean reflections of the hardware, but stuff that's a meter+ away quickly becomes cloudy. Plus its not really flat, some pores and other irregularities are showing. But I do think this is a nice thing in between non-gloss finishes and crazy "dipped in glass" stuff that reflects so much its hard to see the wood behind the mirror. (which I am incapable of producing so far ) @psikoT yea I followed a plan I found online, never had a V in my hands before. Its true that the only position that you can play the thing which is NOT standing up has the jack right against your leg.. its fine with an angled jack though. But there is probably a better place for it. Any suggestions? I've see people move the jack to the front, using the strat output part, or to the upper horn - with the need to run some internal wiring channel.. anyway: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Marino Posted June 18, 2014 Report Share Posted June 18, 2014 Whoa man that V is gorgeous! Sweet job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks Sancho! Last batch of pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I think you should leave it as it is now, any placement change means some refinish, which I think is not worth the time for such detail. Just learn the lesson, as I did. Very nice instrument, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I think you should leave it as it is now, any placement change means some refinish, which I think is not worth the time for such detail. Just learn the lesson, as I did. Very nice instrument, congratulations! Thanks! I'm not planning to change it, the guitar is officially done. I'm just asking what jack placement would you suggest for next time, I'm not sure myself.. I do have a similar instrument planned for the near future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Best place I have ever seen the jack on a V is close to the tip of the back of the upper horn.Very convenient.But I put mine pretty close to where you put yours...because I don't sit to play,and if I did I would play a super strat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Maybe it looks lilke a cheap solution, but in my opinion, I think the best place to allocate the jack input in every guitar is the front side, near the controls, like in the Flying V. It doesn't look very nice, but in terms of ergonomy there's no better place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Only if you angle it.If you run it straight like that then it can break the jack and sometimes other parts when you or someone else steps on the cord.Those football strat plates are good for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 this can be a solution too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I built the above V a few years back, same thing as you discovered, the output jack was annoying. I installed another one in the top wing (after paint and after pics, I don't think I took photos of it) like this and have on all my V builds since, like the one below: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 So how does one run the cables to a jack located on the upper wing..? Its true that it looks like a good place. I'll have to think about this for the next one. Meanwhile, a video demo: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Back to work. The baritone 6-string is the last in the batch of guitars I started last year, need to finish it so that I can start some new instruments from scratch The neck is essentially ready, I finished the fretwork and finished it in TruOil (need to take a pic) Now time to finish up the body. This will still be some work. First the pickup cavities and a small recess for the hannes bridge: Then I changed my mind slightly about the top, and decided to try something I had in mind for the future. Partially because the body is a bit heavier than I'd like it to be. So there should be some wenge veneer coming next and then a few fun things, but as I said I changed my mind and interjected one thing. Instead of carving the top or making an arm contour (both a bit problematic with veneer/thin drop-top - though people are getting around this in various creative ways) I decided to go for a "reversed V" profile - something that I didn't see anybody else do (though I suspect it has been done already). (or makes no sense for some reason) The idea is to have two flat surfaces angler with respect to each other, meeting at the centerline. So kind of like a radius top, but with no radius, just two flat pieces. In the future I was thinking of routing the angle into the body blank joint, so that I'd glue the halves already at an angle, but there everything is already glued-up, so I have to cut the angle into the body. First I made some steps with the router: Then its a big granite block with some P40 sandpaper: the left part in the image is already almost done. Edited July 28, 2014 by pan_kara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Clever idea! I'm not sure that this is not the best way to do it too. If you have any slippage along the glue joint, you'd have to go back and true it up anyway. That could get interesting with pre- angled boards. And this way the surface is still flat for your routing templates. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renkenstein Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 I like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted August 12, 2014 Report Share Posted August 12, 2014 I like it! Looks just like the headstock I (thought) I designed lol Mine was reversed though. Anyway looking forward to how this looks on this body type! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted October 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm slowly ramping up the speed after what ended up being a summer break .. Etna is the last guitar from my current batch, after which I'll be starting up another series - can't wait for that, there's gonna be a mulitscale 7 string, a multiscale bass, version 2.0 of the Druid and probably some more. Meanwhile - I need to finish this body. I have something slightly weird in mind, still not sure if it will work in the end. I finished profiling the body and started gluing wenge veneer to the front. Given the shape I have to do it in two steps. Step one: Step two: Then I took a pencil and copied to the body a crack pattern that will guide me in the subsequent step. This is what it looks like (the color difference in the upper half is from sunlight): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'll be staying tuned in for this one! If this is going where I think it may be going, it may look like a distant relative of one I've got perculating in my head. This will be fun to watch. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Well this is going to take time ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 It will be worth it BUT- when that padouk turns brown you are going to lose a lot of your contrast. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 I know.. but padouk is the best I managed to come up with. I'll see how it goes. There will always we the texture. Plus I have some more weird things to be done to that top .. Slowly progressing .. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 12, 2014 Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 You've got some very cool things going on with that top! Orgmorg and Notyou both would be proud.......if they were still looking in. Clever choice of background too... SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted November 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thanks Scott. I like experimenting the rug.. a lot of my pics have it as the background, all my friends make fun of me keeping posting guitar pics on facebook, they just comment "nice rug" on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renkenstein Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 It really tied the room together. Looking forward to seeing where this finish goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maull Posted November 13, 2014 Report Share Posted November 13, 2014 It really tied the room together. Looking forward to seeing where this finish goes. all it's missing is a white russian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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