killemall8 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 You ready for this? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Sunlight is good stuff. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 First coats of clear. Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post killemall8 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Sorry, been slacking on posts. Been getting a lot of work done, but not much to take pictures of. Here it is with test parts: r. And here is the black SS, refinished 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Wow! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 As much as I love your Explorer models, that SS is the star of your update. The new finish has changed the character completely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Thanks guys. Stu, I wouldnt have expected it to be liked as much as it is. I feel it looks to vintage, but it was about my only option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pan_kara Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 wow, the red one is Evil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Im all for that SS, strings thru instead of a tail piece though. The black stain in the recess for the knobs is a nice touch as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Yup, that SS looks killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 +1 to what everyone has said about the SS. That is a beast. Nice job. (the explorer is nice too- but that SS is sick). How thick is the body on that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Thanks guys. I really dont like string through. Plus, i would have to order special strings. The low E barley reaches because of the long reverse headstock. MN, the body is 1 3/8" thick at its thickest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 The bubinga is now ready to be assembled. I will have it done within a couple days. This is without a doubt the best guitar i have ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hell Kea, they each and every one always look like the best you ever made to me. What is it in particular about this one that makes you as the builder say it is the best ever? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Thanks Scott. Most of the time they have a few little things that keep it from being perfect. At least in my mind. This one had been planned for a really long time, and everything just went really well. The finish is perfect, the construction is immaculate, and it plays and sounds great. So that is why i dubbed it my best. Here is a teaser pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Out of curiosity,if you don't mind saying,how much do you usually get for one of these hardwareless guitars? If you don't want to say,you don't have to,I am merely curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Out of curiosity,if you don't mind saying,how much do you usually get for one of these hardwareless guitars? If you don't want to say,you don't have to,I am merely curious. I'll PM You here in a minute. But i will publicly say, i have been undercharging by a ton. A couple of guys that bought my full builds (real, gigging musicians with other high end gear) estimated my builds to be in the 3200$ range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Well congrats then. You know, sitting here looking at this pic a couple more questions come to mind. You occasionally post a pick like this one all strung up and ready to play. But you say you sell them without hardware or electronics. So what do you do, set them up to test and tweek and then take all the goodies off and use them again for the same purpose on the next one? And this one just occurred to me even though I've been looking at your new version of explorers for as long as you've been building them. The placement or the 3 offsets is perfect for visual balance. Did you get the placement right the first time by putting them hwere the just felt right to you or did you experiment with that for a while and this is what you ended up with? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Normally that is what i do, as far as testing with hardware. This one however, was meant to be a full, finished build. I have a set of cheap hardware that i use for testing all of the builds that wont be fully completed. This one has all of the best hardware on it. I normally dont actually have an extra set of pickups around. As far as the offsets, When i was making the template, i drew out a normal explorer. I had an altered explorer template i had made a few years ago, that had the long horn. So i added that to it, and tweaked the thickness and placement of that for a while. For the offsets, i just eyeballed them and moved them around a few times on the drawing. I think that was actually the easiest part. But once i cut the template, i havnt changed it since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 But once i cut the template, i havnt changed it since. No need to - you got it right. Finding visual balance easily is an artistic talent. It doesn't come naturally to everyone. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Marino Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 That SS... I teh wants I thought it looked wicked in black, but it's absolutely evil now. If I made that I don't think I'd be able to let it go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Congratulations on the Seymour Duncan mention on Facebook this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 **Congratulations on the Facebook mention by Seymour Duncan this morning. Bad grammar was bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks Stu! I had been posting it on their page as it became more completed. Pretty cool to see how many people liked it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 So, I have come to the conclusion that properly slotting a nut is the absolute hardest part of an entire build. After 8.5 years, i still cant do it right. After playing this guitar for a day, I have also decide that i dont like this neck profile as much. I tried to make it a little more flat and trapezoidal, but i really prefer my thinner, round shape i used on the SS by far. I am surprised people like the trap/ flat shape necks more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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