kmensik Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Hi. After a one year gap I'm building again. It is an all ash guitar with only one centeral mahogany strip and ebony fretboard. My first neck through, sixth build from scratch. Custom ordered from a friend, a loose replica of his trusty old axe made 30 years ago by a czech luthier Stanislav Lysák. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 That's some very clean work! Also, a very nice wood combination. What kind of ebony are you using for the fretboard? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 1 hour ago, kmensik said: Hi. After a one year gap I'm building again. It is an all ash guitar with only one centeral mahogany strip and ebony fretboard. My first neck through, sixth build from scratch. Custom ordered from a friend, a loose replica of his trusty old axe made 30 years ago by a czech luthier Stanislav Lysák. wow, that looks.... well..... superB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Lovely! And superb indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 just occurred to me... what the heck kind of singles are going in there? lace sensors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Very (VERY) neat work. Lovely job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmensik Posted April 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thank you for the replies. The fretboard is plain dark ebony from a luthiers eshop in Slovakia, http://shop.sollerguitars.com/product_info.php/cPath/319_412_381/products_id/148gitarove--drevo/hmatnikove-dosky/eben/language/en/gitarove--drevo/hmatnikove-dosky/eben/eg1.html A friend of mine made the fretboard on a CNC, we made a test piece of some light brown santos (or whatever species it is, it comes from a crate in which exotic hardwood or veneer is being shipped from overseas). The pickups will be Duncan JB Junior. I have 3 bridge pickups branded Framus, hopefully they will play nicely also in the neck and middle position. Yesterday we made first test with the client, strung up with one pickup. It plays awsome, as it always does when you plug it in for the first time. Neck profile confirmed, body awaiting more contouring and roundovers, then all the sanding and hardwachsöl finish. The crab sign on the back of the headstock was also done on CNC by a friend luthier Michnov Guitars. Look how we bolted it to the machine's baseplate by the headstock. Imagine the torque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 2 hours ago, kmensik said: A friend of mine made the fretboard on a CNC, we made a test piece of some light brown santos (or whatever species it is, it comes from a crate in which exotic hardwood or veneer is being shipped from overseas). Ah, that's what threw me off. I was looking at the one you had on the neck, and on ly now noticed the ebony board off to the side. And I'll repeat it--this is a super clean build you have going here. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 I like the neck heel and cutaway carve very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmensik Posted April 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Well, after the play test the client wanted better access to the 24th fret, so I extended the cutaways by some 6-10mm, so all the fine carving had to be done again. The same for cutaways, he wanted them much deeper, where I lost my patience with the hand tools and reached for an angle grinder with 60 grit flapdisc. It made the concave shapes much easier to do. Then back to scraper and sandpaper. The body edges are almost sharp in the lower part and gradualy get rounder to where the arm and ribcage touch the upper part. Finaly I got to the oil-waxing, where some not perfectly sanded spots appeared. But it starts looking awsome, if you like natural wood. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Gotta love your natural wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 nice job on that neck heel... looks comfy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 4 hours ago, kmensik said: But it starts looking awsome, if you like natural wood. Indeed it is. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splintazert Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Yep, lovely work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Beautiful. Looks very tactile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmensik Posted May 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Completion, setup, wiring. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Finished like it started - fast and classy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 47 minutes ago, kmensik said: Completion, setup, wiring. very clean. looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Yes. Clean is the exact word that comes to mind. That and gorgeous! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmensik Posted May 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 Than you, I really appreciate your appreciation. The wiring: the three upper switches are for the three pickups, up for single coil, ceter is off, down for full humbucker. Lower two switches change phase of B and M pickup. So you can e.g. have neck humbucker + bridge single out of phase. On the back there is a nice tremolo stabiliser from China, a Blackbox workalike. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmensik Posted May 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Finished, ready to be played. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 wow, that is a 10. particularly I love your end grain... something really attractive about it. how do you like that stabilizer? got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 also... just noticed you have two jacks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 When you see perfection even in details, what would be a better word to describe it than perfect? Those images love to be enlarged, I only wish I had a bigger monitor than this puny 30"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 8, 2019 Report Share Posted June 8, 2019 Yep this is a masterpiece, love the creamy coffee swirls in the grain and contours and the evolution forward from the Ibanez inspiration, beautiful work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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