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tim290280

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  1. Personally I love the idea of a cabinet. That way you can keep the guitars in a case, while having easy access, and having them on display. I'm going to get my local cabinet maker (who's a friend) to make me one at some stage.
  2. Personally I like to see as much of the guitar as possible. GOTM is a great inspiration to newbs like me. Build threads then really show the steps along the way and really add to the final product. So while it would be nice to see/read/hear more from the entrants, just seeing some entries each month to inspire is important too.
  3. Johny gets my vote this month. Great idea and well executed. The only thing I spotted was the truss rod cover was a bit tall and had the strings ride up over it.
  4. Very nice guitar. Missed this until your GOTM entry, glad you entered. The headstock is a great feature, but I like the way you have done a resurrection on this guitar and created something pretty awesome.
  5. Voted muggatu's build. Great lines and nicely chosen mix of woods. Also really liked quarter's and guitarnut's builds
  6. Great looking build. Any feedback from the owner as to how well it plays?
  7. Looks very nice. Is the neck bound as well? Have you looked at other pickguards? Or possibly no pickguard (I like wood, why cover it with plastic!?).
  8. Apparently Tim has injured his back and isn't as mobile as he'd like. I'm not sure how badly or how long term the injury is, we can only hope he gets better soon. But that means he hasn't got the site updated and the new site running yet. Just send him an email with a desciption of what you want and he'll be able to tell you whether he has anything that might suit.
  9. I'd like to see some pics in good lighting. I'm betting it will look fantastic!
  10. Thanks Cam. I got the body and neck from Australian Tonewoods (Tim Spittle). Tim has a lot of good stuff as far as I can tell. A lot of the names of the Aussie timbers were defined by the loggers and botanists who were trying to label the timber based on stuff they already knew from other countries. As an example we have a lot of trees labelled "gum trees" that cover all sorts of species and types.
  11. Nah just the light reflecting off my pale skin. Need to be covered in some wood dust! Sorry, do you mean like the pic on the left or the right? Or something else completely? Well I'm not sure why it is called that, but I think that it may have something to do with where the original stands were found (Blackwood swamps in Tasmania). And I see what you mean. Try and follow the natural pattern with the shape just that little bit more. I'll have a play with my pathetic photoshop skills when I make the templates. I thought I was going to have a quorum until you chipped in Although those two do have a fair bit of sway in swinging the vote So 3 to 2 then Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll take some photos this weekend and see how it looks with the bridge and board on it. A rough mock-up of what I want to do with the headstock. Basically the volute will have a shaping down into the centre of the headstock.
  12. You don't have spray equipment right? So a wipe on poly or something else?
  13. Thanks metalhead. I've been following your builds on here and UM, I'm hoping I've learnt something from you. It was really a no-brainer to go Aussie. Guess it is my patriotic streak Couple of the possible body shapes I'm going to do a mock-up of:
  14. Hi everyone. I've finally gotten all the parts together for my first build and will finally have the free time to start! So with that it is time to start a build thread A bit of background first. I decided to build a guitar after I bought my brother a Les Paul in the USA (bought myself a Martin ) and battled to find one of equivilent quality in stores for myself. It lead me to question how these guitar thingys were made and lead me to places like here and Woodworking forums. Didn't take much to convince me to have a go myself. Now I have very little woodworking experience. I am half way through building my first project, a bookcase for my fiance, and have been collecting the tools and having a play. I did, however, grow up on a farm and have plenty of experience making stuff and using tools. I think the main difference between that experience and luthiery is that this will require a level of precision and skill that is more detailed than that which can be finessed with an axe and a judicious placement of force. So onto the stats for this build: Body - Tassie Blackwood Neck - Tassie Myrtle Fret board - Ebony Scale - 25" (preslotted) Frets - Jumbo Hardware - Chrome Bridge - Hipshot fixed string thru body Tuners - Gotoh Pickups - JB/Jazz combo Wiring - three way selector with coil splits from push/pull Truss rod - Gotoh two-way Nut - Earvana compensated I can thoroughly recommend the three suppliers I have used thus far: Australian Tonewoods - Tim was great to deal with. Australian Luthier Supplies - Sent me the wrong "push/pull" (wanted push/push) but made up for it with extra fret wire. Guitar Parts Depot - Cheapest source I've seen for Earvana and Hipshot.
  15. Awesome looking build. Very nice. Any more pics of it all finished, I need to see more
  16. Very nice build Do you need some more friends to build guitars for
  17. I've had this discussion with guys who import stuff into Aust. The actual cost of importing is actually pretty small, especially when you do it in volume. The price hikes are not due to import duties and freight (as they are offset by buying at wholesale prices), they are usually due to changing exchange rates, the lower volume of sales, and import licensing. Plus you have to have specialised stock that moves at lower volumes on the shelf that you've specially imported, gotta be worth a premium. For small items tax's should be avoidable (under $1000). There are online stores that sell pickups and export to Aust. I can't think of any they sell Dimarzio pickups (haven't been looking for them) but plenty sell SD's.
  18. I would have thought he'd take it as a compliment. Like you said, it's not like you're selling guitars. You just have Ormsby Scallops TM On the build side I like the look of that neck, especially the shaping at the 23rd fret there.
  19. It was a close call between Swedish and Carousel for me this month. As someone else mentioned, not a huge fan of the purple control cavity cover on Swedish's build. Which is what sealed the vote for Carousel's very simple and stylish build.
  20. Never thought I'd find myself voting for a tele build. Good job RFR! Although Daniel's builds were both great and so was Simo's bass. It was not an easy choice!
  21. Like the look of this one. Nice clean lines! Did you use a spokeshave in the neck shaping at all, or just the chisels and rasps?
  22. I'm just about to embark on my first guitar building adventure and have just read Melvyn's electirc book. Hope the new one has the same whit and humour dispersed throughout. It made the electric book such a good read.
  23. I actually like the look of the guitar so much that if you hadn't pointed out the pickup rings and truss rod cover I wouldn't have noticed. Having said that a darker wood would probably look a bit better. Like avenger said I think it is the grain orientation that is off not the choice of wood itself.
  24. I saw the advert for this yesterday on Facebook (of all places). Hoping to get down to Perth that weekend. Either way forwarded this on to a couple of mates. Should be interesting.
  25. The end grain was fairly good, just the faces didnt match. Just got home from meeting Dragonforce. Took this guitar, and six others down to show them. Herman Li was a bit standoffish until he actually saw one of the Multiscales, and his tech starting telling him how great they were, and then we couldn't get the guitars back off him! Not sure what will come of it, but contact details were exchanged. Their tech ended up coming back with me to the factory, to hang out and see some other works in progress. Dropped him off out the back of the venue, and came straight home. They should be on stage within a half hour or so That would be cool to have guitars popping up all over the place. Especially with guitarists endorsed by major brands. Now watch for the Ibenez multiscale.....
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