asm Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) allright, construction starts monday. thats when i get the remainder of the parts in. heres some pics of the wood i'll be using. its a 22fret 25" scale PRS. template was from guitarbuildingtemplates.com parts: -Planet Waves Locking/Cutting tuners. 3L3R. Black -Black plastic binding. .090 x 1/4 -18" hot rod truss rod with 1/4" allen end -ebony 25" scale board -Medium-Tall fretwire 18% nickel -Smith All Wood Epoxy will be used on whole guitar -matching headstock slice cut from body -scarf joint neck with added heel block for thickness -body of guitar will be laminated ebony due to cost/availiblity of it -no marker dots on board, only small ones on side in the binding -Undecisive on Pickup choice yet, but might go with EMG hums. -Bridge will be a custom one made by me, ill show the CAD files of it soon. input needed! feel free to chime in with comments (wood was wetted for some of the pics) *heres the carved top piece of wood im using, its 8/4 Bolivian Rosewood (aka morado). will be ripped bookmatched* *heres the back/neck of the guitar. 4/4 Macassar Ebony, real nice stuff, due to width restrictions the back will have to be laminated. the wood looks ALOT more red in those pics than it actually is, look at the group of 3 to see the real looking brown/black tones. Edited December 10, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 and yes. please hold the "its going to weigh a ton" comments to a minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 you should only dampen the wood at the most for pics...that is too much water i would hate to see you warp your expensive wood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 thx. you can be assured its quickly wiped off and properly dried after the dampening. cant afford to buy more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Weight isnt my biggest concern. Tone is. That will sound harsh and bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 if so, then i will counter with un-harsh , un-bright pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Tonal Signature: Fantastic applications as Guitar Tops! When used in conjunction with a warmer sounding body-wood , transparency & projection will be excellent. (One enhancement area in the lower and mid-treble, another in the upper bass. Sounds recessed in the lower midrange.) Will enhance the lows (Booming), as well as deliver a high range. I got this from here they don't have the bolivian even listed, but the pics of yours look a lot like the madagascar, they advise using a warmer sounding body wood, (mahogany I guess) but if you will use ebony, I think it will still sound good, may be for a lead guitar, like Hammets guitar is made of all maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 alot of metal guitars are solid maple....steinbergers as well... my carved top is quite bright...i countered that by tuning it down to c# with heavier strings..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 FWIW, bolivian rose wood is not a rosewood by species. it is also known as morado, pau ferro, and santos rosewood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 yep, i know its not a true rosewood. cause 2"x60"x9" of brazlian would run about what? i dont even want to know. id say 700$ if it even exist this looks just like rosewood, sounds similar and cost not so bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 My bad, here you go Tonal Signature: Very similar to the Rosewood family, although quite harder. More crisp, and bright. Great overtone clarity when used with a less dense body wood. Think ringing/piercing High's ! from the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Dang, maiden, beat me to it! I'm using pau ferro for some laminates in an upcoming bass; beautiful stuff! Anyway, this thing will be really cool. I can't wait to see how it turns out. Are you gonna chamber it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 im thinking about maybe chambering it. if i think it might be strangely bright (which im not beliving it will) chambers might help out. or, i could go for heaviest guitar on earth with no chambers. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 So that's the wood you were talking about . I was thinking about doing something like that pretty soon, only with indian rosewood instead. That's gonna be a stunner to be sure. I don't mind heavy guitars. I've gigged for 3 hours nonstop with my LP, and my back didn't bother me. Maybe I'll regret it when I get older. I'd say don't chamber it unless you feel like it'll be way too heavy. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 sounds good Stones, were you gonna go with a E.I. Rosewood body as well as a neck? if so how were you going to go about the problem of width with the available wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 (edited) allright, wood is cut, glued tomm. . here are some pics: body paneling laid out for lam'ing. sucks cause i have to have 2 more boards just to get another 1" on each side for the width. ARRGGG. a bit of wasted wood but im gonna use it for odds and ends. see what i mean about the width. kinda sucks. neck,heel, and in-body joint mass woah, just cut with a circular saw this stuff gets smooth easy and is DARK. love it, hope the body when surface sanded and hand sanded with 1000+ almost get this dark. Edited December 10, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 wonderfull.. i made my first guitar neck Rosewood neck(Indonesia rosewood - dalbergia lafoteria).. it really great sound.. in your pic.. my sugestion is body's wood is more good for neck. your guitar body is all rosewood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 (edited) actually, thats the body and neck wood, it looks kind of like rosewood but its actually macassar ebony. the top will be bolivian rosewood, shown in the first page, the big piece. Edited August 31, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Doyle Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 Thats gonna look amazing. I'm a huge fan of dark woody textures and guitars. Throw a duncan Tone Zone and Air Norton in there, and your brightness will simply become bliss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 sounds good Stones, were you gonna go with a E.I. Rosewood body as well as a neck? if so how were you going to go about the problem of width with the available wood? It was gonna have a two piece rosewood cap (1/4" or 1/2"). I'm nearly positive I could get that width and get it bookmatched. I still might do it sometime? Where did you get the ebony? If you wanna tell me and not everyone else you could PM me . Macassar is just about my favorite wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 (edited) hmmm only way your gonna get a bookmatched cap thats like 14" wide + is to have it that thin. slight chance with a 1" board if your lucky. what species of rosewood do you plan on using?. brazillian rosewood is the most sought after but good luck on finding anything like that in a large width. Edited September 1, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 One question, I know you already said that it will weight a ton... have you consider chambering ot bring the weight down, it might help deepening the tone a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted September 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 (edited) i think there is a possibility. how much would it affect it you think? yeh, it weighs a ton allready. the body and neck blank, NOT the top, hardware, ect ect ect. weighs a bit more than my 78' ibanez LP copy. thats 1" thick back and neck wood only. should be interesting Edited September 1, 2004 by asm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 yes you need to add some chambers or the guitar will sound really bad. Plus this is an oily wood which makes the tonal signature somewhat different. I would add chambers and add some type of PAF pickups you should get a decent sounding guitar then. I have used Panga panga which is somewhat close and I hollowed out the whole body to get it to warm up. Guitar sounds good not but I even used 300k pots... You may end up fooling around with the pots and electronics because it will be very very bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted September 1, 2004 Report Share Posted September 1, 2004 East Indian. It would be sacrelige to use BR on anything other than acoustics in my opnion. Same source I'm getting the neck blanks from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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