DannoG Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Here it is Flame maple top over mahogany- modest chambering of both 24.75 scale, set neck, scarf joint 10" fretboard radius -rosewood Gibson HBs out of an old guitar of mine Vol/Tone/Blend pots, knobs resessed Gotoh tuners Bone nut This pic clips of the top of the headstock, it's a symetrical arrowhead shape. I'll post a few more pics later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Very nice, clean looking. But I think this should have been posted in the progress and finished thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted September 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Duh, wasn't to alert on that forum, was I? Thanks Kevan for putting it where it belongs. Pic1 Pic2 Pic3 Later, Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGHbuilder86 Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 That is very nice! I like it a lot. Were the binding channels hard to cut with it being an archtop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Hmm... I guess this one slipped under my radar! Nice Danno - love that flame. What did you use for the burst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Nice stuff! That's some THICK binding! I presume you cut your "carved" top with a router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Wow....excellent work. Could have come out of the PRS factory! How did you spray that burst? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Nice job, specialy on the neck joint. I think like Darren that the binding id WAY thick, and the carve is unique, with a very sharp edge, instead on the smooth transition of PRS and Gibson. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 I don't like the look of "carved" tops done with a router. To me, a carved top should be a smooth arch, but the routed tops tend to be much flatter with more pronounced "shoulders". It's just not a look i like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted September 28, 2004 Report Share Posted September 28, 2004 Sweet! Nice Job Danno! So, how does it sound? Your selection of woods makes me think it's gotta have a nice warm tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted September 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Well this was my first carvetop (and first setneck too), so I learned afew things... I bought the tall binding from Stew-Mac before I'd finalized how I was going to do the cutaways. The guitar is also fairly thin, which means it is pretty light. If I were doing it again, I'd go with a shallower binding, but I like this well enough. The top wasn't routed. I used a Wagner Power Plane to rough in the outer level and step the actual carve. After knocking off the step edges with some good production sandpaper, I made a maple contoured sanding block which allowed me to have a fairly consistant curve. The horns around the cutaways were shaped with rasps and sandpaper. Way too much work. The finish is nitro over dyes. After I'd made a nice amber dye I was going for a subtle burst, but it came out a little stronger brown at the edges than I'd wanted. Don't like to cover up nice figure. The actual burst is a toned nitro rattle can from Behlen called Jet Spray. More opaque than I expected (I did tests). I made some masks to use while hand spraying, but switched to just doing it w/o the masks. As to the sound it is much brighter than I expected, even with the chambers. Very articulated and louder than any of my other guitars. It has a bit more twang than a normal LP and isn't muddy at all. So the adventure continues, not always just the way I had figured it, but I'm happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prost893 Posted October 3, 2004 Report Share Posted October 3, 2004 Really nice work Danno. Well done. What method did you use for counter sinking the control knob holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 I recessed the knobs by making a small pilot where I wanted the center to be, then ran a forstner bit down on a drill press (pilar drill to some of our friends across the water), setting the depth stop for consistancy. Then some hand sanding to smooth things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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