Maiden69 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Ok, today I started to make some work on my next build. It will be a PRS-Carvin California inspired 7 string. I printed the outline from a PRS to real size and then cut down the center and added a little bit to acomodate the 7 string neck which is 2 5/8" at the heel. Here are pics of the drawing and the template that I just finished. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01847.jpg On the drawing I marked the shape of the PRS at 65% to try and get the carve right once done. I also added the AANJ style neck pocket, since I think that to do a PRS with that hideous ugly square joint will not do for me! And lowered the cutaway for the lower horn to make it look better and have a better fret access. For the back I got a walnut 4/4 board glued up waiting until tomorrow to be thicknessed planed and this baby that arrives tomorrow on UPS it will have a recessed TOM and a single EMG 707. Chromed hardware and a Warmoth Super7 neck with 6100 wire and rosewood board. More pics as I progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-Murray Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Nice maple. What's the difference between 6100 and 6150?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 I'd rather see a PRS with the stock bolt-in neck joint than the AANJ...you don't need the "heel from hell", either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 beautiful body.. & top ... continue upload pic.. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 The difference of the 2 wires is here. It is the tallest wire that Warmoth sells, I plan on scalloping the neck, but just a little bit, I don't want to run any risk of messing up the inlays on this one. Crafty, like I say, I don't like the square heel type, It doesn't matter if it is little or big. I rather have the AANJ than a square one. And this is not a PRS copy, is "influenced" by it. I also think that the big neck heel on the PRS is ugly and huge, I like the mod that Ed Roman does to them, Looks much better and I bet it feel way better too. Hyunsu, thanks, I will as soon as I do more work. I might have a chance of meeting you in Korea, I'm supposed to go there in July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Sooo...why not do the ER mod to the guitar you're building?? Won't it be even more playable than one with the AANJ? I'm not trying to bang on your idea or anything, and personally I've never been a huge fan of PRS necks until I played a CE 22 this last weekend. I just thought it was neat how they placed the joint under the neck pickup rather than on an extension of the body like the traditional Fender joint or the AANJ. I'm going to be quiet now until the guitar is finished, at which point I will probably be sending my compliments unless it meets with the Wall of Death first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 I'm with you on that point, but the neck I'm using is a bolt on from Warmoth, if it was a neckthru or a neck I was making I would have used Eds joint style since I can make a longer tenon to accomplish this, but the neck heel ends at the 24, so I'm limited on the options. I haven't played a CE, just a Single cut Treamonty and the neck joint is NICE!, I wish I could do it to me Epi LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 SOme progress done this 2 days, I glued the top and bottom, routed the edge of the back rounded and started working on scraps to see how the finish will turn out. This is the top damped to show the grain the walnut back http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01853.jpg and the scraps http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01854.jpg the lower left one looks with lines going straight down darker because I didn't preped it before staining and the lines from the planner shoed up in the grain, I guess my noob mistake! the other ones were sanded to 320 once wetted and sanded again to 320. In the 2 bottom ones I did black sand back blue, in the one on the top I did black then took off the excess with a damp rag until almost nothing came out, I let it dry and then did blue. The blue over powered the black in the grain, not so with the black sand back technique. All I got left now it to experimemt with different shades of blue to see what turns out! And to get my neck tomorrow from UPS to start routing the body, and then to carve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) Oh my God man That looks just like my new maple that Iam geting!! sexxxxxey stuff man "guitar porn warring" red light on Well I guess this can only mean one thing OOOOOOOOOOOH AHHHHHHHHHH opps sorry about that HAHAHAHAHA EDIT:> so where's the neck of this thing man I wana see it !!METAL MATT!! Edited February 3, 2005 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 It arrives tomorrow on UPS, but is just like this one here http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks....warmoth_7string a simple 7 string rosewood board with super jumbo frets. I already got a piece of the top bookmatched that I will be cutting (or slicing) to make a veneer for the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 (edited) Hey That will look good on this guitar man did you get a figured maple one or not !!METAL MATT!! Edited February 3, 2005 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 figerd one or not !!METAL MATT!! ← do you mean figured? if so not, read above, I'm making my own veneer from the quilt that I used for the body. I got the neck from the showcase, it cost $149 instead of $192. I would have loved the ebony one but the budget was low after getting a new PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 do you mean figured? if so not, read above, I'm making my own veneer from the quilt that I used for the body. I got the neck from the showcase, it cost $149 instead of $192. I would have loved the ebony one but the budget was low after getting a new PC. DUH Iam so smart, Iam so smart "Smrt I mean smart I ment the birdseye maple neck sorry about that !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 No, no birdseye, just plain maple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Damn! Lookin good Maiden! Your's is looking 10 times better than mine already just from the maple. That maple makes me feel all tiggly inside Where'd you get it and how much $$ was it? How thick is it? Makes me wish I'd spent more money on mine but then again it's only my second guitar and my first arched top at that.... I probably spent less money (about $75 total) for wood, paint, AND my donor guitar than that maple top costs alone. Now that I feel comfortable with doing the top I'll definately spend the coin on some better wood next time..... Can't wait to see more pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 The maple alone was 82 including S&H from durawoods on e-bay. Very nice person to deal with, superfast shipping and what you see in the pic is what you get, nice kiln dry piece of wood. The back was a bit cheaper, is regular walnut, the grain on this baby is close to the one on ash, I did some search around and on most places this is the one recomended for back wood other than mahogany. This is not the 1st that I carve, but it will be the 1st in the LP-PRS sttyle, I have carve rounded but never in the S shape like those mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 That top is killer! THis is gonna turn out cool! The blue is great too! Keep it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Yes!!! Today at about 1200 UPS arrived and gave me this nice little box... inside a neck, tunners, ferrules and some screws. I finish making some templates for the recessed TOM, the EMG 707 and I used MIKA's neck jig idea to make a template for the neck pocket., I first routed the pocket with aprox. 2 degrees and testes the fit, the TOM would have been great without recessing, but since I wanted to recess it, I took the relief out and routed flat, nice action, the neck is on spot and the pocket turned out tight as ... THe carve is coming out nice, I tried a few things, a sanding disk to cut metal, 80 grit with the grinder, good, but too much burned wood, then tried a grinding disk, the same problem, then I remembered Gygabite using the orbital sander and decided to pull the brand new one that I got a few weeks back and haven't used yet, Slaped a fresh 60 grit disk and OOOHHH MMMYYY GGGOOODDDD!!!! Forget the other stuff, this thing ate thru the maple as easy as butter! I woulda haved finished tonight but it got too late and the neighbors want to sleep! SO I will finish tomorrow, I have to do a quick run to get the neck holes and the ferrules drilled out, once that's out of the way, I should start preping for stain! Some pics of the body and neck pocket. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC01866.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 (edited) DAM That 707 look's so tight and your useing that exact same bridge Iam useing for the IMPALER!! man this guitar is giveing me some Idea's Hey Maiden can I see some pic's of the 707 template, And could I get some measurements on it, It would help me with mine a bit just to see one done Thanks man !!METAL MATT!! Edited February 5, 2005 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Oh my god, that thing is buitifull, i love the body shape. Im looking forward to seeing this finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Wow... coming together very nicely! It's a shame those square inlays on the neck really spoil the flowing lines of the rest of the guitar (to my eye, anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Wow... coming together very nicely! It's a shame those square inlays on the neck really spoil the flowing lines of the rest of the guitar (to my eye, anyway). ← I think the square inlays suit it quite well, but thats just me. Round would have look better probibly but the square ones are unusual. Me likes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Thanks everybody. Matt, here is a pic of the templates I made, the body is by it seld on the side, then the slimmer one in for the rout on the outside of the body for the carve, the TOM and the neck pocket. THe one there for the 707 turn out too big, so I redid it at the top, if you look closely on the sides you can see 4 holes. You have to drill this with 1/4" bit first, this will be your corners, then set the template on top and rout with a 1/2" bit, I tried the 3/8" for the corners, it would have worked but the tight radius of the 1/4" drill bit is exactly like the 707. for my next time, I would try to get a dremel routing base and do the corners with it. Darren, I thought the same but the only ones that I would haved used if it was my choice was square abalone like the CArvin or Gibson, I realy think that dots wouldn't look good on this guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted February 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Yesterday I finished the carve, drilled the other holes that were left, like the strings, neck screws and control cavity. taped the front and sprayed some sanding sealer to the back after filling the grain with some black epoxy that I had left from the other projects. and I am in the process of starrting to prep for staining, I just damped the face to raise the grain as nthen sand it out, after the grain is almost gone I will start staining with the black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 That thing is buitiful. I want one!!! What colour is it going to be, i think it would look sweet in trans blue myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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