metalcarver Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 A recently completed project for a client in Italy. Slightly different specs too. 5 String 24" scale neck two Jason Lollar pickups - the neck pickup is perpendicular to the strings 7lb. 4oz. - 3.2 kg 3 - way, volume, no tone control The owner was surprised by the acoustic volume and sustain. He said it rings clear on every fret. When I was setting it up I was really impressed with the Lollar pickups. I think I'm getting an idea of how a tone snob gets there. The design on the top was what happens when you leave a machinist at the end of the road in Alaska - unsupervised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 At the bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneMonkey Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 like normal. I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Would indentured servitude work with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 More pics at : Triestele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneMonkey Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Would indentured servitude work with you? ← If I got one of those guitars out of it, then yes it would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Dodding Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hey man Good to see Ya back again!! WOW I realy like what you did with the last frets there Ian not a fan of the headstock but man that's a deadly guitar and cool volume knob Did you make that one? !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I wish I could do that! Incredible! What exactly did you do to the last several frets? Are they flush with the fretboard or are they just flat topped - and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Well done once again! Where are you at in Alaska? I may have a chance to get up to Fairbanks this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjack Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 why does it only have five strings but empty space on the fretborad for an extra string? its a lurvly guiter, but i dont see the point in not having 6 strings if the neck is still the same size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moreau Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Hey Matt, He made the whole guitar outta metal, and he bought the Knob jk.. thats a sweet axe, speaking of which, have your ever thought of making a real axe bass? hah. sorry im in a weird mood. 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 Matt, He made the whole guitar outta metal, and he bought the Knob jk.. thats a sweet axe, speaking of which, have your ever thought of making a real axe bass? hah. sorry im in a weird mood. Well I Was going to buy one not a bass body but a guitar body from metalcarver But I just dont have the money to spend on a body witch realy sucks because me and metalcarver where geting some realy deadly Ideas!! man one day one day !!METAL MATT!! Edited February 3, 2005 by !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 All of the configuration details were requested by the customer. He plays strictly slide in an open G# tuning and he doesn't use the 6th string at all. He has several others set up the same way. He only finger frets the strings up to #15 so I suggested putting in markers for the high frets flush with the fingerboard. Gives a little more slapping room. The inlay is aluminum. Pretty easy to put in, but filing flat and polishing puts little specs of metal in the pores int rosewood and it oxidizes black so it was really hard to keep the wood clean. Probably work better with ebony or synthetic fingerboard. I'm about 60 air miles south of Anchorage = 180 miles through the mountains by road. Nikiski, Alaska about 1500 people scattered around the area. The onry ones are kind of hard to count though. After talking with MM a little I'm sure that if we were locked into a shop with plenty of tools and material some very strange things would come out = if we survived. He has an evil mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I see that it's a 24" scale, prety short. The guitar i'm building now is 24" scale also and i'd like to get an idea of what it's gonna be like. Is it too short or is it just right? obviously it has easy string bending... Is it too hard to play in tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 After talking with MM a little I'm sure that if we were locked into a shop with plenty of tools and material some very strange things would come out = if we survived. He has an evil mind. HAHAHA Thank's man I do have an EVIL mind dont I !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nf1d3l Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 All of the configuration details were requested by the customer. He plays strictly slide in an open G# tuning and he doesn't use the 6th string at all. He has several others set up the same way. He only finger frets the strings up to #15 so I suggested putting in markers for the high frets flush with the fingerboard. Gives a little more slapping room. The inlay is aluminum. Pretty easy to put in, but filing flat and polishing puts little specs of metal in the pores int rosewood and it oxidizes black so it was really hard to keep the wood clean. Probably work better with ebony or synthetic fingerboard. I'm about 60 air miles south of Anchorage = 180 miles through the mountains by road. Nikiski, Alaska about 1500 people scattered around the area. The onry ones are kind of hard to count though. After talking with MM a little I'm sure that if we were locked into a shop with plenty of tools and material some very strange things would come out = if we survived. He has an evil mind. ← crazy. but hot nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 I think the Fender Mustang was 24" as well as others. The best info I've found on scale length is at : Novax Guitars technical article While your there check out his fanned frets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recursion Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 wow man awesome guitar. how long did it take you to build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Hey- Metallic Mathew- how cold there? Saskatoon is one of those chilly places I hear. Down south there in those little provinces that is... It's a balmy -25 C. here. Tongue got stuck to the gitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Oh yes. Time. hm well I charged for 45 hours. But looking at the fuss over the neck, they were very long hours. I work metal so my shop reflects it. So when I have to work on some wood I have to clean everything wipe down etc. and then I get a beautiful piece of birdseye like on this one (they wink at you) and I feel like I'm transplanting a thumping bleeding heart into a new body. Add to that the fact that this was my first inlay job and the fact that I learned to cuss in an underground mine honed with years in the oil patch,... well there were some tense times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Hey- Metallic Mathew- how cold there? Saskatoon is one of those chilly places I hear. Down south there in those little provinces that is... It's a balmy -25 C. here. Tongue got stuck to the gitar Well It's not to cold Right know But man Are we geting A wicked Snow storm There's Watches and Warnings all over right now where geting dumped on real good if you have the global weather channel check it out and You can see what Where going through right now, but It's way beter then the cold we had a while ago -50 with the wind chill DAM that was cold like frostbite lose a lim kinda cold but It's all just life in canada and I love it !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalcarver Posted February 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Guess I'm one of the few who can refer to you as being "south of the border" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 Guess I'm one of the few who can refer to you as being "south of the border" HAHAHAHA Guess what When I got up to start my van so I could head out to pick up some new part's that I've been waiting for I could not open my front door the snow was so deep It took me 15 min to to get that Dam door open and then I stepped outside only to find my self knee deep in fresh snow so Ya know what I did................................... "nothing" I just turned around and came right back inside, there's no way in hell Iam going out today Iam going sit in hear on my lazzy BUT with my hot coffee and the heat on full !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted February 5, 2005 Report Share Posted February 5, 2005 have fun with those temperatures, it's a balmy 40 or so degrees here in CT, T-shirt weather after temperatures in the single digits and negatives the past few weeks. I feel for you guys up there, must really suck. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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