Maris Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 All Finished! Mahogony back, quilted maple front,dyed with a rag and laqured from a can. Not quite made fron scratch, the neck is a warmoth, but i'll give it a go next time. Truss rod cover i made at work from solid silver and mother of pearl, Seymour duncan 59 bridge, DiMaarzio air norton neck, gotoh 510 bridge and sperzel locking tuners. Can't wait to start the next one. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DrNumpty/head.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/DrNumpty/side.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Very inspiring! Great work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushy the shroom Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Very beautiful.. how is that bridge working out for you? I like the clean look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Fruit Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Wow That is stunning. Where did you get the quilt maple? Im guessing your UK based. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Nice work. Carved top with binding as a first guitar is a risk, but you definitely pulled it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bconner Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Very nice job. That quilted maple is beautiful. Where did you find such a piece? I'm hoping to start my third guitar in the near future and would love to have quilted maple of that qaulity on a guitar of mine. I like that bridge also. good Job Blair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I am presently in the process of building my first from scratch guitar and I am torn between two bridges the 510 and the hipshot babygrand. I am leaning more toward the 510, how is it working for you and what are your thoughts on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maris Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Thanks for the comments, The maple came from a wood supplies near me, they have got loads of bits; I just got lucky on the day. I also got some iroko (spelling) but unsure if it's any good for guitars? Anyone know. As for the bridge, I think its fine, the only prob is that if you have it set too low it's a real pain to re-string as the end of the string won't fit between the bridge and the guitar body. So it's set a little higher than I would like. In hindsight I would have recessed the body to allow for it but I didn't think of that at the time. Also for the next one I’m going to invest in a proper polisher as the results aren't as good as I think you could get. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strummer2k Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Thanks for the comments, The maple came from a wood supplies near me, they have got loads of bits; I just got lucky on the day. I also got some iroko (spelling) but unsure if it's any good for guitars? Anyone know. As for the bridge, I think its fine, the only prob is that if you have it set too low it's a real pain to re-string as the end of the string won't fit between the bridge and the guitar body. So it's set a little higher than I would like. In hindsight I would have recessed the body to allow for it but I didn't think of that at the time. Also for the next one I’m going to invest in a proper polisher as the results aren't as good as I think you could get. Cheers, ← I haven't ever dealt with that kind of bridge, so I may be way off, but wouldn't angling the neck pocket fix that problem? It seems like that would allow you to raise the bridge?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 On the subject of the Iroko, I know it has been used on guitars, but I'd like to hear if anyone has first-hand knowledge of it. I bought a big chunk of spalted Iroko and it looks very nice. The guy I got it from called it African Teak, another of those confusing, made up names. And the guitar looks beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 On the subject of the Iroko, I know it has been used on guitars, but I'd like to hear if anyone has first-hand knowledge of it. I bought a big chunk of spalted Iroko and it looks very nice. The guy I got it from called it African Teak, another of those confusing, made up names. And the guitar looks beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badams Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Really nice but you should put a real bridge on it. One that doesnt want to lift off the body from the string tension. A wrap around bridge has got to be the worst idea for a bridge ever dreamed up.The tuners are taking every bit of the strings tension . Having no down force created by the strings break angle over the bridge kills your sustain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Really nice but you should put a real bridge on it. One that doesnt want to lift off the body from the string tension. A wrap around bridge has got to be the worst idea for a bridge ever dreamed up.The tuners are taking every bit of the strings tension . Having no down force created by the strings break angle over the bridge kills your sustain I'd seriously rethink that theory if I were you. Maris, that sunburt is FANTASTIC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoofnagle Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Really nice but you should put a real bridge on it. One that doesnt want to lift off the body from the string tension. A wrap around bridge has got to be the worst idea for a bridge ever dreamed up.The tuners are taking every bit of the strings tension . Having no down force created by the strings break angle over the bridge kills your sustain ← Lp jr?? Wrap arounds seem to do okay for me at least. By the way the finish looks great. Would you care to detail the process you used. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted February 28, 2005 Report Share Posted February 28, 2005 (edited) about iroko, hyunsu used it on a guitar, check his threads. he always gives his opinion about the different woods he uses. i like the way iroko looks, really cool grain pattern. i put a wraparound on my gretsch and it has great sustain. better sustain than all of my other guitars. a bit more research would show you that maybe you should rethink what you just said. how can you in the same paragraph say that the tuners are taking all the string tension but also say that the bridge wants to lift off from taking so much string tension? Edited February 28, 2005 by Meegs666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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