borge Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 first attempt at pics of my current (and first ) gat hope they work 1st pic; neck and body shape plan (necks from a cheap strat copy but its the nicest guitar ive ever played in terms of action and inotation, horrible sound though) 2nd is my first scallop job.used $2 shop files in pic 3rd is better shot of paua inlays i did myself neck still needs cleaning up pic1pic2pic3 the plan so far tom bridge (ressesed no neck angle) gotoh machine heads body wood; had my heart set on honduran mahogany but cant find a supply here in nz only sapele. how inferior is it to honduran? the idea for this guitar was a classic lp sort of tone. but once i thought about the body shape i thought well i dont want to go though the hassle of building a body if looks just like every other guitar so i came up with this shape (based vaugely on dime bags gat) then i thought that the shape would suit a metal sort of sound but i sort of have that base covered with my rg with emg 81/85s now i cant decide on pickups asides from i want coil splitting all sugestions welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I like the design, but seriously if your not doing an AANJ neck pocket looking at the pics it will be way too small. Maybe its just me but I'd prefer more contact with the neck and body. Plus which think about getting 4 neck screws in there! otherwise the design looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 yeah its not the final design the curves that meet the neck will come further up the neck to about the forteenth fret im left handed so it will be on the opposite to normal i would like to do an AANJ but ill cross that bridge when i get to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digideus Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) OOo it reminds me of something, like a jackson warrior? is that the one? I cant remember. Still its gonna be interesting to see this one develop. The inlay job on the neck is killer! Id love to see the proper jackson sharkfins in that stuff. That would look awesome! As for pickups, Kent Armstrong Pups are supposed to be great value and uo there with the SDs and Dimarzios. Or you got the Bill Lawrence range. Im keen to try some of those myself. Your choice really, but if you play metal, I would say EMG all the way. keep us posted! Edited March 25, 2005 by Digideus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted March 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 i dont think ill go with emgs ive allready got some and since ive got nickel hardware i wanted to get pickups that i can get nickel covers (and coz dimebag uses em) i saw on the bill laurence sit u can get nickel covers but i couldnt find any pics does anyone have a link or a pic or just explain to me what the L500 nickel cover looks like please i just ordered a router bit with a bearing for using with a template they only come with a 1/4" 6mm or 1/2 12mm shank(got the 6mm) and the dick who i bought the router off of trademe (nz ebay) advertised it with a 6mm and 8mm collets but it only came with the 8mm and i dont think they make replacment parts on such a cheap brand so now im stuck with a useless router and all i can do is hassle him by email and place bad feedback it seems noone seems to know anything about the tonal qualitys of sapele mahogany ive only seen it on guitar washburn the shadow fall guitarist signature gat. but ive also heard gibson use it on their guitars when they're running low on honuran supplies or just want more profit this seems beleivable to me because on gibson.com they dont usually specifiy exact wood type they just say mahogany. dont u think that if they were using the more superior wood (honduran) they would say "honduran mahogany"? i know i sure as hell would . im confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digideus Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 it seems noone seems to know anything about the tonal qualitys of sapele mahogany...← check HERE as I asked the exact same question and i got some interesting replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borge Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 ive seen that but thanks anyway the most helpful thing in that it says its similar to mahogany(im assuming hes implying its similar to honduran) but id like to see a more in depth comparision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Hey man I like the design and all but did you maybe dray it out backwards or are you a lefty? and also If your not wanting EMG's and It sounds like your a dimebag fan I would say you should realy go with the SD invaders and maybe if you still want the nickel covers you coul just mod them and drill out some larger holes That an Idea that i've been tossing around for a while! !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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