Mickguard Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) . Edited March 24, 2007 by Mickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted March 25, 2005 Report Share Posted March 25, 2005 I must say you have some of the most out there cool ideas. I really like the concept of your guitars!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I dont know what to say except slow down and make sure you have the right tool for the job. It will same you time/money/and frustration getting the right tool. And hey it's not lookin too bad. As long as it's playable when your done I would call it a success! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Cavanaugh Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 If it's any consoulation, your woodworking mistakes don't seem to be visable on the outside of the guitar. I just hope there's enough wood there for the bridge to be strong enough! Keep it up! I honestly wonder what Mr. Diddley would think of your guitars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I gotta say this.....I am very impressed with you in being able to not only admit them and bring them out on an open forum, but you are also able to work around them and make the whole idea work. Not a lot of folks could or would do that. You're helping a lot of others learn in the process whether you realize it or not......good stuff! Keep it up! Your ideas and designs a great! BTW I just noticed you're from France (?) Why did I think you were from Tennessee or Kentucky?? I take it you're from the States originally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GregP Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Wow, what a project! While everyone's out trying to make curvy guitars with sexy lines, you pull this one right out of left field! And I meant that in a good way... it takes a very particular kind of person to go ahead and do a copy of such a guitar-- the kind of person I have to admire! you have to thank GregP for giving me the courage to post this--because his thread is amazing in its honesty, and he's helped me avoid a lot of mistakes too. And then Godin threw down a challenge...And yeah, I'm not from France, I'm American, from Chicago...and I don't back down from a challenge...(waiting for Godin to post his own progress pics--I know he's working on something right now!) ← Glad to hear my trials and tribulations have been helpful to someone. Really, honesty is easier for me than trying to make it seem like I have a clue. I'd rather say, "whoops, screwed that one up" and be able to keep an accurate record of how it went. It'll mean more to me some day. I like the honesty in THIS thread! It made it read like an interesting story. It was funny how you went from Mistake #X to Mistake #Y. HOWEVER, judging by what I see here, you could have easily also narrated it by going from Success #X to Success #Y. Good work, and a hell of an interesting project so far. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 And yeah, I'm not from France, I'm American, from Chicago...and I don't back down from a challenge... LOL! Now it makes sense......I'm originally from the Heights myself. Nothin' like a South sider attitude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 (waiting for Godin to post his own progress pics--I know he's working on something right now!) ewwww do I hear a challenge? Pics will be up later today of the twins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Good work Idch! I think its great how people post their mistakes and not cover them up. Its a learning curve for the rest of us, and it shows we aren't all pros on this forum =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted March 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Good work Idch! I think its great how people post their mistakes and not cover them up. Its a learning curve for the rest of us, and it shows we aren't all pros on this forum =D ← Hey thanks...that's one of the things that impressed me most about this forum when I started hanging here a few months back, there are lots of people showing how it's done (and how NOT to do it too!) C ool name...Thoughtless 7...that the name of your band? Meantime, I've got a cool idea that'll take care of the issues with the neck pocket, the sound hole AND the bad glue line...heh heh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoughtless 7 Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Good work Idch! I think its great how people post their mistakes and not cover them up. Its a learning curve for the rest of us, and it shows we aren't all pros on this forum =D ← Hey thanks...that's one of the things that impressed me most about this forum when I started hanging here a few months back, there are lots of people showing how it's done (and how NOT to do it too!) C ool name...Thoughtless 7...that the name of your band? Meantime, I've got a cool idea that'll take care of the issues with the neck pocket, the sound hole AND the bad glue line...heh heh... ← The man i used to work for told me that "In the mistakes we make, we usually find out how to fix them better and quicker than before" So, i guess making mistakes is good for the ol' learning curve. I can't actually remember where Thoughtless 7 came from atually...lol o_O I have to ask this...Where did the concept of making square guitars come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MKGBass Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 idch, which type of "old style tremelo" were you planning to put on there? Ie, a bigsby? like this? They have more inexpensive versions of this out there (without the BIGSBY stamped on them to add $50 or $100) In which case, if you used one of these the tailpiece itself would be mounted on the solid part of the bottom end of your guitar, and (not quite sure where that extra hole was drilled) but if you're lucky, it will be right about where you need to put your unattached bridge. All in all, I suppose what I mean to say is: If you're planning to use this kind of bridge/tailpiece tremelo for your guitar, your top is plenty thick enough to support the weight of a bending trem. (After all, they are used on archtops which are also only a few mm's thick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Slabbefusk Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 How bout that Stetsbar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 (edited) . Edited March 24, 2007 by Mickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I would go half way. I dont like it way back or way forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Yeah. Split the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 (edited) Ya idch thats exatly what I'm talking about. I really like the midway one. PS where on earth did you come up with the name idch? Edited March 29, 2005 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thoughtless 7 Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I think its just me...but i prefer the right near the end, but i like being overly weird. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 (edited) . Edited March 24, 2007 by Mickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 just to clarify for me, its a Varitone Switch, not verisound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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