Tim Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Link to bigger picture. Hi all, The course I was building my first guitar on ended, so the construction will be taking a summer break. But since I got the inlay part almost finished, I wanted to share it with you. Did the peghead first, last autumn, and just finished the fingerboard. Binding isn't leveled, and final polish is missing, but you can see how it's going to look. Rose is 17 pieces, vine 63, logo 2, trussrod cover 1 Took like 70 hours in total, so I won't be doing another one anytime soon I want to thank Project Guitar site for great tutorials for guitar building, and especially Craig for the inlay part, since it was his shark inlay tutorial that got me wanting to try inlaying Hopefully I fit into the next semester of the instrument building course and get to show you the finished guitar sometime next autumn //Timo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavin Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Stunning! I cannot wait to see that on a finished guitar! Truly great work there mate - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Oh man....I can tell you for certain that MY first inlay job won't be that good. Not even close. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gun Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Wonderful!!! We wait the completed guitar!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummerDude Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Dood, your inlay work just KICKS MAJOR ASS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJo T. Magnifficent Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 now thats nice. I feel inspired to have a go myself. Nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 whoa!!!, if thats ur first, then id love to see ur 2nd, cos thats amazing, top work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!! Thats an AMAZING inlay! Dude you so rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 Awesome work, period. I wouldn't have known it's your first, second, or tenth if you hadn't said so. Ojala - more or less "I hope" in Spanish, no? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted April 16, 2005 Report Share Posted April 16, 2005 (edited) Ojala - more or less "I hope" in Spanish, no? I don't think so. "Oja" is finnish for ditch or a stream. Timo, don't you happen to have any ancestors from Estonia? Because Ojala is as Estonian name as it gets. --------- Jimbo Edited April 16, 2005 by JimRayden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suregork Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Ojala is a common last name in Finland too, and I'm sure Timo is from Finland, because I saw his inlays on a Finnish forum (muusikoiden.net).. Anyway, those are crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 Yes, I know he's finnish. I was just wondering about his origin. Once more, the inlays look amazing. Say, you wanna sell that neck? I didn't think so. ----------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Thanks all for the compliments Yep, I'm from Finland. Ojala name comes from Pohjanmaa (western part of Finland). At least now I'm thinking my next one will be much less complicated Since that one was so much work. But maybe time will make me forget that, and I'll be tempted to do something more. But at least my sawing was becoming faster toward the end, so next one probably wouldn't take the ~70 hours total that this one took Thinking of trying a classical guitar after this one, so that wouldn't have any inlays. Only the rosette, which I may be tempted to do from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 FYI, though, Ojala IS a word in Spanish, too! I'm not a native Spanish speaker, so without knowing your origin, I didn't want to presume to translate it in a way that you didn't intend it. But since I now know it's Finnish, I can say with at least a modicum of authority that it means to hope for something. I don't know its origin, and I'm not certain that it's natively Spanish. Could very well be an indigenous word. But I DO know that it was in very common usage in the area of Mexico in which I lived (Coahuila). Again, great inlay. I hope mine turns out half as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Pohjanmaa is Northern Land, damnit. It's supposed to be in the north, not west. Ok, ok, enough of bragging with my Finnish skills. Hyvä päivää to all... and stuff. Any chance of seeing that sweet guitar of yours after it's done? Are you in a band? I'd love to come and see a gig. ---------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Any chance of seeing that sweet guitar of yours after it's done? Are you in a band? Sure, I'll post pics when it's ready, but it probably won't be ready until end of the year. Not in a band I'm afraid. In fact the building of the guitar has made me play again after a long break, just to be able to play something cool with the guitar when it's finished Ojala - more or less "I hope" in Spanish, no? Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing that with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 is this for an acoustic guitar? Like are you building an acoustic guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 is this for an acoustic guitar? Like are you building an acoustic guitar? ← No, that neck and headstock are for a Les Paul style electric. body shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted April 18, 2005 Report Share Posted April 18, 2005 Sure, I'll post pics when it's ready, but it probably won't be ready until end of the year. Not in a band I'm afraid. In fact the building of the guitar has made me play again after a long break, just to be able to play something cool with the guitar when it's finished Wierd, whenever I get caught up in a project, I do everything except guitar playing. And the last few months have been full of projects. Amps repairs, guitars restorations, schoolwork, etc. I finally got some time today to just sit down and relax and noodle some nice tunes. Haven't had a band rehearsal in a long time also. We finally found a new singer and we're gonna start jamming with him on sundays. So I guess I'm back on track. A gig comin' up on the 4th June. ------------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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