Boggs Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Still rough but getting closer. I have no money to order pickups and hardware and neck yet. Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobot Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I like the wood grain, it's gonna look pretty cool. What kind of pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted July 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I use a Carvin Holdsworth H22N (unpotted jazz style pickup) in the neck position and a C22B (more of a vintage rock... hotter without losing clarity... A very good underrated pickup) in the bridge position. With these pickups and my switching system which allows for any of the tapped singles individually or in combination, you can cover just about any kind of tone or harmonic structure you could ever want. I used them very successfully in my padauk/Cuban gitar. These are insanely versatile guitars with these pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 (edited) Progress to 8/8... Gluing the bloodwood top to the chambered Cuban mahogany skeleton. I have already added the layer of maple veneer that goes between the bloodwood and the Cuban mahogany for contrast. Links only to conform to the forum rules... I am trying. The next two show the maple and cocobolo inlay now glued into the center seam of the top and back... a first for me! It was scary as hell to rout, let me tell ya! I LOVE the look though! http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...k/100_0314S.JPG http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...k/100_0315S.JPG This is going to be a killer axe! Progress has been slow as I am building tools and doing other prep work on other guitars too. Boggs Edited August 15, 2005 by rhoads56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 That is one scary clamping contraption. If edward scissorhands were a luthier, he'd use something like that. I like how the grain on the one side actually curves in with the lines of the guitar. That should look really cool when the final shape is cut out. That is some gorgeous wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Thanks for checking back, Jehle! Somebody told me it looked like a used tampon which begged the question, "Why do you think they call it Bloodwood?" True story... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digideus Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 I like the clamping contraption! man that thing is so kewl! Solves a problem of clamping to the table and using up all the available space. I think ill do something like that if I ever get around to affording some wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 I'm really surprised by the responses I have received regarding my clamping table (not just here). I know the size of the blanks I work with, so it seemed logical to make a clamping bench so it would be easy to surround it with as many types of clamps as I may wish to use and take up little (precious) space. Glad you found something worthwhile here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 (edited) Here are a couple of pics of my pickup wire conduits. Threading pickup wires especially in a chamberd body design can be a nightmare, but not with my guitars... http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...p_Conduit1S.jpg http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...p_Conduit2S.jpg I have also routed the top edge of the bloodwood flush with the sides for now. I will round them later. I have also routed the top pickup holes and cut the electronics access panel for the back so the back will now be ready to glue up. I will not get a neck for it nor will I mount the electronics (switches and pots) until I know what a potential customer wants. Boggs Edited August 15, 2005 by rhoads56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Here are a couple of pics of my pickup wire conduits. You mean straws? Seriously though, good Idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Straws! That's what those are...neat idea. Nice job so far Boggs. I like the clamping bench too. Have you used bloodwood before? What do you reckon its tonal characteristics to be? A local lumber supplier near me just got some in, looks nice but I know it's pretty toxic. I'm tempted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Plastic is forever, so no worries about degradation! Bloodwood is pretty difficult to work with, but it rings forever. It is the first (and possibly only) one I have or will build with it unless it exceeds my expectation for tone or is just such a beautiful piece that I cannot live without it. Padauk is my primary top and back wood. I got that bloodwood because the grain was so cool... The conduit idea came to me as a result of trying to thread the original prototype. "Pushing a rope" across those gaps was just too big of a pain, so I came up with an easier way. Even though I will not put in a middle pickup, the provisions are there in case one wanted to be added later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 Blogg, this is a warning, abide by the picture rules or have your posts deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 where did you get cuban mahogany? I have some but its been in the country before the embargo. Always wanted to work with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 First of all, my apologies about the misinterpretation of the one pic rule. I thought it was one pic per post... I really did think I was following it. There was no intent to break rules. Maybe if I post more often I will get to understand them better. It's kinda like following tax codes over here! I get my Cuban mahogany through Toby at Blue Moon Exotic Woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Here's the first near completion look at the Bloodwood CamelBack... Front and Back. It is just wet down with mineral spirits. I could not complete the rounding of the edges until I rout a neck pocket and get a neck fitted to see exactly how far to round. http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...ack_Front1S.jpg http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/boggs.com/Blo...back_Back1S.JPG Thickness of body feels perfect! That half inch thinner than the engineering model really makes a difference. Much improved upper fret access is real... Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Very unique! What's the neck going to be like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Depends on the wants of the customer. If it were for me, I would do a laminate mahogany neck with pao ferro fingerboard with an overlay of maple and padauk or bloodwood on the maple. 12" radius with stainless steel medium jumbo frets, offset fret dots and locking Sperzel tuning machines in a 2/4 arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Depends on the wants of the customer. If it were for me, I would do a laminate mahogany neck with pao ferro fingerboard with an overlay of maple and padauk or bloodwood on the maple. 12" radius with stainless steel medium jumbo frets, offset fret dots and locking Sperzel tuning machines in a 2/4 arrangement. ← Amen to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Is it my imagination, or did I just read that off like Don Pardo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 Nice one Boggs. And as far as I remember it is one pic per post, not thread!, maybe you had 2 pics on one post or just the size was too big. On the guitar, that cuban mahogamy is nothing more than Caoba, and you can find it anywere in the caribbean and south america. I'm pretty sure, by the looks of it that it is very similar to the honduran one that almost everybody knows. I'm from PR and my grand dad was a wood worker (he made furniture, beds and other antique things) and I remember seeing a lot of that wood around... three aint that much now since we are over populated and there are not enough trees to cut. On the straw idea, it is cool, but I would have left it just routed. Atill very ingenous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 (edited) Nice one Boggs. And as far as I remember it is one pic per post, not thread!, maybe you had 2 pics on one post or just the size was too big. On the guitar, that cuban mahogamy is nothing more than Caoba, and you can find it anywere in the caribbean and south america. I'm pretty sure, by the looks of it that it is very similar to the honduran one that almost everybody knows. I'm from PR and my grand dad was a wood worker (he made furniture, beds and other antique things) and I remember seeing a lot of that wood around... three aint that much now since we are over populated and there are not enough trees to cut. On the straw idea, it is cool, but I would have left it just routed. Atill very ingenous. ← The post in question had only one pic up and it was resized. There had been a single pic up in the original post at the beginning of the thread of the same size, and that one wasn't a problem. I had originally 3 very short lines of text in my sig, and the mod PM'ed me about that to change it to follow the rules... I honestly missed it... and I changed it immediately to one line. It all fit there on the one line. Immediately following was the slightly incendiary post from the mod threatening me he was going to delete my post if I don't follow the rules with the single pic changed to a link. Maybe he was just having a bad day. Suffice to say, I'm walking on eggshells here. I'm going to be very careful... As far as the Cuban goes, Blue Moon Exotic Woods does own a managed grove of Cuban mahogany and that is where I get it from. I had a local "specialist" make the same claim to me until he saw the wood and changed his tune... He said, "This is the real deal!" You may be confused by the layer of maple I have on the top and bottom of it that is between the bloodwood and the mahogany for more dramatic contrast between the woods... The straw conduits are infinitely easier to thread wiring through as just the routs alone require a fish wire to be able to push wires through all of the chambers or you would have to remove all pickups to change or service the neck pickup. Wire goes through those straws like buttuh! Boggs Edited August 19, 2005 by Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted August 19, 2005 Report Share Posted August 19, 2005 I'm loving your guitar here Boggs. Have you ever seen a Fender Musiclander? It's a rare one made back in '66 or so . . . very similar. I have one question: how did you get that control plate cut out of the same back wood with such a little gap? KOMODO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted August 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 (edited) Thanks, Komodo! I have not seen the musiclander. I'll have to do a search to see one... For the plate cutout, I used a very thin diamond wheel dremel on the inside for the starter cut to ALMOST go through the back (from the inside). I then used a very thin exacto blade to initiate the through cut. I then inserted a very thin scroll saw blade through the initial cut and carefully cut the pre-drawn pattern. I just checked out the Musiclander... You're right. It has a lot of similarities. My real inspiration for it though was the Carvin Holdsworth Fatboy. I just wanted to try and improve on the design if I could... Edited August 20, 2005 by Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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