WezV Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 Ok i havnt actually posted many of my guitars here before but i just realised i actually had quite a few progress pics of this one. A few months ago i built a fernandes ravelle style guitar for my cousin: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...132.jpg&.src=ph I like the shape of this so decided to do my own version: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph this guitar got some good feedback from everyone i showed and was original enough for me to want to do more so i ordered some very fancy wood from larry davis and started on a deluxe version of the same guitar. Here are the specs: Black limba body and neck flame/burl maple top and headplate macasser ebony fretboard Telecaster bridge (tune-o-matic on original) volume tone and 3-way switch recessed into top 25" scale Dimarzio super II and Norton humbuckers Heres the body cut out: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph I think the wood grain suited the shape quite well Heres the maple and wenge accents: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Heres a good shot of the black limba: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph The body was still a bit thick at this point so the grain changes when it is thinned down. I recessed the controls because of the relatively low bridge: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Here it is with top carved (bevelled and rounded, not a proper carve) and neck attached: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph The neck has ebony binding with a maple accent between the binding and the fretboard: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph heres the back of the guitar with all the relevant contours: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph And heres the headstock i have used on most of my recent guitars http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sashimimi Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 WOW.... That is one of the most beutiful guitars I have seen in a long time. My buddy has a Ravelle, but I am not particularly partial to it. Yours on the other hand is awesome. Especially, the attention to the accents such as the layered binding and body layering. Just simply astounding. P.S. Your other trials are also stupendous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 WOW.... That is one of the most beutiful guitars I have seen in a long time. My buddy has a Ravelle, but I am not particularly partial to it. Yours on the other hand is awesome. Especially, the attention to the accents such as the layered binding and body layering. Just simply astounding. P.S. Your other trials are also stupendous. ← Cheers!! Its not that complicated a guitar really, but the wood is something special, i particularly liked the way the figuring in the wood highlighted this body shape. hopefully it will be ready for spraying soon and the wood will really jump into life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hi there...i really like the look of the Ravelle (twisted Les Paul) and yours is something special indeed...especially the lovely blue and understated fretboard...loverly.... just one thing missing though...where's the Sustainer!!!....LOL....psw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hi there...i really like the look of the Ravelle (twisted Les Paul) and yours is something special indeed...especially the lovely blue and understated fretboard...loverly.... just one thing missing though...where's the Sustainer!!!....LOL....psw ← Dont joke about sustainers, i am sorely tempted to try out one of them things. I am liking my plain fretboards at the moment, i am fed up of dots and normal markers, the last few necks i have done have had 1 inlay that covers around the 12th fret. Heres the ravelle one with ziracote fretboard and star on the 12th fret IIRC. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...442.jpg&.src=ph heres another recent one on an ebony baord: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph I should have used wood dust and glue for the filler rather than black dye. and the most recent one has nothing at all, i think with all the maple and accents lines it doesnt need any further detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse666 Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Usually I don't like guitars with just an inlay around the 12th fret but yours look good to me..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dont joke about sustainers, i am sorely tempted to try out one of them things. ← It was a bit of an in joke...come join the sustainer thread and make your own!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Dont joke about sustainers, i am sorely tempted to try out one of them things. ← It was a bit of an in joke...come join the sustainer thread and make your own!!! Sustainer Thread 32,500 visits can't be wrong!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yeah i looked at that thread but at 75 pages i am not sure if i have time to start reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yeah, well... err I wouldn't read it anyway...here's a short form of the basic idea... Sustainer Tutorial Or, both Fernandes and Sustainiac sell the units for custom installation...psw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Its being lacquered at the moment - starting to look proper nice so time for some more pics. Its not fully sprayed yet so it will get even better. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...c0b.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Dodding Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Holy crap! That is one hell of a piece of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Cheers!! I still dont think i can take that much credit for it though, its mostly the wow factor from the wood, clever distorted freaky trees, i love em!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 Well its been hanging for a few weeks now and i think its about ready to be put together so i should have some pics soon, got a couple more nearly finished as well. There is a ash bodied 35 " scale bass thats currently being finished in metallic green and a 20" scale ashbory bass with violin inspired body shape made from all my little scrap peices of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Heres the ashbory (rubbish camera phone pic). The maple has been dyed black and sanded back waiting for me to decide on the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2006 and heres the bass being sprayed http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph Thtas with the first coat of green so it should get a bit darker. it going to have a scratchplate with dimarzio j pickups. the routs are large because i was looking for ways to reduce the weight on this. It weighed a ton before i started carving it to shape, bloody non swamp ash. Its acceptable now but the neck is going to be zebrano so that wont help, should still balance with that top horn though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwood Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Awesome work! Love the ravelle, did you get the Limba in the U.K.? ww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Damn those woods looks great! And I like the body shape also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 The Limba came from gallery hardwoods in the US. I dont mind ordering wood in if i know its going to be good stuff. Larry was good enough to send photos of wood to me to let me choose what i wanted and it was a pretty good price, postage pushed it up a bit but its worth it for wood like this. I did miss going to a wood shop and tapping lots of bits of wood to see which ones gonna sound best, but i dont really know what i am doing when i do that anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I'm loving this work...but...despite the title...so many fantastic guitar photos actually on the thread, yet so many fantastic pics on the links!!! So, (given that many will be too lazy to click the links without a tempter) heres one of that fantastic grain on the Ravelle...i highly recomend a peek at the linked gallery to see more, the back is even more startling, and the details terrific! Great Stuff... pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 That is simply stunning!!!You should be very proud.That is the nicest piece of wood that has ever had the honour to be a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 The backs not half bad either... Counldn't resist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted February 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2006 Cheers PSW. There are quite a few photos in that gallery of my older guitars. I think It has most of them except an acoustic kit i made last year. This is easily the best wood i have ever worked with. You will probably notice that Certain design elements keep appearing, I think this is about the 5th guitar i have done with a poity bit at the base. The first goes the other way because it was meant to have the jack socket in it, it wasnt my idea but i have claimed it as my own, heres the link: http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...ba2.jpg&.src=ph http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...5ad.jpg&.src=ph You may also notice the maple veneer under the top cap, i dont like binding with wood this fancy The maple burl ravelle inspired thing is my 17th guitar in under 3 1/2 years, with the green bass and violin ashbory i am nearly at 20. I approached this hobby by making as many guitars as i could till they started coming out right, not the cheapest way but i dont think i could spend a few years making one perfect guitar. In stead its 3 1/2 years for 3 useless guitars, 3 ok guitars, 7 alright guitars, 3 great guitars and this ravelle thing which looks like its gonna be the best yet, i have it strung and it sounds great + plays nice. I just need to do a few tweaks, make a backplate (shame i didnt make it matching) and make a faux trussrod cover for the headstock with my logo on it. Then there will be photos, and possibly entry into GOTM. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...m/ph//my_photos This is my galler page with my first 17 guitars And this is the new gallery with the green bass and violin ashbory http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...d.com/my_photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 I usually make a fake truss rod cover with my logo on it. I used to have truss rod adjustment on the headstock but i was never comfortable with it there with the two way rods i have been using, they have quite a bulky adjustment so i do alll my truss rods at the heel of the neck... But without the cover i felt the headstock looked blank. Its been pointed out to me a few times that this could be potentially annoying for any body doing a setup so heres my latest solution http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/wesley.ve...re2.jpg&.src=ph It fills an area of headstock that i think looks bare and cant be mistaken for truss rod access. Its cut from 1.5mm thick indian rosewood. What do you think? I am not sure about it yet , partly because its a bit wonky i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 (edited) heres the finshed product http://photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/?ac...w¤t=17_0003.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/?ac...iew¤t=back1.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/?ac...w¤t=17_0016.jpg http://photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/?ac...w¤t=17_0012.jpg Edited March 5, 2006 by WezV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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