budman68 Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Hey there, Want to see my latest project? I finally finished it on sunday. It is a solid carved(2 piece) Walnut archtop body with a Carvin Maple/Ebony neck. I gave the headstock a walnut burl overlay and it's gorgeous(even though my pics came out like crap!). The truss rod cover and bridge plate are highly flamed maple with an ebony insert and it holds a piezo transducer pickup that leads to a Barcus Berry preamp that I retrofitted into the body. I'm thinking of trying nylon strings just to see what it sounds like, what do ya think? As far as the big cut-out in the ass end of the body is a long story. This was supposed to be a 9 string but I just didn't like the sound so I cut it all out.LOL! pic pic pic pic pic pic Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Dang bang shalang! That's gorgeous! Any chance of an MP3? With nylon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 how do you like the bridge ive been thinking of something like that for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Thats awesome man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Beautiful guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 you definately did your own thing.completely original.i like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Gorgeous! Is there any Cripes (Garcia) influence in there or is that my imagination? Tell us how you went about the carving! Very sweet indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Put phosphor bronze acoustic strings on that beaut, light or medium gauges, that'll rock the piezo just well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 that thing is a beauty!! I really like how the string thru goes into that little curve on the back, even though the bridge looks "normal" from the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted September 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hey thanks for all the comments fellers! Jehle: I'm going to do some clips with the steel strings, then bronze wound and then nylon. I want to get it set up first and I've been very busy lately at work and other side interests. syxxstring: Do you mean how comfortable it is? It's perfect. Drak: I always like the archtop of the F- style Mando I built and wanted the same "feel" for this one. Also, I didn't intend for it to be garcia-ish but maybe subconciously(sp?) Thanks to all of you for all the comments. I wanted to do something very different and out of the ordinary. Originaly, I was going to put soapbars in it also(which I still think would be very cool!) but when I saw it without them in the testing stage before finishing, I just couldn't do it. Thanks again! Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Dave, man that's gorgeous and totally original. Very cool! What, may I ask, got "cut out" ? 3 tuners from the original 9-string idea? I've been thinking of making a 12-string using 6 normal headstock tuners, and 6 tuners down past the bridge; was it along those lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandro Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Totally sweet looking axe! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 You should enter it in the September contest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Yeah you should, it's absolutely stunning! I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted September 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hey there, erikbojerik: yes, that's exactly what I did. If you go here, you'll see the body(with a crappy neck...) before it was carved. Notice on the back where the step is in the radiused area? That's where I mounted the tuners. It worked great, i used little brass "wheels" to guide the strings over the bridge and around to the tuners. I should have taken a pic of it! Thanks again for the compliments and I did enter it in the contest. Wish me luck! Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hey Dave, OK, yeah that's sort of what I was thinking. So let me get this straight, the tuner posts stuck out of the front of the body (pointing away from you if you had it strapped on) behind the bridge? How did you attach the extra 3 strings at the headstock? Ferrules thru? Or just thread it thru the post of the tuner? Or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted September 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Yes that is correct! And yeah I forgot to mention that I had put 3 string ferrules(made my own smaller ones) in the back of the headstock. You fed the string through the back of the headstock, under a handmade string tree, and then across the bridge, around the brass "wheels" I made, and then through the tuner. I actually found that I did take a picture!! You'll be able to see the 3 holes in the old headstock and the 3 holes for the tuners in the body(notice the old body shape!). Sorry, the little brass wheels weren't mounted yet. Original W39 Hope that helps!! Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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