Daniel Sorbera Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) My first commission job. For Paul Smith, It’s called Aries Specs, Wenge/maple carved top with natural binding ala PRS Birdseye maple neck with flame maple headstock overlay EMG 85/60 pickups Ebony fingerboard with flame maple binding Top stained orange Gloss finish on the body/headstock overlay, satin on the back of the neck This is what it looks like right now. back Edited September 7, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Nice looking good =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 let's just hope you continue through with THIS commission... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord-of-the-strings Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 With as nice as that sounds like it's going to be I wouldn't be surprised to hear if Mr. Paul Smith's middle name was Reed I'll definitely be following this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 let's just hope you continue through with THIS commission... Chris That was diffrent and kinda complicated. I was gonna give the band a guitar to tour with just to be nice. But I decided it wasn't a good move at that time. With as nice as that sounds like it's going to be I wouldn't be surprised to hear if Mr. Paul Smith's middle name was Reed smoke.gif I'll definitely be following this one biggrin.gif The guys middle name is not reed. lol. It's a guy in the army that I met at church. But thanks for the compliments Right now I'm routing in the angle on the top, just taking a quick break before I fire up the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Nice combination of woods you have there. You could even make on the other way around with the wenge for the top. What bridge will this thing have on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp...und_Bridge.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Nice touch with the accent line in the scarf joint. I was going to suggest a fine wenge veneer between the birdseye and flame on the headstock, always a good idea if you're joining two similar but not identical colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) On the headstock overlay I did a conklin type swoosh out of wenge. as seen here I'm building a guitar for myself thats basicly the same as his except the maple is natural color and black hardware so it keeps the whole white/black theme going. You can see the wood for it in the first pic I posted at the top of the page. overlay gluing angle routed in top of body Here is the photobucket album with discription on each pic. link Tomorrow I'll have pics up of the taperd neck (maybe with fingerboard glued on, depends on how hard I work ) and the routed neck pocket. Edited September 7, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Keep us posted... lookin good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 That looks great. Ilove how you keep the wenge/maple thing going in everything. Will just the top be orange or all the maple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 That looks great. Ilove how you keep the wenge/maple thing going in everything. Will just the top be orange or all the maple? The top and headstock overlay will be orange but the neck will remain natural so you have the white/black contrast when you look at it from the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexybeast Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 This looks really nice. Can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) Okay I got some more work done. Pickups routed, neck pocket routed, bridge drilled, neck taperd, fingerboard glued on. pic2 Album Here is what it will pretty much look like. Edited September 13, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 That looks great. Nice shade of dark orange, goes very well with the wenge. Beautifull neck as well. What are the controls going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 That looks great. Nice shade of dark orange, goes very well with the wenge. Beautifull neck as well. What are the controls going to be? Thanks. The controls will just be simple volume, tone, and a 3 way rotary pickup selector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 (edited) yikes Edited September 13, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Dodding Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 Nice clean work, I like the accents on the scarf and the headstock particularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onelastgoodbye Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I really like the 'contemporary' look it has now. the contrast of the white maple and black emg's /wenge, also the absence of pickup rings. If it were mine I'd leave it like that, I'm less fond of the style of the proposed final result (though that looks very 'together' in it's own right). You sort of have this cool new interpretation of a classic 50's-60's look going with your milk dud design, and I feel the current state of the guitars exemplifies it more. All IMO of course. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted September 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 I really like the 'contemporary' look it has now. the contrast of the white maple and black emg's /wenge, also the absence of pickup rings. If it were mine I'd leave it like that, I'm less fond of the style of the proposed final result (though that looks very 'together' in it's own right). You sort of have this cool new interpretation of a classic 50's-60's look going with your milk dud design, and I feel the current state of the guitars exemplifies it more. All IMO of course. Tim So do I. But thats not what paul wants. Thats why I'm building one for myself thats not going to be stained and everything is going to go with the balck/white theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 (edited) Okay this guitars almost done. I started shooting the first coats of finish yesterday. Paul has made alot of changes. It is now unstained maple with chrome hardware and chrome humbucker rings, schaller locking tuners with ebony buttons, ebony knobs, flame maple jack plate, and an ebony cavity cover. I'll take some pics later today. You can check out the album for some slightly newer photos I also am starting a diffrent guitar today. It will be a carriburst with blue center to green burst, probably with EMG pickups (I love the way these things sound on pauls guitar) Edited November 14, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 nice work Godin SD, looks really nice. I have a question...you've angled the front of the guitar, I assume so that you can route the neck pocket from it & get the correct neck angle. My question is: does the angle finish before the bridge or is that angled too? I like the accents on the neck, I would have liked to see the accent that lines the fingerboard stop at the scarf so that it looks like it goes up the neck & round the back in one piece... but that's just a personal thing. well done, I look forward to more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) Here are some pics (I love that wenge!!) (click on that first image to view it full screen, it's amazing.) pic2 pic3 The finish I'm using is called krystal clear. It's the only finish I've tried that really brings out the wenge, making it jaw dropping beautiful. Other finishes just make wenge look like black paint, rather uninspiring if you ask me. Edited January 29, 2007 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 you are awesome,dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 (edited) you are awesome,dude Thanks Edited December 28, 2006 by Godin SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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