ihocky2 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 The first thing I would do is find the beaver that got at the pickup cavity and make yourself a nice hat out of him. Strip or sand all of the paint off. Fill in the pickup cavity with a solid block of wood. Take those 6 weird placed hole and fill them with dowels. If you're going hardtail, fill what appears to be the trem cavity through cut with a block of wood. Next thing I would do is go with a Kelly style lower horn. That long sharp point doesn't compliment the rest of the body. The body is very rounded except for that area which is all stright lines and possibly thin out the horn. After that I think the design has merit. But you are in for A LOT cutting and gluing blocks and filling in gaps. Once you get it cleaned up and redesigned, please post again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 you could still do this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levelhead86 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 you could still do this That would be one AMAZING save... I may use that shape myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 thats cutting the bridge mounting a little close??? especially if using a trem? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 looks like a total loss to me.you COULD fill in all of those massive holes and start over,but a new piece of wood would be a better use of time. that is tough to look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 thats cutting the bridge mounting a little close??? especially if using a trem? Curtis I actually don't know what that hole back there is supposed to be...looks like a trem-route...but about 1 dm away from where it's supposed to be.. I'd say just fill in everything... cut the crap...away. Throw on a wraparound. Take your time and do it RIGHT...if you feel the need to suddenly try an "awesome idea"....do it on scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightLamp Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 I agree with aidlook. Cut the body like that, and get a wraparound bridge from guitarfetish. I used one just recently, and they are very good quality, especially for the price. Fill in the humbucker routs and try again. To fill in massive holes like that, use polyfil (drywall filler and a router to give it a smooth bottom, then cut a matching plug (to the body wood) and put it in). After doing that, just use rails to make a new route for the three humbuckers again, bit this time use a pattern bit to follow the rail, and you'll have a nice square cavity to use with a pickguard. The guitar is definately not beyond repair, but will take work to get a decent finish. The key thing to remember is that no matter how hardcore or extreme the guitar is, it's still got to be clean cut and well done to be a good guitar (examples: Neil Moser or even MetalMatt from our forum). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinchld Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 im planning on doing a guitar properly soon but im sick of having seeing this guitar sitting around, and not working, so i decided to hav fun w/ a jigsaw and some chisels. that design you guys want me to do would go right the cavity in the lower left corner, so sorry, i probably wont happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 im planning on doing a guitar properly soon but im sick of having seeing this guitar sitting around, and not working, so i decided to hav fun w/ a jigsaw and some chisels. that design you guys want me to do would go right the cavity in the lower left corner, so sorry, i probably wont happen. ...fill the cavity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levelhead86 Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 (edited) Why do I feel like trying to aid any further is a waste of time? Oh yeah, because the guitar was a total F-up, and he didn't learn anything from it; and after he got advice from some people who know what they're doing *trying to save it*, he decided to disregard it. Edited February 19, 2007 by levelhead86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 any progress? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ism Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 dude...that's a sick-ass 'tar. Keep the body as is. Cept paint it black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 3, 2007 Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 dude...that's a sick-ass 'tar. Keep the body as is. Cept paint it black. are you missing some keys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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