samdjr74 Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 (edited) See it here Hi All, Well after 3 + years of working on this guitar it's done. I designed the neck-thru construction with he v headstock and explorer body. Ed Roman did the rough cut and I finish shaped, finish sanded, routed the control cavity, installed the electronics and sprayed it with lacquer. It has a SD pearly gate in the neck and a dimebucker in the bridge. 2 tone and 2 volume with a 5 way rotary switch for a pick-up selector. It's made from black limba, korina with a rosewood fret board and medium frets. So I didn't do everything myself but it has given me enough ideas and experince to build my next project. Sam Edited October 21, 2003 by Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Corrected the link for you bro, nice axe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandro Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 I agree with Brian, looks great man! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 See it here Hi All, Well after 3 + years of working on this guitar it's done. I designed the neck-thru construction with he v headstock and explorer body. Ed Roman did the rough cut and I finish shaped, finish sanded, routed the control cavity, installed the electronics and sprayed it with lacquer. It has a SD pearly gate in the neck and a dimebucker in the bridge. 2 tone and 2 volume with a 5 way rotary switch for a pick-up selector. It's made from black limba, korina with a rosewood fret board and medium frets. So I didn't do everything myself but it has given me enough ideas and experince to build my next project. Sam 3+ Years! You have the patience of a saint. You have a great looking guitar to show for it to. I love the Explorer shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 3years? why so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repoman Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 thats very nice.... im also planning one day to build an explorer..but as a bass for my kid...trouble is trying to find an accurate template for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Bell Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Very cool! I like your pickup choice too, should give some great sounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Sweeeet! Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdjr74 Posted October 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Thanks for the fix Brian. It took so long because someone stole it from me and it took over a year to get it back, long story but always check your resources before you hand over a guitar for work. Thanks everyone for the kind words. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushead Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Cool! Is it 24 fret? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hezochiah Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 hello nice axe dude. i would love to have a guitar made from african limba. the problem is that it's expensive and hard to get in a size big enough to make a guitar body from. just a few questions though: was obtaining the limba hard? or does Ed have tons of it and you just git it from him? <--- what? that's not a joke, that's his fav wood. hey pushead, it is 24 frets, i counted it. Page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdjr74 Posted October 22, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 It's a 24 fret full 2 octave neck. Ed had a whole bunch of black korina laying around and this was made before quicksilver guitars came out so he wasn't that busy. He said it would take 9 months to glue, assemble and rough cut, well it took him 9 months on the dot. I've heard lately that his time schedule is up to 2 years these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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