mpatton Posted August 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Well I finally picked this up again the other day, starting to do more work again. I like the idea Bryan, definitely would help make the design more unique...unfortunately I feel like it's a bit late to do something like that, would need to rebind and all. I'll keep that in mind for my next build though! After putting in the first two frets I went "Shoot...what about the fret markers?" Doh...so I took out the frets and did my first inlay work, which went about as well as I could hope for. Kitty inspecting the work Shot of the back, still some carving to do but very comfortable already. That's it for now, hoping to finally get going on the pickup and trem routes done soon so I can string it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpatton Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Got the trem routing done today: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Very clean. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 That looks REALLY good. I would vote for a nice rich green stain for the maple. Green+red+black is a great combo, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Too bad the red will eventually fade into brown. The green would still look good, but the black might make it too dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpatton Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks for the input, guys Green was my initial plan for the top and I think that's what I'll probably end up going with. Got some green stain that I'll test out a bit before I make any final decisions. Got the routing finished the other day, the frets hammered in and the hardware's placed in to make sure everything fits. It looks so close that I just want to throw some strings on and see if it works, but there's a lot of little things I need to do before getting to that point (though I guess the frets and nut are all that are really holding me back at this point). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpatton Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Build is still inching forward...planning on finishing it up over the break. For now here's the initial staining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Very nice. Except the green is screaming out for gold hardware Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranman106 Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Very nice. Except the green is screaming out for gold hardware Ain't that the truth!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpatton Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Ha very true, I thought about that after I put the hardware in...might just have to save this hardware for another build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CainMD Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) me likes. looks like an sg just way more metal. how does she sound? Edited February 20, 2009 by CainMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJE-Guitars Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 What's the problem with getting hold of thick Padouk!?? There is tons of it here - so common in fact I actually avoid using it! I guess thats just me! But it does make an attractive fretboard - I'll give it that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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