Ben Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 And since those were posted, I've slotted, fretted, and just begun carving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Looks sick man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 OHH man that looks nice!! Very cool looking guitar. It just fits together so well from the shape, to the inlay, to the matching woods, to the carve. Excellently done so far, I can't wait to see the pics with the frets and neck carved. Congrats man, very impressive that design is just wicked. Keep the pics coming. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyroiguana Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Awesome job! I love practically everything about this guitar so far. I really like the look of zebrawood, I'd love to make somethin like yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 You've come a long way Ben - good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 You're moving along at an absolute breakneck pace, dude. Congrats! note to self: quit waffling, pick one guitar to work on this week, and just go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 You're moving along at an absolute breakneck pace, dude. Congrats! If anything goes wrong with my neck now, I'm blaming you for tempting fate I didnt get anything done today (went walking), but yeah, I seem to be working pretty fast lately! Thanks for the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabbefusk Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 I like the inlay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Rough carved Nearing the end of carving Frets Oiled (still wet in pic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Good job, ben. It's looking sharp. The color combination is choice. peace, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 looking excellent!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielM Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 haven't been around for a bit, but damn this guitar is looking good now! can;t wait to see the whole thing together and oiled up! have you considered Tru-Oil for a finish? should be a bit more hard wearing than Danish and looks nice too. (I just made a Zebra door stopper out of a cut-off and sealed it with shellac and plan on whacking some Tru-Oil on it, looks great so far.) keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Today I drilled all the holes I had left to drill, did a little final sanding and oiled. The 6hrs drying time between coats slowed me down a little! This picture shows the carving nicely^, And this one shows the colour more accurately Its nearing completion The wiring may take a while though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 haven't been around for a bit, but damn this guitar is looking good now! can;t wait to see the whole thing together and oiled up! have you considered Tru-Oil for a finish? should be a bit more hard wearing than Danish and looks nice too. (I just made a Zebra door stopper out of a cut-off and sealed it with shellac and plan on whacking some Tru-Oil on it, looks great so far.) keep up the good work! Thanks, I have considered tru-oil, but since I have a big can of danish oil, and I used it before with pleasing results, I decided to just use that.Also, Tru-oil isnt quite as easy to find over here in the UK as I imagine it probably is in the US - what with it being intended as a gun stock finish. I know a place where I can get it online, but I'm happy with the danish oil so I figured I may as well stick with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyManAndy Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 (edited) Holy crap! That is awesome! I hope you put this in a GOTM when it's done! CMA Edited August 12, 2007 by CrazyManAndy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Looking good. As Russ said, the color looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thanks, CMA: You know, I think I might go for it... nothing to lose, although I dont expect to win, given the amazing stuff that always ends up in GOTM. I might not make this month's though, since I'd need to take some decent photos, and it will be a few days until I manage to get the knobs I need from maplin. Might record a sound clip too. Godin- thanks, I'm really pleased with how it turned out, the colour is exactly what I was hoping for. -------------------------------------------- As progress goes; I've now pretty much finished. Still a few things to sort out... frets need leveling (plays well at the moment, even without the levelling, but theres a little bit of buzz on the 10th fret on one string), and the action could be a tad lower. I need those two knobs I mentioned too, and to add strap buttons. Might do a headstock decal eventually too, but I cant be bothered at the moment The wiring was a pain in the ass to figure out... had to draw my own schematic and it took a few attempts, but my final schematic worked fine. And it sounds awesome! Not the most modest statement, but its true , I couldnt be happier with the sound. I currently have it strung up with a 12- 56 set, and tuned like a 'normal' guitar but a full step lower (ie to D) The notes all sound so clear and defined, the low strings sound almost like a piano I wasnt really sure how I was going to tune it when I built it to be honest ... I ended up just fiddling around until the tension felt 'right' to my fingers. I like the tension pretty high (I use 11s on my standard guitars). I went with a 28" scale length btw in the end... (don't think I mentioned that. I think last time I mentioned scale length I said 27.5", but I changed my mind again ) For the wiring, I ended up settling on: 1. Bridge humbucker (series) 2. Bridge humbucker (parallel) + Neck P90 in parallel with bridge 3. Neck P-90 on its own. 4. Bridge humbucker (series) + Neck P90 in series with bridge 5. Bridge single coil (split humbucker) on its own 6. Bridge single coil (split humbucker) in series with the neck p90 (I used the options you suggested, tubab0y, and I dont regret it, so thanks) The GFS pickups sound really good on their own, the bridge sounds great on clean as well as distortion, and the p90 is really clear as well as 'fat' sounding. Position 3 (all parallel) sounds really nice on clean... its the most acoustic sounding setting. I was worried that all in series may be too muddy to be useable, but my worries were unfounded, which was a relief. Same for my worries that the bridge single coil may be too quiet- its plenty loud enough. I was careful with my grounding to avoid loops and hum... its all star grounded to one point, and its very nearly silent. - Quiter than my factory made guitars- even in single coil mode. I might change the capacitor on the tone pot. Its ok at the moment, but I'd like the difference in tone to be a little more dramatic than it currently is. The neck feels really nice too. ~So basically [incase you hadnt deduced so from that big ego-trip of a post ], I'm VERY happy with the outcome! Definitely the best guitar I've made so far, and a contender for 'favourite guitar that I own'... I'll have to play it a little more first. I'll wait till its completely finished, with the knobs sorted and everything, then it will be pictures galore . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 With a 28" scale bari, you should be able to (with the right strings) tune down to B. Some tune to C and A, but 'standard' baritone tuning, insofar as it exists, seems to be low B to B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 My ex-bandmates used .054"-.056" as B strings on a 25.5" scale, I'd imagine it being very tight tuned to D on a 28" scale. I plan on using .056" and .080" gauges for the 27.25" scale tuned for F# and B, although I doubt that's what I will stick with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 it looks great ben!! i bet it sounds fantastic too.......but whats the final weight come in at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 With a 28" scale bari, you should be able to (with the right strings) tune down to B. Some tune to C and A, but 'standard' baritone tuning, insofar as it exists, seems to be low B to B. My ex-bandmates used .054"-.056" as B strings on a 25.5" scale, I'd imagine it being very tight tuned to D on a 28" scale. I plan on using .056" and .080" gauges for the 27.25" scale tuned for F# and B, although I doubt that's what I will stick with. I might try to find some thicker strings. 12's were the thickest they had at the shop. On the lower tunings the strings felt wrong to me. Too loose. I think it might be due to the fact that the trem 'softens' the feel of the strings a little. Sounded fine though. it looks great ben!! i bet it sounds fantastic too.......but whats the final weight come in at Well I dont have any way to weigh it accurately, but I can tell you that it's only slightly heavier than my brother's les paul, and that of my dad, sister, and brother (who all have played it), none mentioned the weight. Its not light (obviously), but its not heavy enough to be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 looks like you are onto a winner then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Well, I said I'd wait for the 2 knobs I need before taking pics, but I got bored and took a few anyway: The 2 big shaft things from the pots will get cut down to size. The person playing it is my brother. Also I used my dad's (cheap and crappy) camera, and it seems to always make things look redder than they actually are. The colour is more amber-ish in reality than the pinky-orange colour in the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 By 'proper' strings, I mean a set of Baritone strings, like those by D'addario, LaBella, etc...smallest guage I see is 12-68's, I've personally got 15-80 for my acoustic baritones, and 14-70 is a common middle of the road solution. If you can't find any locally, or order them online, you can always buy a single bass string and add that to a guitar set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 I WANT IT!!! Seriously sick design, construction and finish and crazy! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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