hooglebug Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 This is following on from this thread in the inlays bit - my first inlay This is my first Sakura model, my first real inlay (apart from dots), my first maple fingerboard, my first bound fingerboard, my first maple front AND back, my first flame finish and my first semi-hollow. so, a guitar of firsts then. This is the body with a test piece for the finish - (looks a little strectched in this pic for some reason) Here's the back to show the figuring a little (the marks on the front and back are from flatting it down a little with an angle grinder - i had to resaw it myself by hand, so it was far from perfect) Here's a few shots of the neck showing the binding and banding and also the inlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 That's going to turn out great! Congrats on the inlay! Are you doing the same wave type thing that you did on that other guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 after all the fuss that caused!! hell no. lol. the tops only about half and inch thick too so i couldnt anyway. theres still going to be a hint of it tho. cant really explain it or even know if its gonna work, but i guess i shall see when i (try) to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Oh m'gawd!!! You're really one-upping yourself on this one, hoogle! I @*&$^@ LOVE it! The woods, that inlay, everything is just so damn BEAUTIFUL! So what's the wood on the inside of the cookie going to be? With a maple front, back, neck and fretboard, I foresee it being pretty bright, tonally. I like the banding between the neck and fretboard, too, is it wood, plastic? Where'd you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 the body wood is mahogany. the banding is some kind of fiber, maybe wood. feels like cardboard when you do stuff with it. i got it from stewmacs when i got the other things i needed. a bit more info about it - stainless steel frets (another first for me! hehe). its going to have two bare knuckle p90's (maybe p91s) and a tuned filter for acoustic simulation, which should sound great with the semi hollow body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Excellent binding - that's quite a glue line you have on the top though.... Hell - do a wave because it's a great concept whether somebody else has done it or not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 lol thats a pencil line so i can see it better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 lol thats a pencil line so i can see it better Ohhhhh. *cough* That's one hell of pencil line you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 HB You are rippin it up man! I love that neck! The inlay concept is so cool, and I love the binding with the back/ white thing....nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geo Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 One sexy little nymph on that fingerboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I worked the Muse show last night and all I could think of were your crazy effects-laden builds, hoogle Any idea of the electronics going in this one? Other than the P90s and piezo, that is. PS: more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 just a tuned filter not piezo. tuned filter is a passive little cube that you wire to a pot and as you turn the pot it takes mids out till you have an acoutic type sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Like a little tiny EQ, then. Pretty cool! I'm assuming it works well enough to fake an acoustic, else you wouldn't be using it, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 i have one in my purple mirror guitar. sounds pretty good with p90s, should sound even better with the semi hollow body too. started the carving - did the front and a little of the back. the maple is a little less than half an inch so the carve is quite shallow. you cant really see it too well on these pics but the future owner came by today and she loves it so far so thats good. the body on the bass side is rounded over on the edges, whereas on the treble side, there will be a small natural edge binding. you should be able to see on the pics what im talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 done the shaping on the back. again you cant see it too well on the photos but ah well. lots of sanding ahead of me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 That's one slippery shaped guitar there, Anthony. How are the cavity covers going to sit in, or are you going to rout a lip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrogeoman Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hooglebug, Your latest carved top looks awesome. I really like the subtle carve on this one. Do you have any pictures of your carving process you can post? What are your preferred tools for roughing and final shaping, etc? Keep up the good work! Cheers - Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 prostheta - yeah gonna route a lip. the shape around the cavities is such that the covers will (hopefully) bend to shape when screwed in. hydro - no pics of the carving process as i only took pics at the end of the day, and with both the front and the back i did them both within a day. i do the bulk of it with an angle grinder, then clean it up with files and chisels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Sounds good to me - they're not huge curves, but it may kink slightly due to the curve moving in three dimensions as opposed to two. Then again, we're not here to make cylindrical guitars ;-) On second inspection, the curves aren't severe in more than one direction so you're on a winner I reckon. I found an awesome plastics supplier in the UK who sent me samples of a few materials, one of which being black ABS large enough to do a cavity cover. That stuff would probably reshape itself to conform if screwed to tension and heated with a hairdryer....perhaps i'm going too far into this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 lol well it a thought anyway. im going to be using cream whatever it is anyway. cream pups, switch tip, nut and covers. cos it will look better with the than black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 did a fair bit of sanding of the neck today, got a mighty fine blister on my thumb to show for it too. but then i got a bit itchy and couldnt wait, so i decided to do this dont know if its gonna stay like that or have the red go around the right of the logo and to the edge of the fretboard. hmm i'll have to have a ponder. and yes, the logo looks a bit poo cos i had to route for it freehand and i slipped. silly me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I think that your guitars will benefit from a set neck approach than a bolt on. I don't know why but the neck joint in the back take so much away from such a nice instrument. The front flows very good. Especialy the "sound hole"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 well the next ones gonna be a set neck so i guess i'll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmarlin Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 I really like that burst on the carve, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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