WezV Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Ok, i know i have a few to finish off but they should be done soon and i am just at the wood sourcing and glue-up section for my next two paying customers and tearing my house aprt so they may have to wait. The first one is going to be an sg, here is the spec list: * Through neck- 35mm mahogany/6mm wenge/35mm mahogany * (white limba) Korina body wings * Ziracote fretbaord and heaplate * Body thickness 1.5" * Scale length 25.5” with 24 frets * Fretwire 1-11=6100. 12-24 =6105 * Binding. Fretboard only, acrylised b/e maple * Inlays - no fretboard, black side dots. WV headstock inlay * Neck carve - wide flat, not too thin - 60's LP special * Headstock - To be decided. Smaller than Gibson, more symmetrical than mine * Nut - unbleached bone * Strap buttons - Dunlop strap locks, normal on base, recessed on upper horn * Pickups - BKP - 90’s, nickel dog ear covers * Bridge - Schaller wraparound - tonepros studs * Tuners - Nickel Sperzels * 3-way switch * Controls, 2x vol + 2x tone + master volume * Finish - Trans Black nitro lacquer No photos on that one yet! The other one is going to be another of my Vendetta models: specs: *Black limba body *acrylised spalted maple top. *3-piece flamed maple neck with CF reinforcement, similar size shape as Ibanez S2170FW *Bolt-on neck join, black screws and ferrules *unbleached bone nut *Ziracote fretboard *Spalted wood on top of headplate if possible, if not Ziracote *Scale length 25.5” 22 frets. * Black Hipshot hardtail bridge strung through the body *Sperzel locking tuners - black * 2x BKP Mule humbuckers –camo finish * 3-way switch + master volume and tone *all black hardware *Jumbo frets *Large lizard inlay at end of fretboard closest to body in recon malachite, ending at 12th fret *clear lacquer finish, I have the wood for this now and it presents a dilema!! Here is the picture Larry sent me: Absolutely stunning and he says he has never seen this kind of colour variation in black limba before!! It would be easy if it wasnt for the other side. Here are my pictures Really not sure what side to use now Here is the top: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I like the more-orange side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 so do i but notice that its darker in my pics than larrys - still loads of colour variation in real life though, i am a bit worried the orange will all fade away!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hmm... I don't know how limba ages. Didn't really think about that. Maybe a certain finish will help it keep its color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 the bright ornage worm hole streaks dont usually fade but i havnt seen this gingery banding ot this much darkness before so dont know what to expect. the obvious answer would be to go without any top wood and show of all the limba - just not sure i want to do that!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 where do you get the acrylised spalted maple top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Wow, excellent wood with an excellent question!! I was just wondering something yesterday when talking about purpleheart where I mentioned in a thread about using UV type protection on other woods that have a tendancy to fade. I am curious if it would help at all, I believe that unlike purpleheart most woods lose their color mainly because of O2, but I am still very curious if at least some loss of color is due to UV. For instance did that orange discolor because of UV or O2? Or was it just some naptha on freshly planed wood that showed off the orange that much. You can see the edge and that there has been some liquid applied for the photo and even see it starting to dry in spots. Have you tried anything yet like sanding, scraping or planing to see if it just oxidized or something? If not I would try that and then apply some naptha as it looks like he did and retake the photo flash and all from the same angle as he did. Either way, this will make a truly amazing instrument. Best of luck and definitely keep us posted on what you figure out about the wood, very interesting stuff!!! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 where do you get the acrylised spalted maple top? from www.galleryhardwoods.com - looks like spalted maple but as hard as ebony, great stuff!! I will give the wood a scrape later and see how fast it changes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren orr Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 (edited) you dont really have a wood dilema, do you? You just wanted to brag about the awesome wood you have!! Edited October 13, 2007 by darren orr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 oh its a dilema - you tend to find that with the nicest pieces of wood you have to make some really hard decisions about which bits to cut away - otherwise we would just be making big rectangular guitars!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WezV Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 I have got the neck blank for the sg glued together and rough cut the korina body wings obviously not stuck the body wings on yet The aim is for more of a john birch SG than a Gibson although the shape is identical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 some progress made on the vendetta as well Body blank is all glued up - i went for the dark side of the limba , but still have 1/4" to take off teh back so it may not be quite as dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 body and neck roughly cut out and a side view still 2" thick in the pic - i need to take another 1/4" off the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 more done on the spalt top/ limba guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 here is my idea for the inlay probably a bit big to do with the recon malachite i have so i am going to try it with flamed maple - we will see, its still very much a work in progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 There's a company that does a lot of colored acrylized wood. So you could do it out of green dyed flamed maple.... OR.... lignum vitae/verawood! That'd be pretty cool. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 i think i am just going to try it in normal flamed maple first, but not going to inlay it till i am happy - getting some acrylised flamed maple would be a good solution this is the clients lizard thats the inspiration for the inlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 i think i am just going to try it in normal flamed maple first, but not going to inlay it till i am happy - getting some acrylised flamed maple would be a good solution this is the clients lizard thats the inspiration for the inlay Wez, why don't you try lacewood for the lizard inlay? Lacewood has that grain that's like that lizard skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 mainly because i dont have any here at the moment but i dont think the colour of lacewood would look good on a ziracote board. the other issue is how real do i really want to make it. i dont think i can pull of a life like inlay so i might as well do it as a stylized sillohette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 That is going to be spectacular, Wez! I love the lizard design, and the silhouette idea is spot on, but I would think it ought to be a tad smaller in scale, to include more of the legs. Snakewood would be a nice choice. Lizards tend to like being camoflaged, so something close in color to the ziricote would be cool. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 i think it looks best not being able to see all the lizard - although i may play with the positioning of the front leg you can see to give the design a bit more balance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Lizards tend to like being camoflaged, so something close in color to the ziricote would be cool. Just a thought. Ibanez has an RG that has a brown mirror inlay. That deppends on the angle that you look it, it's brown or whiteish. That guitar's the Ibanez RG2570 IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 ...you don't want it ending up looking like a warmoth gecko... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 i dont think the gecko looks too bad - infact the original plan was for something very similar... only more stylish. i am going to cut oneout f maple and decide then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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