decadentjon Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 fit the neck (not glued) and started carving it today. will get some wings glued on the headstock and finish the carve hopefully later this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 fit the neck (not glued) and started carving it today. will get some wings glued on the headstock and finish the carve hopefully later this week. I thought we discussed that messy workshop pics are not allowed to be posted? Guess who is cleaning the factory tomorrow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 (edited) Oooooh BUSTED! LOL. Anyway, looks great, I love the look of that neck, very nice stuff. How did you end up shaping it? I found rough shaping the neck to be one of the funnest parts of building the neck and a super sharp spokeshave made it quick as could be. I still need to pick myself up a nice rasp, cheapo hardware store one worked alright, but takes more cleanup than I'd imagine a nice one would. What are your plans for the headstock, any veneers or inlays or anything special? Nice work and keep the photos rolling in and if you just happen to accidentally take a couple pics of Perry's secret recipes and designs, I wouldn't be opposed to finding them in my inbox, jk, haha. J Edited January 22, 2008 by jmrentis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted January 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 did a bunch of work today, finished shaping the neck, yet to sand, glued on headstock wings and got the shape roughly sorted out, carved the belly cut and routed around the back edge of the guitar. starting to get a bit excited, not long now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 More dirty workshop pics. This HAS to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 More dirty workshop pics. This HAS to stop. A dirty workshop with wood chips & sawdust on the floor just means it's being used. That's a GOOD thing! A spray station with wood chips & sawdust, however.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted January 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 started routing today, will glue the neck soon then rout for the bridge. also finished sanding the neck and got the correct thickness on the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 done most of the routing and stuff. neck is glued in. wire brushed the body today, then grain filled, then started sanding back, will get it done tomorrow and hopefully start spraying. got about 6 gigs coming up in the next few weeks and cant wait to play this thing out. i think im going to leave the body a little bit patchy, if you know what i mean. i kinda like the state of the top of the top at the moment, but the carve still needs a bunch of sanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 love the look of that, the inlay is great, and the neck looks wonderful. is that wenge or rosewood with the maple? the headstock looks great with the contrast between the light and dark woods. body looks good too. what did you end up using for the string on the kite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 hey thanks, its indian rosewood and maple. the string for the kite is just white plastic binding. since putting the black grain filler on i'm a little concerned that the body doesn't go quite as well with the headstock colours. perhaps a slight amber tint in the clear coat to the body might help? any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Id put cherry over that, or maybe deep blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 blue could work well as ptu said. id be more tempted to put a brown stain on and then sand back so you have brown instead of black. (you were looking to put a clearcoat over the black grains i think?) amber would probably work ok, but you wouldnt have that white colour of the timber and keep the contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 ok ended up sanding it back quite a bit, and doing some clear nitro on it, i love the look. will post pics up when shes all done in a couple days. no ambition to have a blue guitar. although that would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 The floor's looking good, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 HURRAAAHHHH!!! as of about an hour ago the guitar is finished!!! i honestly wasnt expecting it to play/sound quite so good and i had high expectations. i'm completely elated. i have a folder full of some pictures that can be found here: http://members.iinet.net.au/~vindago/guitar/ here is just a stock front on shot- any questions or comments most appreciated! cheers, jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 any questions or comments most appreciated! cheers, jon. Ive got a question. How come i didnt get to have a play this arvo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 god that is a good question. because it plays terribly, and i didnt want you to know! you might notice that i didn't put it down for a second after it was finished. another big thankyou to perry for words of wisdom and letting me use, make mess of, and break all your tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Looks great! Very cool and quirky design. And I love the black grainfilled ash finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 +1 on the finish! I was wondering what that was going to look like. Only thing I don't like is the angled humbucker, but I never like those, that's just me. Other than that, it looks fantastic. Congrats on a successful first build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Build looks great, not so sure on the finish. I think a nice vintage sunburst ala fender would fit this guitar perfectly. The fingerboard looks so finished and clean with the inlay but the body looks so raw in contrast and IMHO doesn't work as well as it could. But thats just my opinion, beautiful guitar you've got there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 I like the grain/finish of the body. I like the headstock. Not a big fan of the fretboard, but it's well-done at least. But I just don't like all three together...I just can't figure out what to look at, these elements are fighting with each tother, not working together. That pickguard isn't helping either, since like Daniel says, you've already got a lot of different textures there. That's just my preference, of course. The build itself looks great, and I've always loved that Mosrite shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 looks good, im supposed to be doing a similar inlay for a friends guitar, but with a big sperm... interesting textures on the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 i can certainly agree that its not the most logical of combinations. it is all over the place but i love it. if i had an idea for it i kinda just went with it and didn't question it too much, my main prerequisite being it looked different and stood out. i have no doubt that future builds will be better thought out and streamline but when it comes to it, i couldn't be happier with it. i really do appreciate the comments anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 As long as you like it, that's what matters. And, I'm with you on the design of it. I think the colors and textures really work with the shape. And I really like the black pickguard on there as well. The whole thing works for me. In fact I like it a lot more than I thought I would thanks to the finish and pickguard. I would definitely own a guitar that looked like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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