KAPT Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 My second guitar is almost done. This one is mostly made of birch, only neck is maple. Pickups are Duncan Custom at bridge and Vintage Rails at neck. Both have some mid boost too. I also transplanted Variax circuits into it. Control knobs aren't ready yet, but they will be made of birch. And I should somehow get that trem all golden. Frets: Dunlop 6000 Trem: Schaller Vintage tremolo with Variax piezo saddles More pics: (sorry about bad quality) http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/kapt/kitara/ I have a problem with neck pickup cover. I brushed 10 coats of nitro, in two weeks, and let it cure about four weeks. Now its bowed. pic: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/kap...ikkikotelo3.jpg Is there any way I could bend it back without damaging lacquer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 WOW! That thing is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Did you finish the back of the cover too? I'd guess that it's bowed because it's absorbing more moisture through the back than the front, which means the back expands more than the front, and forces the piece to bend. Try placing it somewhere dry (like a sealed box with a pack of solica gel in it) which may help it return to flat, then finish the back to balance the moisture absorbtion. Oh, and by the way - *beautiful* piece of work, very impressive, doubly so considering it's only your second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdenman Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 love the finish great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Preston Swift Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 GOTM all the way man. That looks fantastic. With the pickups, the variex, the piezo and the trem all you need now is a midi. hahaha. it looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 crazy finish awesome work!!! Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 How's that birch sounding? I'm thinking of using birch for my current build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freekhed Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Beautiful! Looks like a lot of hours have gone into this beauty. I love the finish on it. What's with the birch overseas there? Might need to get me hands on some of this birch in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capello Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 wow!congrats,great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAPT Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Thanks guys Did you finish the back of the cover too? I'd guess that it's bowed because it's absorbing more moisture through the back than the front, which means the back expands more than the front, and forces the piece to bend. Try placing it somewhere dry (like a sealed box with a pack of solica gel in it) which may help it return to flat, then finish the back to balance the moisture absorbtion. Oh, and by the way - *beautiful* piece of work, very impressive, doubly so considering it's only your second. Thank you for the reply. Yep, I brushed the back of the cover too. One coat of lacquer. Thought it had been dry after a week from staining. Should I sand it back to wood before placing to dry? How's that birch sounding? It's somewhere between maple and alder. I had to change that Full Shred to Duncan Custom to get warmer, more humbucker sound. So I would say it's pretty bright too. Beautiful! Looks like a lot of hours have gone into this beauty. What's with the birch overseas there? I started a year ago. Have done it mostly on weekends. This have been my "learning to use a chiesel and scrapers" project. It's much nicer to work without that router noise. I have heard many different opinions about birch as a tonewood, it's cheap and grows on trees here where I live, so I wanted to try it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisgreat Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 That's superfly TNT. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Looks great, pardon my lack of knowledge. But what does a variax circuit do? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Looks great, pardon my lack of knowledge. But what does a variax circuit do? Cheers! Variax Link The variax is a guitar made by line 6 that has modeling technology (to make your guitar sound like many different guitars) instead of normal pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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