uk chris Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Hi all started work on a kelly so a few pics for you all timber all ready to work on set out all the positions of where things will go truss rod and c f rods slotted into place head angled as well neck shaped and sanded going for all gold hardware, twin humbuckers with coil taps on them . and a true oil finish will post more pics when i have got my lazy ass into work mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisgreat Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Looks good so far. Don't you just love the smell of Walnut being cut? I noticed that the neck isn't centered in the center laminate, are you going to cut off the excess on the right side to center it? Keep us posted on your progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 (edited) Looks good so far. Don't you just love the smell of Walnut being cut? I noticed that the neck isn't centered in the center laminate, are you going to cut off the excess on the right side to center it? Keep us posted on your progress! will do when i get round to doing more work on it ,so it looks equal and central love how walnut makes me choke Edited March 19, 2008 by uk chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I love walnut - a great clean build, coming along really nicely Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 well got a bit more work done on my axe got the wings glued on and cut to shape and sanded will be doing some work on the finger board next , going to use black with a silver speck corian for the nut truss rod cover and sratch plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 looks great, but not a kelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 looks great, but not a kelly. I was waiting for someone to spot that one it started out as a kelly but plans changed along the way into a explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Man43 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Very nice work there man, diggin; the explorer shape. and i thought you left the forum killemall8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElysianGuitars Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 thats a lot of wasted wood! especially from the neck blank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Yeah - possibly even enough to make another neck despite that check in there....still, great job - keep on moving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 No wood was wasted its going for another build prs style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Very nice work there man, diggin; the explorer shape. and i thought you left the forum killemall8 i said no more posting, as in no more threads for people to not care about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Very nice work there man, diggin; the explorer shape. and i thought you left the forum killemall8 i said no more posting, as in no more threads for people to not care about... Yeah, okay whatever. If you guys want to chew each other out over something outside the scope of this thread then by all means take it to PM. This has no relevance here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Looking good. I really like how the grain matches up making it look like one piece. Does it have a neck angle? How are you going to get a good action with just the height of the fingerboard over the body plain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Looking good. I really like how the grain matches up making it look like one piece. Does it have a neck angle? How are you going to get a good action with just the height of the fingerboard over the body plain? its got o neck angle the bridge is a roller type i have used one before it was all thought off before the build was started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 been busy on the build got the fretboard on slotted dotted and fretted , carved the neck and lower horn so its easier to get to the higher frets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 Good call on the upper fret access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted April 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Put a coat of true-oil on the build , can't wait to get playing this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarter Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 Thats looking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted April 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 time for a mock up of how its going to look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Very very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzosc1 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 time for a mock up of how its going to look looking good, this one needs a new name. it started as a kelly. but you went with the explorer. but it still has some kelly look to it, the lower horn under the neck is kelly length. too long to be an explorer... this is gonna be awesome when you finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Cool stuff. I like how the gold goes with the walnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Looks good! What's your finishing schedule for the tru oil? How many coats do you have on it now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk chris Posted April 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Looks good! What's your finishing schedule for the tru oil? How many coats do you have on it now? it only had about two coats in that pic its had about another ten now and its getting a really nice deep shine to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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