!WOOD!! Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Been a while since I have posted anything but have had a rough go lately This is an LP that I built while I was going through chemotherapy.People react differently to the drugs they give you and unfortunately it really affected my hands.My fingers were very sensitive and had to work with cotton gloves on when I built this guitar. Any way enough of the excuses The back is beautiful 20 year old mahogany given to me by a good friend and the top is curly maple donated to me by the same good friend. The picture I have shown is from about 4 months ago and the guitar has progressed nicely. The frets are now set and have strung it up and plays very well.This was the first neck that I have made. Specs are as follows Grover tuners Late 70's Dimarzios(haven't heard them yet) Gotoh bridge and tailpiece Gibson jumbo frets Real mother of pearl fret markers Standard LP switching All gold hardware This guitar was a number of firsts for me.First neck;first archtop;first fret inlay;and first bound. The colour is a trans Gold that shows the figuring very nicely and the back and neck were left natural and all done in nitro. I am at 6 coats so far and is looking quite nice. Will post pics soon of it's current condition No longer have to wear gloves and life is good Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Looks Good! Glad to hear you don't have to wear gloves anymore. What colour will the hardware be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinefd Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Rich, First and foremost, glad to hear you're doing well. And the guitar looks great! Nice job! I love the combination of the figuring and the grain. Keep us posted! Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcovis Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Looks great! As a cancer survivor myself(almost 6 years out now), I know what you have been through. Glad your ok and keep us posted on this build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capello Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 cant wait to see the final result,it looks a nice,clear,great job! and of course glad you're "fine" if can i say so..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 looks great, whats the plan for the colour... i almost think it should be like a custom (black or white) because of the purfling but obviously you dont want to cover that wood with a solid finish. the carve looks really good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-martin- Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) Nice guitar! Is it (games workshop) greenstuff of the neck? Edited August 13, 2008 by -martin- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Me love! Please finish it natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Thanks for the replies.The colour is gold and is on it's 9th coat..Will post pics tomorrow.This is an old pic but shows the mahogany nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 This is a picture of the way it sits now Also showing off my new guitar rotisserie that I use for spraying this peticular guitar.With this I can spray flat and can lay on a nice wet coat with no runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted August 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 Thanks for all the replies This is a better picture of the top Needless to say that this is going to be a back breaker.I thought about chambering this but decided to suffer the weight.I hope it is worth it. 6 more coats and it's done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 That is super nice . . .how are the ends held on? Err. . i mean how is the guitar secured on each end to the threaded rods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted August 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 The threaded rod at the body was ground down to the same as the pilot hole for strap button and the one is ground down to fit inside the truss rod nut.The thing going into the imput jack holds it from spinning. It holds the guitar very solidly and this is an extremely heavy guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 I like the contrast between the top color and body, it really works. And very nice spraying setup too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Its good to see u dont let anything stop u doin what u want, i wish i could make a guitar half as good as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Rotisserietastic! Very nice guitar. I should crack on with my wife's Les Paul today, ideally :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I love the gold top...just beautiful...if fact, it look so precious I'd be keeping the mittens on just to touch the thing the rotisserie is such a good idea, I'm very impressed! Seriously though, glad your better and the hand sensitivity clears so that you can play the thing! pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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