RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 This is an attempt at a Vigier Marylin style guitar. The project is waiting on finish. I am going to do a bright yellow stain with tru-oil. Vigier built some inspiring guitars in the 80's. My personal favorites were the Arpege and the Marylin. I doubt I will ever find a real Marylin on eBay. So time to build one... I was not able to build the carbon fiber neck so I used wood. I also changed the scale length to 25.5. This was a mistake as this guitar should have been a 24.75 , I managed to pop through the back while drilling between pickups and tear out during the tremolo route. Well I guess that is why I haven't finished it yet. Neck : Maple/Zebra Wood Fretboard : Pau Ferro Scale : 25.5 Frets : 24 Trussrod : Warmoth Body : Flamed Maple Top/Padauk wings Tuners : Gotoh Tuners Pickups : Vintage Ibanez Artcore pickups Bridge : Ibanez Tremolo Electronics : Undecided... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 The padauk wings are awesome! Can't wait this finished! (But as for me, i'd put transparent hi gloss lacquer finish here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Looks nice, what Ibanez tremelo are you going to use? I ask because I've never seen a route like that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Looks nice, what Ibanez tremelo are you going to use? I ask because I've never seen a route like that before. Scored mine for $15.60 Ibanez ACT Tremolo Some mock ups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Usually I'm not too fond of the pointy guitars.. but this one RAWKS. Keep the pics coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Neck Build Scarf Trussrod Square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Fretboard Glueing Fretboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Profiling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Glueing the wings on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Headstock shaping Templates Top Fretboard before frets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Early Progress before Pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted June 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Originally had Schaller locking tuners for this project but they were too heavy. I am now moving to plain Gotoh tuners as the tremolo is not very usable. I would not recommend the tremolo for rock players. It is fine for light work but never gets close to returning to tune with a dive bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Usually I'm not too fond of the pointy guitars.. but this one RAWKS. Keep the pics coming! That was my idea exactly! I love the design, and wasn't familiar with it. Nice progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 That Ibanez trem is kinda cool looking. I've never seen one like that. Where did it come from? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 Hong Kong. Bought it for 15 dollars. It was pulled from a semihollow artist series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwcarl Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I love that shape, the wood and the finish. To me it seems like the neck pickup is really close to the bridge pickup, but that might be the tones you're after. I'm just completing the finish for my first guitar using Tru-Oil over stain, and I've just been applying it slowly using bare fingers. I've coated mine 8 times (leaving about 8 hours in between coats) and I've hardly used half of a bottle, and the finish looks great. It's not perfectly smooth since you can still see some of the grain of the wood in the finish, but that might have been my inadequate finish sanding. Nice job, it looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I love that shape, the wood and the finish. To me it seems like the neck pickup is really close to the bridge pickup, but that might be the tones you're after. I'm just completing the finish for my first guitar using Tru-Oil over stain, and I've just been applying it slowly using bare fingers. I've coated mine 8 times (leaving about 8 hours in between coats) and I've hardly used half of a bottle, and the finish looks great. It's not perfectly smooth since you can still see some of the grain of the wood in the finish, but that might have been my inadequate finish sanding. Nice job, it looks great. It is a __middle___ pickup. Not a Neck Pickup. Intentional. I may do it again... Use nitrite gloves instead of your bare hands. What seems harmless enough now might not be later in life. Grain fill before Tru-oil. Tru-oil is very thin and will not fill the grain without sanding while applying and leaving the slurry. After you have stained you really can't sand the top so grain fill has to be done first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwcarl Posted August 12, 2010 Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I get it about the pickup now, thanks. As for my own grain filling, I was under the impression that maple did not require grain filling, so I didn't. My build uses a sitka spruce back and maple top, and the spruce looks perfectly smooth with the Tru-Oil, and the maple not quite as smooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted August 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2010 I get it about the pickup now, thanks. As for my own grain filling, I was under the impression that maple did not require grain filling, so I didn't. My build uses a sitka spruce back and maple top, and the spruce looks perfectly smooth with the Tru-Oil, and the maple not quite as smooth. Maple doesn't need grain fill...but on highly figured grain it takes a bit more finish to make it all smooth. Sorry misinterpreted your post. IMHO 8 Coats is not enough... and is more like just getting started. I forgot how many coats I used but it was enough that I built a spray booth and switched to Target Coatings EM6000 lacquer instead of going through the Tru-Oil process again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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