Prostheta Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Make a vacuum veneer press or a duplicarver then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I've been looking at this thing for a few weeks, and I decided that I absolutely HATE the way it looks. I can't take the top off because my planer isn't wide enough for a 14" body, so the whole thing is available in the"classifieds" section. So, going in a completely different direction.... I have that flamed maple I got yesterday, and a 1/4" quilted set that I've been sitting on for a while. I've been thinking about this for a while, but getting the flamed plank yesterday just opened up more options for me. I've been thinking about doing a tiger-eye sandback on the quilt, and now have the option for the a tiger-eye burst/sandback on the flamed maple. I'd most likely put it over a mahogany base, but ash is a distinct possibility as well. But that's not the real question in my mind. I have the original purpleheart pickups from R.A.D., and just picked up a piece of PH with the intention of making it into a neck/fretboard/laminate stripes to tie into the pickups. The problem is that my gut tells me that the PH, even if it's just the pickups, would clash horribly with the tiger-eye. I have plenty of other woods that would be fine for a neck, and a plain maple f/b would look really good with the tiger-eye. I just cant wrap my mind around NOT using the PH pickups, which then requires using PH somewhere else. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I agree that the tiger-eye colors would clash with purple heart--at least until the PH turns brown. Either tint your maple with colors that would go better with the PH or save the PH buckers for something else. You might test a superdark purple, sandback, royal purple, and then your turquoise-or a light blue or fucia for the lighter color. If you stay with tiger eye colors--which would be awesome--I'd go with a dark fretboard like IR or cocobolo or ebony. My two cents....and you did ask. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I've been looking at this thing for a few weeks, and I decided that I absolutely HATE the way it looks. I can't take the top off because my planer isn't wide enough for a 14" body, so the whole thing is available in the"classifieds" section. Thoughts? You have two very good choices...either you just sand the hell out of it until you reach the desired thickness with 60 grit,or you cut the body in half and thickness both pieces. I do agree that it is too thick,but it is too early to throw in the towel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 with that situation (my planer wont fit full bodies through either) i would either use the safe-t planer or the router thicknessing jig. You have a router and scraps of wood so you could easily knock up a thicknessing jig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 You bring up a good point...John,you could router past the carve and take a bit of wood off the back too,then put in a belly carve and only soften the edges a tad(instead of the roundover bit),and you would have a stellar thin bodied guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Allow me to try to inspire you a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 The only real problem with that is the control cavity. It's already routed, and +/- 1/4" from the top. I considered using the safe-t-planer to take the top off, but I don't believe I'll ever get it flat enough to receive another top. You're right though: I COULD take some polywood and pine and rig up a thicknessing contraption for the router. I'd hate to lose the sapele. It'd pair up with a maple top tonally very nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I will tell you something else...I played a BC Rich USA custom a few years ago in Austin at a guitar shop...wonderful guitar.They are quite comfortable and elegant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 It's already routed, and +/- 1/4" from the top. Allow me to show you something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 route it down and add a thin top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Imagine a scratchplate of one of those hideously purple pieces of wood you love so much paired with that sickly yellow canary top... Ehhh????ehhhhhh??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 the only style of BC rich i ever want to own... make it pink and i will take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 That might even be enough "wood bling" to satisfy even you???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) Wow. That one with the chrome is really fug. The others are dang nice though. Maybe, if I used some of that flame without dyeing it, I could do a purpleheart center line. That would tie in the FB/neck. Keep it coming! Edited October 29, 2010 by avengers63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 nah, its the crazy amount of controls and a chickenhead that draws me in... how many other guitars do you know that are rock enough to pull of a chicken head knob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Ohh...Wez... 1993...I was in a pawn shop looking for a good guitar deal(as I often was in those days),and I saw a Hot Pink Japanese Ibanez sabre in absolutely stunning condition...I just could not see myself playing anything that pink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) nah, its the crazy amount of controls and a chickenhead that draws me in... how many other guitars do you know that are rock enough to pull of a chicken head knob? This one does OK. Note also that the BCR has goofy radio knobs too. On a wood-porn piece. Edited October 29, 2010 by avengers63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Keep it coming! How about this..you love your carving and inlays...try this on for size. Rout the top down as I said before into a thin bodied guitar,and then design an inlay logo or shape or whatever you like large enough to cover the cavity,then you inlay it as a control cavity cover in the top....out of whatever wood you choose.Maybe a mockingbird? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 this pink: but mockingbird shape, style and controls as used from 79-83ish and flamed maple - just on the wings. cloud inlays with a wide 3 a side headstock are part of the look too Chickenheads work on a firebird because a firebird is already quirky and retro. They shouldnt really work on something as pure rock as a BC rich, but it does! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 So what.... you wanna turn yourself into C.C. DeVille? Cuz he's the only fool I can think of who would want something that hideous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 in the eagle shape its hideous. But as a 79 mockingbird with chickenheads and radio style knobs it would be great. Real men wear pink! for more pink fun check out this new deamoness guitar made by a fella in the UK: http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/inde...p?topic=22542.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 So maybe you use blue acrylic and inlay that comic character from that long ass movie you like so much...that blue guy who takes army tanks apart with his mind and stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Dr Manhattan i did do this as a headstock logo on a neck i made for another builder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Yeah...Dr. Manhattan Hmm..notice on that logo there are two spots for control knobs?If they are black... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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