Osorio Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Anotherr project, copy of a ESP Phoenix Mahogany body, Grapia neck, Ebony fingerboard, Seymour Duncan pickups, sperzel tunners, all parts bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 A little update in the build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 updating the thread, fretboard redy, neck shape too, now sand a lots of!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 A little update in the build! I thought we talked about marking apparatus? Lose the sharpie you are going to cause yourself major headaches at some point with it. Did you shape the neck with a chainsaw? I have never seen such gouges... the end results looks good though but it looked like a lot of work. Nice work overall. \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 At this point the neck wasn´t glued yet look the tenon, it not done in this picutre, so I had a chance to sand all blue marks, however this guitar will be completly paint with white. No was not a chainsaw, it would be a little brutal! (LOL) I use a rasp to shape the neck, when its done I use a 36 grain broken belt of my blackndecker dragster sander to remove the "chainsaw" marks and after that 80 and 120 sand papers. Theres a lot of sand work to do in this guitar. Tks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 At this point the neck wasn´t glued yet look the tenon, it not done in this picutre, so I had a chance to sand all blue marks, however this guitar will be completly paint with white. No was not a chainsaw, it would be a little brutal! (LOL) I use a rasp to shape the neck, when its done I use a 36 grain broken belt of my blackndecker dragster sander to remove the "chainsaw" marks and after that 80 and 120 sand papers. Theres a lot of sand work to do in this guitar. Tks!!! I am just kidding kinda. I guess what I was getting at is "Don't make more work for yourself" Make less! That is one scary rasp... The rest looks good... no worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 One thing to consider at this stage is the proposed length of your neck tenon. It is a good example of what happened to the early Gibson SG's which were notorious for breaking easier that other guitars when pushed the wrong way. After all, the neck joined the body at the 21st fret! which they later moved to the 19th and increased the heel size. At least you have a little extra wood on the upper bout and heel but still consider that to be a weak area. Its good to see the business end of the wood removal process now and then. Thats what rasps do if you've never seen it before, ugly but damn effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I´ll take a picture of these scary raps after and post here. Think that have enought surface to be a good joint, of course if throw on the floor will broken like any other guitar. This point of build its my favorite, the woods begins to get shape and the guitar reveals yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted January 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Frets in thier places Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 It´s almost! Just the PU varnish and polish it will be done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Buffing waiting!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Finished! The white paint wasn´t so good than I expected, but the final result looks nice and sounds exclent, IMHO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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westhemann Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I use rasps too for shaping..I have a really rough one that does exactly what you picture...I use it for bulk removal,then use a finer rasp to knock those ridges off,then I start with the 60 grit sandpaper. It is not making more work,it is less work...only takes a few minutes to go from gouges to 120 smooth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 After the rasps I use a stripe of fabric sand ( of my belt sander ) to begin a fine shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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