shad peters Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 here is one that i have been working on for the past few months. i have been documenting the build on another forum, but only because i just joined here recently. had i known about this forum then i would have done the docu-build here as i think there are a lot more people who would take interest here. i have included some of the most recent photos, and you can see the whole build process up to this point here. buckeye burl build. hope you enjoy! http://petersinstruments.com/ by Peters Instruments, on Flickr the hell-cat by Peters Instruments, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fool Guy Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 That looks awesome! Love the wire inlay idea, might have to steal that one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA or death Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 What, no wooden saddles or frets ? Killer build man, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shad peters Posted February 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 What, no wooden saddles or frets ? lol, maybe next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Did you recieve your free gift with the Burl? I hear they come with scorpions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Anderson Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 shad, do you sell woods as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.D Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 WOW Shad that's awesome. I'm gonna check out your build thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osorio Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Great!! Absolutly great! I´m not a big fan of wood parts, bridges and covers, but in this project all wood parts have a nice harmony. I just think that the fretboard inlays could be smaller and with no MOP contour onto the abalone, just it. Looking the pictures make me wish to have one of this with 7 strings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum Peter! Now that we are all introduced... This is an awesome build (I see the myka influence) and I hope you do your build threads here from now on. I have a couple of burl tops waiting on the right guitars so this is cool to see. I would like to have seen that neck pickup either closer to the neck or have that little stretch of bare neck tenon covered... I would interested too know how you plan on sealing/finishing/keeping the moisture out of all this burl. (if you covered it in the thread on luthiers forum I missed it.) Those pickup covers are great... it will be interesting to see how they hold up over the years. I am not sure I am on board with the tailpiece bridge. I will have to see it strung up... Look forward to the rest of the thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shad peters Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks everyone Ricky I think I'm to selfish to sell wood, if I had enough to sell I think I would just hoard it all to myself. Mr. osoria, those dots are actually set in copper and not in MOP, but you may still feel the same way regardless. I have never done that before, but I personally think that copper and abalone go pretty well together. RestorationAD, I am in the process of sealing the burl top right now, nothing fancy, just a lot of z-poxy to fill in those big voids. I'm not sure if will do the same on the pickup covers and stuff or not. I'll be interested to see how the covers hold up as well, I think that for what I do they should be fine, but in a really harsh gigging environment they might not hold up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 RestorationAD, I am in the process of sealing the burl top right now, nothing fancy, just a lot of z-poxy to fill in those big voids. I'm not sure if will do the same on the pickup covers and stuff or not. I'll be interested to see how the covers hold up as well, I think that for what I do they should be fine, but in a really harsh gigging environment they might not hold up as well. I am planning on going with something from System Three or West Systems moving forward. For me Z-Poxy has always been "Almost What I Wanted". It works great but it always feels less than professional... I want something that is low viscosity to penetrate deep into the punky stuff (and not get foggy). RAD is fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shad peters Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 this is my first experience using z-poxy, i have been mostly happy with it, but it does seem like it takes A LOT to get the bigger voids filled in. i guess i'll just have to see how it turns out on the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I am planning on going with something from System Three or West Systems moving forward. For me Z-Poxy has always been "Almost What I Wanted". It works great but it always feels less than professional... I want something that is low viscosity to penetrate deep into the punky stuff (and not get foggy). RAD is fine... I've thinned Z-poxy with denatured alcohol, which has worked well for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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