Our Souls inc. Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 * Teaser disclaimer * I have not taken pics yet. It has a very unique neck setup, body shape and execution. Its a Padouk body and a rosewood neck/board. 24 medium frets, 2 humbuckers/3 way and tuners on the body, not unlike John's Corvus ( Avengers63 ) . * * I started off with an idea - same thing that makes me build most guitars - and built this around the neck setup. The body started off as a full-size and ended up being shaped into 'functional' , instead of 'expected'....... I ended up with something that resembles an ugly corvus. an ugly, organic corvus. that melted in a fire. but its comfy as heck to hold. That is all for now......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 It is categorically impossible to improve on the magnificence that is the Corvus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 If you don't have pictures it has never ever hapened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 There is ugly, and there is badly built. Which is it? Do we have to beat the instrument to death using your body as a weapon? We'll burn both, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadovfor Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 If a Corvus was being beaten with an ugly stick you'd probably think it was just two Corvuses breeding. P.S. What is the plural of Corvus? Corvuses? Corvi? P.P.S And what is the collective noun? An embarrassment of Corvuses? A disgrace of Corvi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Not this again.... AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Just say no to the thing that we can not say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 **** it - i promise to build a corvus style instrument most people that actually play guitar (or bass) like within the next year. i think its possible,, i think its definitely conceived - its just a case of putting a working design out there! if i dont, please call me a twat - it is within your rights to do so!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpcrash Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 As long it's not Corvus meets Cloud - should be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 It is categorically impossible to improve on the magnificence that is the Corvus. how so? You did it. The tuners should've always been down there...... and beleive me, I never intended to make a Corpus, it just worked out that way... I looked at it after the shaping and...... I had made an ugly version of a funky guitar. no pics till its ready. its bad enough to look at, let alone with pencil marks and rasp gouges....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA or death Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 As long it's not Corvus meets Cloud - should be ok Clovis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Workingman Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hey Clovis is my dog's name. He doesn't look anything like a corvus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hey Clovis! Getcher BEEhind out nya and cut da grayass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Just build a Marauder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Just build a Marauder! A Les Paul with a pick guard???? lol..... they even had bolt-ons i think!! and FF - nice use of proper southern english in your spelling. I've gotten quite a bit done on this concept build in only a few days. I'd be done, but the mum-in-law is in town and i have to entertain her and the Mrs. as well....... but, neck is shaped, body too, it has a new guitar feature called S T F U . (String Tension Forgiveness Unit) I only need to rout the pups and controls today and fret the board, then I'll probably put up some pics. Yesterday it was looking a lot like an instrument when I turned out the lights...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just build a Marauder! HEY! ...Leave the Marauder out of this, OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just build a Marauder! HEY! ...Leave the Marauder out of this, OK? Don't be hatin'!!! I have a mahogany LP blank with a florentine cutaway and 3 Marauder pups (H-S-S) waiting for the right time to be made into a high-end Marauder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I wasn't hatin', I was protectin'. I happen to like Marauders and S-1's. So nya nya nya nya nya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Actually.... this thing is starting to grow on me... ( I've been looking at it for a couple of hours a day for a week or so now... ) I now officially like its shape and declare it a masterpiece. You are still free to declare it a disasterpiece. I have the neck all fretted and oiled up. its some variety of Rosewood, or at least thats what I was told. Its a nice hard, smooth board, whatever it is. The padouk is now smothered in black epoxy for pore-filling purposes. Will be sanding it off tomorrow and proceed from there.Here are the first teaser pics ... Neck Back of the neck ... and some shots of the body. covered in black epoxy and almost a full reverse side shot. taken from enough of an angle to not let all the beauty of this design out just yet....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripthorn Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 The body with the epoxy looks like a monster ate a guitar body and then vomitted it back up. But then again, I haven't beheld its full beauty yet. The grain on the back of the neck is nice and interesting. Looks similar to the fretboard wood I am using on my tele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Corvus is Latin for "Raven", therefore the plural would be in the Latin form of "Corvi". It's still an ugly disgusting design that should be taken out behind the chemical sheds and shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 A raven is also called a crow. A flock of crows is called a murder. Therefore, we have a murder of Corvi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) Untrue. A Latin, crow is "Cornix" despite the genus being Corvus hence the common misunderstanding. It's true that the collective noun for crows is "a murder of ..." whereas Ravens are an "unkindness of ..." which is even more fascinating! *puts hat on again* <edit: I realised that it is an "unkindness of Corvi"! How appropriate that the collective noun implies the unwelcomeness of these "things" also.> Edited March 12, 2011 by Prostheta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I musta missed that episode of Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood....... anyway... the epoxy was a terrible, great idea. It made all the pores full and smooth and a nice black in contrast to the Padouk. but.... it also highlighted every single scratch, divot and wobble. This is viewed by me as terrible, but good. It caused some extra work for me, but its work that needed to be done to make this a looker...... if I'm going to carry this thing to the finish line, its going to be worth it. The extra work to smooth out all the imperfections will make it THAT much better in the end. even with the extra removal to do- its a great technique for pore filling, and I'm glad I picked it up. Now to see how good I can get it to shine........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I used a scraper to remove the epoxy on mine, it worked beautifully and very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 I know.. but you just had a top to do. I had the sides, back, nooks, crannies and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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