Neven Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Hi there everybody! My name is Neven and I've been reading here for last 8 years, and of course I also have built some guitars in the meantime, so I figured why not show some of them here finally? After all this is the site that got me into guitar building, and is my main source of information and inspiration. I don't build guitars for living, I make them for my own pleasure. I buy wood locally, and buy hardware from Stewmac or Rockinger, or sometimes get some used hardware as (sort of) a payment for repairs or repaints... It is not all top-notch, I work with what I have available, but it makes me happy. For those who are interested and have a few minutes, you can look at my site: Tailcutter Guitars, it is mostly in croatian but I'm sure you'll manage... The site is always "in progress", it doesn't yet contain all of my work but I'm trying to put it all together. For those who open topics and look only for pictures and don't read, as I sometimes do myself in a hurry, here are a few teasers: Padouk Petrucci-inspired guitar, not yet wired... Blackmachine/Ibanez S inspired 7string in progress: Also in progress, update to follow in some time: - Sapeli ParkerFly inspired 6 string - LesPaul inspired flat-top 6 string - Blackmachine inspired 6 string flame top - EBMM Petrucci inspired 6 string ash body - ESP Michael Wilton inspired 6 string - Ibanez RG/JPM/ESP M inspired 6 string walnut body - 6 string strat and 6 string reverse headstock strat and many more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 About the 7-string: body is made of ash+sapele central core, and ash wings topped with figured maple. Body is 38mm thick. Pickups are (I believe) Ibanez V77 and V87 (taken from RG7420) Neck is maple with padouk fingerboard and slightly figured maple headstock veneer. Bridge is 7-string black tuneomatic bought from Rockinger, string-thru body. Gotoh machineheads. Nitro lacquer. Here is a body photo prior to lacquer, after color-staining (red-cherry-black combo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 The first one looks slick, nice work. I'm interesting in buying some stuff from Rockinger, are they overall less expensive then StewMac, considering they are from EU, like I am? Pozdrav iz Slovenije Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 pozdrav susjed! Stewmac has much !MUCH! better prices, but there are few articles that I needed so far and Stewmac didn't offer them so I had to order from Rockinger. Regarding the shipping time, Stewmac's packages come to my hands in 10-15 days max from US, and it takes about the same to recieve one from Germany. It often takes more time for our local post to find it's way here than to recieve a package from other side of the Earth. You can easilly compare prices for yourself, for example Schaller floyd (50€ cheaper in SM) or tuning machines, slotted rosewood guitar fingerboards (18€ cheaper), whatever... I hope it helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Workingman Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 Nice guitars. BTW my first name is Nevin with an "i". Its supposedly Welsh but i don't think it has enough vowels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Thanks for your comments! A small update on 7string today: Started profiling neck, hammered the frets in and started dressing fret ends... Still got some sanding to do, and have to redo neck heel because I've got a little carried away and now the neck pocket is a bit larger than neck heel. Repairable with a little veneering and resculpting. Have to be more careful next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oblaty Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Nice guits Neven I´m from Slovakia, and I order from shop.sollerguitars.com Check out prices and maybe you guys can order from there I believe it won´t be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Here's a small update on the 7string... the whole guitar is getting last coats of lacquer, i drilled holes for neck ferrules, and done a logo-plate on the back of the body, got the idea from blackmachine again, but done slightly different. I routed a small recess in the body, glued the plate with a decal in, and then soaked it all in the lacquer. Here are a few pics untill i wetsand and polish the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Another project started few days ago, again highly inspired by Ibanez and Blackmachine guitars, but still slightly altered. Specs so far (don't have all the parts yet): Ash body with flamed maple top, maple neck (with probably rosewood fingerboard), original floyd rose (chrome). Pictures to follow... Ash body (2 piece) rough cut Flamed maple top joined and with marked centerline Top rough cut to have better access for clamps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Top glued Neck rough cut Body sanded to line, added cream binding, neck pocket routed: Armrest contour/bevel routed. A small patch on the side will be hidden with burst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Routed for FloydRose and bridge humbucker Rear trem cavity and rear bevel routed Truss-rod access routed, Floyd and humbucker testfit (with and without pickup ring). Btw, trem is obviously used before, I need to paint the fine tuners black again. That's it so far, I hope to get the rest of the routing done before weekend, so I can start staining the body and continue to work on other projects. Edited June 21, 2011 by Neven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I like the logo plate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I like the logo plate Thanks Wes, not really my idea, I just did a slightly different approach to Blackmachine's idea. Not sure if someone did it before them, but they (he?) are the ones who inspired me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 on the blackmachines it is a cavity cover for the wiring to the end pin output jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 on the blackmachines it is a cavity cover for the wiring to the end pin output jack Yes Wez I know, but still thanks for the insight. I used regular flushmount jack inside electronics cavity, so there was no need to do this multi-purpose way. I LOVE his idea, and it sure helped me with "where to put the logo?" issue, because it was too big to put it on the headstock. The guitar will probably (and hopefully) never be for sale, but I still like to sign my workpiece, as everybody else, so the logo is a must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted June 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 First take on the 6string body staining. Ash will be slightly darker, and this is also only stain, no lacquer yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted July 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 A quick update on 6string project, in case anyone's interested... Did a second try on body staining, not quite happy yet, but I'm getting closer. I'll redo it first chance I got. In the meantime, I did a little work on the neck: installed a martin-syle truss rod, glued and trimmed the rosewood fingerboard, installed side-dots. I veneered and stained the headstock, but with stain on it doesn't look any special, so I'll redo it with a nicer flamed maple veneer. I also stained the body cavities darker. The sides and the back of the body are not finished yet, and also the binding is not scraped clean fully. Cut to the point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neven Posted July 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 Here's update... I decided against the color-scheme I was trying to achieve, because I was not satisfied even after 5-6 retries. This time I mixed a dark wine color and did the black grain accenting before spraying. I am pretty happy with the result because I managed to achieve a dark color but still have the grain and the figuring very visible. The photos don't show the exact color well (it is darker in person) beacuse I took them after midnight in a room with a flash. I'll try to shoot some daylight photos next time. Few short notices - the binding is scraped only on the front of the guitar, the sides are not cleaned yet. I also put the 12 fret inlay in and replaced the headstock veneer with a more figured one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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