demonx Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 SUPERSTRAT - 7 string Mahogany body Maple Neckthru Ebony board with white binding Mother of Pearl large diamond inlays Reverse Sasafrass headstock Kahler Trem Grover Tuners Bridge p/up - Bareknuckle Painkiller Neck p/up - Custom order Bareknuckle single ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I really thought I was clever when I started this guitar as I had not seen anyone put sections of timber into a scarf joint. After being on this site a while heaps of people are doing it! Don't feel so special now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 (edited) Building guitars doesnt always go as planned! This was meant to be a rest day - I got bored and decided to radius and fret the 7 string. This one had a bit more board overhang than what I'd normally do, so I shoved a chisel underneath for a bit of support. Apparently it wasn't enough. The fix - I've cut it back to a 21 fret, chiseled and cleaned up the shim area and glued a new strip of binding to the end. More pics to come when I get time to do more work! Edited November 7, 2011 by demonx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wretched Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Nice save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 I can assure you the save wasn't by choice! If the guitar was for someone other than myself I'd have pulled the board and fixed evrything to spec including installing an extended shim and new board, but since this ones just for me to have a 7 string player laying around I just worked with it. I also just realised I forgot to post a rear pic, so here it is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjiscooler Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Looking good! I like the mismatched headstock, I dont think ive seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 Thanks, appreciate it - the different headstock is not everyone's taste but I like it. I've never seen it done like this before either, it's something I come up with one night while "day dreaming" at work. Im trying to be original, same as my scarf joints are a bit different to others. Not too many ways to be original in lutherie these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 All final sanding done, managed to find the time today to shoot some clear primer coats: The Mahogany "popped" quite nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom727 Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Very tasteful design. I especially like how the body thickness tapers from the center to the wings. Great lighting on those photos, too. The mahogany figure is very nice. What finish product are you shooting? Keep on posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 What finish product are you shooting? Keep on posting! This is just a cheap ("Spartan" is the brand) Automotive 2k that I use on transparent guitars as a primer and grain filler before spraying candies or final good quality clear. It is definitely not what I'd reccomend as a great clear. I only use this because its cheap and I sand most of it away. It sprays horrible. It's thin and runny, even if I under thin it. It's just an all round cheap clear but it does what I use it for! I spray it on extra thick, not worrying about runs or anything as it all gets sanded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Souls inc. Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Speaking of sanding, I'm surprised you left that spot by the treble cutaway. The rest of the guitar looks so professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 Speaking of sanding, I'm surprised you left that spot by the treble cutaway. The rest of the guitar looks so professional. That was a screw up where I slipped when using the bandsaw roughing it out. It's sanded but the cut is deeper than I was willing to sand back, the fact it stands out now doesn't bother me as when I spray the burst, it'll be invisible - covered by black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygtr Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Speaking of sanding, I'm surprised you left that spot by the treble cutaway. The rest of the guitar looks so professional. That was a screw up where I slipped when using the bandsaw roughing it out. It's sanded but the cut is deeper than I was willing to sand back, the fact it stands out now doesn't bother me as when I spray the burst, it'll be invisible - covered by black. The guitar looks beautiful as it is now, can't wait to see the burst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted December 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Ive been out block sanding the clear getting it ready for the next clear shoot, but I cannot do that until the Rhoads is able to be moved from my spray room. Sooo... in the meantime I've been playing with PPG candy dyes and come up with my own color. It's a trial and error mix of red, yellow and violet PPG candy concentrate dye, then mixed into a Basecoat blender to make a 2k automotive Transparent Candy which I can add thinner to. You can see what I came up with here wiped over a piece of mahogany to testthe wing color and the thin strip of timber is a bit of maple to resemble the neck. I reckon that'll look sweet once its cleared! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Today: A bit of block sanding: Followed by spray time !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crazygtr Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 GREAT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Heres another pic that better represents the true color: In person you can clearly see the wood grain and depth of the mahogany but the iphone just cannot capture it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hey, what are you using to achieve a compound radius? I saw that on the GotM thread and wondered. I didn't see it described in this thread, but maybe I missed something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The way I've been doing it (which seems to work quite well) is radius the board at my starting radius, but focus more towards getting the nut area perfect and then sort of gradually lighten the sanding effort but making sure its radiused with no flat spots as I get towards the end of the board. I have different cauls here I can test guage with and even though it sounds weird, it works. I'm pretty much free hand radiusing, except I'm using a radiused block to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Just remembered you're in Australia! Dang. I'm working on compound radius blocks/cauls and need a guinea pig. Shipping to Australia would probably be insane though. They're big and fairly heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yep. Posting pretty much anything here add a bulk to the price, which means a lot of things that our American members take for granted, we see as way overpriced. Timber is one of those things. For example, a while ago I was looking at a set of figured quilted maple wings, price $90, shipping $120. It just adds a lot of cost to the building process. Simple things like shipping a whole guitar, I've had quotes everywhere between $300 and $600 from different stores in the USA. Buyer beware! I enquired about the CNC machine that RAD purchased. They offer free shipping in the USA. To get it sent to me was either $1500 or $3000 freight. CAnnot remember which one, either way its a big addition to the initial cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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