RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Starting another T9 (Basically an S9 Single Cut) Black Limba body, Limba neck, Macassar Ebony fretboard. Similar to the last one but simpler as there will be no veneers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I am not sure this top will work as it is not wide enough... and I am not going to splice it in the middle. I do have a few crazy ideas about splicing the outside edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Nothing better than cutting up what looked to be scrap walnut and finding this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Wait there is. Cutting the end off a long piece of Tiger wood and finding this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 The Laguna is amazing. I can rip through a 7" Indian Rosewood board in a bout 30 seconds. And the bookmatched boards only need one pass through the drum sander. Indian rosewood tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Plain old chevron quilted maple... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I lost track of this one somehow... I decided I need to get it finished. Here are the shots right before gluing the board to the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Khaya neck with purple heart lams. This will probably be for a 8 string multiscale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 And here we have a pair of Diablo style necks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 And the ziricote I am planning on using for a secret project. I had 2 pieces with some nasty little voids in them. I filled them with epoxy after this shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I have spent 2 weekends gluing up body blanks and neck blanks so it has been less than exciting at the shop. I did get the cocobolo S907 sanded up and ready for finishing. The Multiscale 7 is still being tested with a dry fit for parts and pickups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Playing with that new saw has certainly yielded some sick tops. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I have spent 2 weekends gluing up body blanks and neck blanks so it has been less than exciting at the shop. I feel your pain man. iv been making body blanks all week, its just face - glue - clamp - face - glue - clamp - face - glue - clamp - scream - headbutt wall - start over again. last week was no better. Just making up back & side sets for acoustics over & over. But still, its worth it when you get to the fun parts, like shaping necks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Playing with that new saw has certainly yielded some sick tops. SR I tell you the new saw is so awesome that you just want to cut up all the wood in the shop... it is crazy addictive. I used the old bandsaw to cut some scarf joints and almost passed out trying to push the maple through. I have no idea how I survived without the new saw. It has given me back hours of my life (spent on the old bandsaw and sander after cutting). I think I am actually getting more done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 I have spent 2 weekends gluing up body blanks and neck blanks so it has been less than exciting at the shop. I feel your pain man. iv been making body blanks all week, its just face - glue - clamp - face - glue - clamp - face - glue - clamp - scream - headbutt wall - start over again. last week was no better. Just making up back & side sets for acoustics over & over. But still, its worth it when you get to the fun parts, like shaping necks I feel the pain... It was great to find the neck blank on the shelf that was already prepped and ready to go! It was like Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 You guys have gotten caught in the vicious circle. You make killer guitars and establish a reputation, which brings in enough orders to have a busy year, which generates enough cash to upgrade the tools which allows you to make even more in a year which you have to because you've created more demand and before you know it, it's become a job. Hell for Paulie it truly is. Well done guys. I bet you probably hate a guy like me that builds one because it's fun and takes his time and stretches it out so he can enjoy it longer. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 You guys have gotten caught in the vicious circle. You make killer guitars and establish a reputation, which brings in enough orders to have a busy year, which generates enough cash to upgrade the tools which allows you to make even more in a year which you have to because you've created more demand and before you know it, it's become a job. Hell for Paulie it truly is. Well done guys. I bet you probably hate a guy like me that builds one because it's fun and takes his time and stretches it out so he can enjoy it longer. SR There is that... but left to my own devices I would build just as many guitars with crappy tools. I have run out of space to keep all the guitars so I have to sell them these days. There is no way to keep them all. So I try to keep my favorites and cycle what I can. I always end up getting behind and having to enlist help to finish. My friend does most of my finish sanding and oil finishes for me now. I teach him what I can so I can offload the stuff I don't like to do. Last year he cut frets for me while I pressed them in. This year I am teaching him how to make neck blanks... he is not ready yet. Right now I am swamped in custom pickups and my winder is down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Ah no. its not that bad Scotty, I get to make some seriously funky stuff sometimes. This order was filled wit mostly bog standard stuff. 16 super strats & 8 acoustics. BUT !!! One customer wants an archtop, no other spec to it. Just " build me an archtop that you would be happy to play" The other guy handed me 2 scaffold boards. 9X4 inchers 8 foot long long, mangeled to crap with concrete, nails, tar, paint & all sorts. He wants 2 dirty lookin teles I do called King Mojo's. So it suks the fun out sometimes doin them by the dozen like a machine. But then you get the odd cool build that makes it worth the easy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Glad to hear you are still having fun. You are going to have to through up a pic of a King Mojo, it sounds cool. I'm going to start one for fun soon.....just as soon as I get my last honey do project done........and I design it. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Right now I am swamped in custom pickups and my winder is down... Ignore the email I sent you earlier today asking about those pickups, I didn't see this post. Let me know when you think you will have it up and running again I'm slowing down the build process on that 8 string until I get those pickups. Downside is all three current builds need to be done within 4 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Right now I am swamped in custom pickups and my winder is down... Ignore the email I sent you earlier today asking about those pickups, I didn't see this post. Let me know when you think you will have it up and running again I'm slowing down the build process on that 8 string until I get those pickups. Downside is all three current builds need to be done within 4 weeks. Don't worry those pickups are already wound. I just need to test them before final assembly and wax. Should get done tonight/tomorrow night depending on time. Now the other 4 sets I am working on... that is a different story. The winder is down for upgrades. It was acting up the other month so I bought a new motor for it. Of course that means the pulley didn't fit and the mounting holes were off. I have to make a pulley for it. The motor in a Schatten winder is shat. It is not reversible, only runs about 700 rpm, and is generally very weak. I got a Johnson DC motor that is much bigger and reversible (I am adding a reverse switch). I am hopeful the stock speed control will be able to handle the new motor. It is not too much faster but it is much stronger so I can change the pulley sizes to up the speed if needed (once I get a lathe to make the pulleys with). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 All this pickup building talk... when I'm happy with the actual guitar builds I do, then I'll worry about trying to make pickups, until then I'll just dream about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 All this pickup building talk... when I'm happy with the actual guitar builds I do, then I'll worry about trying to make pickups, until then I'll just dream about it!I would say you are already there. We see your work and it is excellent quality.I feel I am going to have a Prostheta moment!<rant>If I am ever truly happy with a guitar I built I will stop there, quit building all the time and go enjoy life. We should all build like Scott does for fun... I just always manage to suck the fun out of it by being too serious.Pickup building is silly. You can't really do it for fun. It is expensive to tool up, time consuming, a pain in the arse to source parts for, and the knowledge is HARD LEARNED as no one talks about building pickups. I am about 4 years into "serious" pickup building and I can tell you that building pickups from scratch is more time consuming and frustrating than building a guitar.There are plenty of good companies to order pickups from Now for custom multiscale guitars... good luck with that.The real reason I started making pickups is to keep as much of my builds in house as I can. Next year (with some luck) I am going to start on hardware. Then I will truly be free of vendors and distributors and other peoples silly ideas on what a bridge and tuner should be.This all ties into the reason I started building guitars. Major manufacturers suck at it.</rant>Wow... I think I am ok now. I think I will drink a few tonight! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Wow... I think I am ok now. Well done! Pros would be proud. I think I will drink a few tonight! I'm in! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Wow... I think I am ok now.Well done! Pros would be proud. I think I will drink a few tonight!I'm in!SRPros is my hero. His ability to post a massive thought dump is EPIC.Tonight is Fireball Whiskey Night at my house...Tip one for me SR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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