whalehazard Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) This is a commission for a friend. One piece swamp ash body, quartersawn cherry neck, rosewood fretboard. It'll have an onboard fuzz circuit with some special features. Stay tuned for more. Here's the body shaped and neck blank prepped. This piece of ash is beautiful and amazingly light. The neck is from a pretty interesting board, it's got yellow, green and pink streaks all through it. I straightened and smoothed it with the help of my brand new Grizzly jointer, which so far is amazing. This is going to make my life way easier. Edited October 9, 2012 by whalehazard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Cherry always looks cooler when it's freshly worked. Over time it turns a ruddy brown and loses most of it's variation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I think it really starts to look good when it gets nice and red. The neck on the guitar I play every day is getting mighty handsome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 The ash looks so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie H 72 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Looking forward to it! your other build is sweet, to say the least. just wondering, where did whalehazard come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Thanks, Charlie. The name is taken from a pirate name generator. It was something like Nathaniel Whalehazzard. I thought it sounded ridiculous, and I've always been strangely fascinated (for a midwesterner) in maritime history, especially the whaling trade. I don't know, it seemed like a logical move. And then I drew the logo and I knew it was the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie H 72 Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 That's pretty funny. The name is certainly memorable, which is probably the most important part about naming anything. The logo is awesome, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Hey guys, sorry no pics for a while. The customer changed his mind about the headstock, so now it's going to look like the duo I'm building in my other thread. The fretboard inlays will be different, but the binding and logo will be mostly the same. That delayed things, and since then, I've been on tour and had some painting work to do. I'll slot the fretboard tomorrow and then start on the inlays. I also now have the electronics for this, I'm gonna do a test wiring in a cheapo LP copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) OK, not many pictures for a while. Here's where it stands now. Logo inlay on the headstock will hopefully get done this week, but for now here's the fretboard and all the binding. Edited January 5, 2013 by whalehazard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Logo inlay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sweet! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 That logo is so clean and so cool! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 ....and the vast majority of the inlay can be done with an ounce of forethought and a forstner bit. Work smart, not hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbinst Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Loving the progress so far! What did you use for the black part of the logo? Ebony with etched lines and a white fill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Looks like reconstone... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Thanks for the kind words, guys. It is indeed recon stone. I love that stuff. Got some stuff done today, making good progress and had time to fret one of the other builds. Grover vintage style tuners. angled neck pocket jig worked quite well fretboard glued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 This guitar will not be called the Sizzler. How do I edit the thread title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 You can't,but I can if you wish.Just tell me what you want it to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Just get rid of the first two words. Thanks, wes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 My pleasure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2013 Got all three builds fretted this week. My first necks with fret ends extending over the binding. Takes a while, but I'm happy with the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 21, 2013 Report Share Posted January 21, 2013 Is that inlace in the logo and fret markers? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 It's gold glitter plastic. Awesome stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 22, 2013 Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Does it come in sheets then? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted January 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yeah, get it here: https://www.inventables.com/ They've got all sorts of cool stuff, some good for guitars, some not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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