demonx Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Starting the bandsaw cuts Knocking the neck blank, top and rear back to the body wings: Rasping all the bandsaw cut edges straight: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Now that is a friggin guitar. I tell you I have been pretty board with you guys while I am renovating the shop. Searls this one looks like a real winner. Now seeing this I am anxious to get back to building. I am watching this one for the grand finale. I know I don't have to tell you to make sure you use a clear coat with UV protection or that padauk will turn brown inside a year. \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 I know I don't have to tell you to make sure you use a clear coat with UV protection or that padauk will turn brown inside a year. \m/ Being that I use Auto 2k as my clear coat, its a non issue. This will be my first guitar using West Systems Epoxy as a grain filler. I expect big things after everyones "talking it up" on this forum! Today was a bevel day - marked out with greylead and then rasped by hand: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wretched Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 LOVE the dimensionality of the bevels on this one. So nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 LOVE the dimensionality of the bevels on this one. So nice! I totally agree. That's a very refreshing design feature. The treble hook rocks. So does the pup! It looks like he made very large orange tracks. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 This would have to be one of the coolest looking piles of saw dust ive ever seen! This is from where I pre drilled the pickup cavities with a saw tooth bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff St. Germaine Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 The colour scheme of this guitar is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'll second that. May I ask where you're sourcing some of these imported timbers? The one and only store down here that did any sort of imported timber sales went belly-up a couple of months back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Its looking awesome man. That neck scheme is the exact one i have wanted to do for years. Exept instead of wenge, i was going to use walnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff St. Germaine Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I jus noticed your GSD puppy. Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 I'm sure he'll photobomb on many occasions. The others always have. I lost my big guy (GSD) to cancer just before Xmas, so this boy pup is to fill his boots. He's getting along with my 2yo female GSD quite nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 Drilled a few holes: Test fit of the carbon fibre jack plate: Test fit of the 3 way switch: Driling the hole to the output jack: Cavity routing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygtr Posted February 15, 2013 Report Share Posted February 15, 2013 That blue jack washer and toggle tip are the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. This is shaping up to be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menapia Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 Ya man that's stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted February 16, 2013 Report Share Posted February 16, 2013 There's always something new to be seen in your builds Allan which is of itself a very good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 There's always something new to be seen in your builds Allan which is of itself a very good thing. When someone comes to me and wants a guitar like one that I built for such n such I say no, I explain I don't build doubles and that it's much better if I build a guitar designed specifically for them and then it is "thier guitar", not just "a" guitar. So yeah, I'd like to think that every build I do is going to be different and always trying something new, yet I still like to keep to my styling which is ever changing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 On the weekend the customer informed me he now wants the strat style jack recessed, so I had to make a template for that. Also saiud he wants the other cavities over recessed and rounded off somewhat, so I got onto that also. Will round them off in a later sanding stage. Fingerboard went on today also: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetzerHarah Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Well that binding certainly is there. Customer's choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 All binding and hardware on this one is supplied by the customer. I usually don't build that way but he had already bought it all before approaching me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbinst Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 The blue does seem really out of place but I dont mind it as much as I thought I would. Its growin on me. Cant wait to see more pics, especially once the neck laminations are carved to shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 It is quite odd, but my brain has been trained to think "masking tape" whenever I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 All binding and hardware on this one is supplied by the customer. I usually don't build that way but he had already bought it all before approaching me. There is no accounting for taste when it comes to customers. Is that an old neck you are using for a clamping caul? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yes, both my 6 & 7 string clamping cauls are failed necks. I figured the board surface is the right length and shape and it's planed flat, so they make perfect cauls. Have been using them for years now. Re the blue: I tried talking him out of it, his response was the whole guitar is built around the idea of the blue and not the other way around, so the blue was not negotiable. Oh well. At the start the blue really annoyed me, now not so much. It's grown on me. Not enough I'd do it on my own guitar, but for this build it has it's place in the theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygtr Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I really think the blue is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Dont you love how random wood can be. I ws rasping away and this little pocked decided to bare its ugly face. I'm not going to try repair it until the paint prep stage. For now I'll forget it's there. Neck and heel "rough carved" - I'll get stuck into the detailing tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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