verhoevenc Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Disaster has struck yesterday. This guitar and a couple other received their FINAL COATS yesterday. They were hanging like they have for months, the way I have for years, the way even PRS hangs for finishing... But yesterday was not this guitars lucky day. Fell a good ways right onto the headstock tip; CF rods wouldn't allow it to split like an LP does, but there was so much force it just took what it could: This guitar proves there is such thing as a cursed instrument though! One headstock warped when the veneer was added making that neck scrap. Then an errant plane chip ruined the first fretboard. Finally got it done and was spraying it last year... Forgot I had just done some fret level work on it earlier and sprayed a ton of metal into the finish. Stripped it, sprayed it again this year... Now this. RIP. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I certainly believed in cursed instruments.....or at least cursed wood in an instrument. Ziricote for sure. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 That's an interesting take Scott! It would explain the iterative failure on this build as well as a carve being boarder line too thin on another neck I did. Apparently black & white ebony is my failure wood! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nope--not your fault! The wood is possessed. You did fail to perform an execision, but that's not your fault either. The demons don't reveal themselves until it's too late. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Time to call ghostsbusters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Disaster has struck yesterday. This guitar and a couple other received their FINAL COATS yesterday. They were hanging like they have for months, the way I have for years, the way even PRS hangs for finishing... But yesterday was not this guitars lucky day. Fell a good ways right onto the headstock tip; CF rods wouldn't allow it to split like an LP does, but there was so much force it just took what it could: That looks like a clean break with no splintering, my friend had a similar break in his Les Paul neck and it was expertly fixed, are you going to have a go at rescuing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted October 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 With not much body damage I'll likely just build a neck with a 1/32" wider end, it'll fully route out the old one. Maybe do it in something that wants oil instead of lacquer... that way if everything routes clean I just drop and glue the new neck in, oil it, and be done. Sounds easy hahaha. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Disaster has struck yesterday Wow, I'd say. That's a bummer for sure. I know the feeling. It's sort of like being a human lightning rod. I've got a guitar that I started about three years ago. I'm convinced it was cursed as well. I finally tired of fighting the demons, and set it aside. I could finish it easy enough as I've fixed the problems, but I'd rather work on other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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