whalehazard Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hey folks...I do a terrible job of keeping up to date on pictures and whatnot. Here's what's happening right now...This model is called the Siren. Like a LP Jr, but more streamlined and cooler. I posted pics of a TV yellow one with a fuzz probe in it last year. The base model is solid alder, mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard and headplate, with marbled acrylic dots. The semi-hollow version is an african mahogany body with a maple top (will have plastic binding), mahogany neck, ebony fretboard and headplate, and will feature a different inlay option. Both will have a single P90 pickup in the bridge. I have yet to decide which pickups to use. Bridge, tailpiece, and tuners are all Schaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I just love that logo!!!! It's cool, yet light. The color and material variety options are just amazing. Really well executed design IMO. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thanks, Chris! Not a lot of progress. I bound the semi-hollow one with cream plastic. No pics yet. Here's the ebony fretboard inlay process. This design seems easy, but there are lots of pointy bits and I went through about a dozen X-Acto blades getting the cavities right. They're glued, and I'll clean it up tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Man, I admire the patience and attention to detail required to do all those inlays. I have plenty of patience, and enjoy the detail work when I'm working on a carving, but something about the tedious tiny little precise cuts involved to make inlays fit right make me crazy. And when you finish one, you look up and see there are eight more to go. If I make a miscut on a carving it is a simple matter to just modify the shape a bit to make it all work. If you do that with an inlay cavity it is just going to sit there looking at you with a smirk, saying look at the mess you made of me you big goober, you're going to see me every time you pick me up. Mucho kudos for that effort, and job. What did you use to cut the MOP? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Thanks, Scott. It's actually marbled acrylic from https://www.inventables.com/ I cut them with a jeweler's saw, as I would had I used MOP. Just sanded them flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Always a pleasure to see what you pull out of the hat, Whalehazard.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Workingman Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Always a pleasure to see what you pull out of the hat, Whalehazard.... I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalehazard Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thanks, guys. It's nice to have internet friends. Sometimes when I'm banging my head on the workbench all afternoon I feel very alone in what I'm doing. I'm sure we all feel that way at times. I'm trying to decide what to do with the logo colors on the ebony headstock. These might sit for a little while, it's finally warm enough to start finishing the other Andromeda that's been sitting around for far too long. I also stupidly volunteered to draw the album art for my band's upcoming vinyl release, and I have no idea when I'll have time to do that. I'll try to keep updating either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I also stupidly volunteered to draw the album art for my band's upcoming vinyl release Please post a pic or 12 of that whenever you get to that point. It was my life ambition while I was growing up (in the 60s and70s) to be an album cover artist....or a book cover artist for fantasy writers. sigh. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Everything looking fantastic, really digging that headstock shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Marino Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Whoa WH your inlay work is tight, love that logo... I really dig the simple carve on the one body, it just fits that body style perfectly. Awesome work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Looking good. Tight inlays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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