Prostheta Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Funny thing about Finland is that we get service virtually everywhere, even in the really wild nowheres....except for a few miles out of Pori, where there are mystery black holes. Miles deep into a forest? 3G. Off the main road checking out a small house in semi-city rural farmland? Bloop bloop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Interesting. Here in NM i would say probably 1/4-1/3 of the state doenst have service. Most of it is high mountains and wilderness forest. Where i was at is a canyon, like a mini grand canyon, where there is no service at all. When i go hunting i never have service either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I like how you it's called service, when it rarely is with US telcos. That and the term implies you'd flip open your phone and get beamed up, or a butler would appear you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 There's an awful lot of rugged mostly empty space out there, especially in Luis's neck of the woods. Sat phones might work......SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Here are pics of the bighorn i got really close to. Not quite a goat, but i guess similar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Here is one of the bodies i just put together. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdshirtman Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Am I the only one who see's all the skulls in this piece ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Couldn't be. They are impossible to miss. Very cool burl, K--the whole dang top really, but what kind of burl is that? I love the way you've spread it out and made a natural burl burst.SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 I haddnt even noticed all the skulls! Pretty crazy!Scotty, It is walnut burl. I had planned on using the sapwood in a bookmatch on an explorer, but used the all dark wood on it. I had enough to make a body with it like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Here is another burl 7 string i am working on. This one has a pretty solid bookmatch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygtr Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Bookmatched? That seam is invisible.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 You find the craziest top veneers! This is one like a brown kaleidoscope. I see porky pig in his cop hat in there.SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 You find the craziest top veneers! This is one like a brown kaleidoscope. I see porky pig in his cop hat in there.SRIt is so much easier to find insanely figured or burled pieces in veneer form for some reason. Even when they have 15 sheets of consecutive matching veneer that would have been 1" thick or more if it haddnt been veneered. This one should look pretty good. I just hope it doenst lose its depth and grain and get too dark with finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I had to be careful of that with a ziricote top. Oil turned it a nearly uniform dark muddy brown as did shellac and I suspect poly would have too. Lacquer left it clear as a bell. You may have to at least seal this with lacquer or something that acts the same.SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Well, looks like i chose the wrong option. I sprayed it today with 2 coats of auto clear. It looks ok in the shade but in natural light it doenst look too good. Especially with how much open swirling grain this thing has. Oh well. Another mess up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Needs pics.SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 I decided to sand the clear off the top. I am just going to oil it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Here are some pics. Walnut is just one of those woods that looks better with mineral spirits and no finish than with a finish. I have never been able to get it to look as good and uniform as when it is just wet with mineral spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Here is an olive ash strat i am working on.It is one of 3 guitars i am currently working on all at the same time. It seems to go so much quicker when i scarf and rout truss rods for 3 guitars at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I thought the walnut burl still looked sweet. And I have never even heard of olive ash till you posted that one earlier in the year. This one is amazing. It looks like one piece. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psikoT Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 On 6/11/2015 23:00:45, killemall8 said: It seems to go so much quicker when i scarf and rout truss rods for 3 guitars at once. The required work to make a couple of guitars at once is basically the same as making only one... I can spend hours to prepare a two minutes routing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 GODDAMNIT LUIS. Every time you post a new Explorer it remind me how much I want one of yours! Thing is, I can't afford to either buy one (I still think you don't charge enough!) and my personal resources at this end are dedicated purely to developing new tutorial content for the site....making a copy of one of your guitar designs just wouldn't be cool for several reasons. I need to win big on the Euromillions lotto, buy an old kartano (wooden mansion) by a lake, start a free open-door residental luthiery school and commission you to make me a set of Explorers. If that's fine with you of course Luis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 6 hours ago, ScottR said: I thought the walnut burl still looked sweet. And I have never even heard of olive ash till you posted that one earlier in the year. This one is amazing. It looks like one piece. SR I hadnt heard of it before i found it online. Apparently it is really rare, because i havn seen it since. This one is indeed one piece. I Had 1 sheet left. The sheets were huge, like 33" long by 20" wide. I got this strat and an explorer out of hte last sheet. 4 hours ago, Prostheta said: GODDAMNIT LUIS. Every time you post a new Explorer it remind me how much I want one of yours! Thing is, I can't afford to either buy one (I still think you don't charge enough!) and my personal resources at this end are dedicated purely to developing new tutorial content for the site....making a copy of one of your guitar designs just wouldn't be cool for several reasons. I need to win big on the Euromillions lotto, buy an old kartano (wooden mansion) by a lake, start a free open-door residental luthiery school and commission you to make me a set of Explorers. If that's fine with you of course Luis. Let me know if you win that lotto. I'll make you as many as you'd like Prices are an interesting topic though. My work is by far the best its ever been, and yet, its been really hard to sell my best work even at low prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Started today with the fretboard glued to the neck blank. I ended with just needing to put in the side dots to be able to glue in the neck. A lot of work for 5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Quote Let me know if you win that lotto. I'll make you as many as you'd like ;) Prices are an interesting topic though. My work is by far the best its ever been, and yet, its been really hard to sell my best work even at low prices. Certainly will on both counts. You can easily price yourself out of the market at both ends. Don't ask, won't get. Undercutting or undervaluing your work is equally as negative on sales too. People compares apples and oranges based on price if you get what I mean. If I could get one of your finished instruments into a photo studio, I could sell it for four times what you're putting them out at. Didn't a customer do this exact same thing? Additionally, you are not making your mark. Brand recognition is key to securing more prestige in people's minds. Waterslide decals under lacquer with an alternative for oil would make all the difference. It bothers me so much that you're not raking in the sales, man. Your work and wood choice is getting compliments across the board, but having positive commentary on the process doesn't always translate to somebody slamming money on the table for the finished item. They're going silly for the porn but they're not putting a ring on your finger. Hell if I had the money I'd have you manufacture these instruments for me at your output price and I'd be making all the money by doing very little work solving the bugs in marketing. I just hope that the lack of sales influx or good hard money isn't shooting your enthusiasm in the foot Luis. Don't make me come over there and put you to work now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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