ScottR Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Nice tutorial on drilling the string holes. And what a cool inlay! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitaraxz Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thank you Scott! It,s time to finish up the guitar that was going to be 8, but is now a 7..... Scrapped of a the edges of the Palo Escrito top put a bit of blue die in Scrapped of the die and tapped of the edge did some sunburst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitaraxz Posted July 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2016 took of the tape and put some clear coats on And ran into a HORRIBLE problem; the bridge was too tall......aaargh! 3 sollutions seemed available; 1- take of the fretboard and make a thicker one. 2- Ditch the guitar and start from scratch. 3- Recess the bridge. .......... I chose the latter.....so time to do some fine routing And then paint her up with Stewmacs shielding paint Did some soldering and shielding Once installed the bridge looked fine and the strings were at a beutifull 1 mm height! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 4, 2016 Report Share Posted July 4, 2016 Nicely fixed! The blue is a jarring contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 5, 2016 Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 14 hours ago, Prostheta said: Nicely fixed! The blue is a jarring contrast. And seriously creative! Nice! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitaraxz Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 Thank you for the coments Scott & Prostheta! As for the Deathbucker Alumitones from Lace my impresions are that they are either the upper part of mid gain (mid-high gain) or lower part of high gain (high-mid gain). But maybe that is because they seem to lack some bite, some high frequency spectrum. For instance a Duncan Mod 78 sounds like it has plenty of power because it has a lot of high mids in them, they have a good bite, yet they are mid gain pups. The Deathbucker Alumitones may have high gain but on the lower end. That may give them high gain in numbers but not in my ears. Great of you like dark tones. They are absolutely noiseless, zero hum, so you can really add all the gain you want in your setup. They sounded nice and clean when the seven string ax was tuned in B (normal) but when I used the tuning my client wanted, the seventh string down to G, it was fizzy. That was the same guitar, same amp, same player (me), but when I tuned down I could hear theis fizz which made me lose clarity in complicated riffs. For a 7 string metal head ax I preffer a Nazgul-Sentient Duncan set, but those pups are not as loooong as the Alumitones (thus limiting how angled you can place them) nor do they look as good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitaraxz Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Some pics, Neck Three piece neck thru; Cedar-Chen Chen-Cedar Fanned Stewmac Jumbo frets; 28.5”-25.5” Rosewood fingerboard Headstock; 8 degree fall away, Palo Escrito veneer Inlay; glow in the dark Body Woods; Caoba Blanca (white mahogany) wings, Palo Escrito top. Bridge; Fanned Fret Innovations individual bridges. Finish; Sherwin Williams blue dye & Polyurethane Electronics Pickups; Lace Alumitone Deathbuckers Pots; CTS Jack; Switchcraft Thanks for watching! Edited July 8, 2016 by Guitaraxz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 That's damn nice, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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