mistermikev Posted December 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2022 some minor updates... lot of finish work still to do but got my necks made and inlays done. still have to do some work bending veneer into those detail channels on the neck/headstock. think I'll work on my bridge piece next. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Amazing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: Amazing Thank you sir!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Pure sex Mike! I need a cold shower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 30 minutes ago, ShatnersBassoon said: Pure sex Mike! I need a cold shower thank you mr shatner, hehe, "I'm dead sexy"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 have been working hard against the clock in my head... thinking I'd like to move on to new projects in the new year... but alas... I don't think I'll make it. spent most of my day today jacking around with boiling water and 1/8" strips of veneer. needs a lot of clean up yet but baby steps. did not anticipate it being this hard to get veneer to conform to those tight turns! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 so... would love some first impressions on this next part... "TAKE IT TO THE BRIDGE"! this is revision 1.9... this is the 3rd one I've built and for better or worse I think I'm sticking w it. first one was horribly mismatched to the rest of the design... completely started over. then second one was just too thick and clunky. Still feels awful thick but I need 1/4" thickness for some square nuts/grub screws to be able to adjust/lock fwd/rev motion... and 1/4" to bury the studs... so 1/2" it is. According to my measurements this should be just a hair low with the studs burried. anywho... I've bought an artec piezo and a big fat bone saddle blank that should fit in here... going to be a challenge to retrofit a channel for that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 You do know that Movember is over, don't you? Then again, the matter is always topical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 Decorative designs are out of my comfort zone. I mean I cannot do them myself (nor do I feel urge to attempt) but I can appreciate when some one does them well. Like I said before I feel you have an extraordinary skill to make all those shapes go together. To me the bridge looks like a perfect fit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Bizman62 said: You do know that Movember is over, don't you? Then again, the matter is always topical. that's a very moving argument... I'm moved. hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, henrim said: Decorative designs are out of my comfort zone. I mean I cannot do them myself (nor do I feel urge to attempt) but I can appreciate when some one does them well. Like I said before I feel you have an extraordinary skill to make all those shapes go together. To me the bridge looks like a perfect fit. well thank you. I'm going to keep my first design hidden! it was very plain and just did not look good... so I basically took the shape of the upper horn and shrank it and then mirrored it. thank you for taking the time Henrim.... very much appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 2, 2023 Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 Damn, there are a lot of details involved here. You've done a excellent job of keeping them tied together and harmonious. Looks great and I love the bridge! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2023 31 minutes ago, ScottR said: Damn, there are a lot of details involved here. You've done a excellent job of keeping them tied together and harmonious. Looks great and I love the bridge! SR thank you Scott. very much appreciate it. I've made quite a bit of progress in the last two weekends... at the point where it's all about sanding/fitting. lot of manual labor for sure... and it's beating me up! "fading fast.... got to hold on.... only chance for survival........ finish the guitar!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 from here... it's mostly the little things... sanding, hitting some details... still have to make knobs... doing frets on the oak version, then should be ready for finishing... then I can start doing the electronics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 Immaculate work. Those truss rod covers are so sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 54 minutes ago, henrim said: Immaculate work. Those truss rod covers are so sweet! thank you sir. wasn't sure if that detail was going to come across... and it's a simple little thing... but it turned out better than I hoped. thanks for noticing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 I don't know if I never picked up on the fact that there are two of these in progress, or if I used to know and forgot while it was on the shelf. Either way, doubly impressive. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 3 hours ago, ScottR said: I don't know if I never picked up on the fact that there are two of these in progress, or if I used to know and forgot while it was on the shelf. Either way, doubly impressive. SR I've sort of resolved myself to needing to build a prototype... one that can live or die w/o too much pain afa spensive wood... I try out all my stuff first on that one so that if it goes really south I can chalk it up to experience. so the oak one - I almost gave up on it a few times because the carve needed a lot of work and the top was thinner so I burned through it - hence the creative carve on the bottom edge. I've somehow managed a guitar despite an awful lot of "never done it before"... and it turns out it's gonna look pretty noice so I'm very lucky! thank you for noticing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 so literally working on this in my spare time for the last 2 weeks... milled oak, purpleheart, mahog and maple down to .22 thick for the dome... milled purpleheart, maple and ebony down to .88+- for the letters... several issues with trying to mill two letters at a time and how close they are to each other so had to rework... then the inevitable snap of a letter or two while I try to get them into the pocket using giant sausage fingers... then wearing out my hands sanding them down to flush... it's a real trial but I feel like I'm getting slightly better at it anyway! bass (acoustic), treble (acoustic), volume (acoustic), tone (magnetic), volume (magnetic)... p or z for piezo was too big! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted January 15, 2023 Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 That's insane! And your photo shooting skills have improved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: That's insane! And your photo shooting skills have improved. thank you biz, really appreciate it. have been practicing with the manual focus... works so much better but still a bit hard to see on the screen... I'll get there yet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2023 something on my mind as I post this moch up... keep making a mental note that I should do my finish sanding way ahead of time and let my wood sit and age... because it brings out the flame better than anything else I know! this flame hardly shows at all right after it's sanded... and I'm doing a osmo poly x raw finish on this so I can't darken the wood at all prior... I just hope I can retain this much pop! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 My experience is the finer you sand it the more it pops and moves. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 18 minutes ago, ScottR said: My experience is the finer you sand it the more it pops and moves. SR well I s'pose that it could be that the body got 'buffed' by being handled... but it is so evenly spread that I really think there is something happening afa ageing that is bringing that flame out. that said... I'm sure sanding it up really good and then ensuring all the dust is gone... will also bring out the flame well. thank you for your input sir!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 3 hours ago, mistermikev said: well I s'pose that it could be that the body got 'buffed' by being handled... but it is so evenly spread that I really think there is something happening afa ageing that is bringing that flame out. that said... I'm sure sanding it up really good and then ensuring all the dust is gone... will also bring out the flame well. thank you for your input sir!! The handling also adds skin oil transfer. The higher sanding also increases reflectance, and the light scattering enhances the figure. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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