Vitaly_V Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Hello! I am impressed with the work of the members of the forum. It looks like masterpieces are being made here. I decided to share my work with you. I will be glad to your advice. To be precise, the concept I thought of only for the neck. The neck will be one piece of maple, with a traditional truss rod on the back of the neck (Fenderstyle). The headstock is in the shape of a horse. At the twelfth fret, there is a curly inlay. What the body will be like, I do not yet know. I started making the neck in the workshop of my friend. This is our local guitar master. That was three years ago. Here's what I got: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Then, it so happened that our communication stopped, and I had to put the bar in the box for a long time. I recently found this box with a neck and decided to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 Strange, for some reason one of the photos turned over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Vitaly_V said: Strange, for some reason one of the photos turned over That has happened to me as well when I use my tablet for a camera. Other than that I must say I love the headstock! It's not too different to the original, yet the horse's head makes the rest look like it's a chesspiece rather than a slightly modded Strat head. BTW I seem to own a similar plane. Adjusting it is a nightmare, don't you agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 I like it! I've had photos rotate as well.......probably we all have. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie H 72 Posted December 7, 2020 Report Share Posted December 7, 2020 With the right tuner knobs it will look like a horse with a fancy knotted mane- ebony, maybe? Or cream plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 11 hours ago, Bizman62 said: BTW I seem to own a similar plane. Adjusting it is a nightmare, don't you agree? I agree with you. I do not use this planer for finishing. 10 hours ago, ScottR said: I like it! Thanks. 6 hours ago, Charlie H 72 said: With the right tuner knobs it will look like a horse with a fancy knotted mane- ebony, maybe? Or cream plastic? A good idea. Perhaps I will use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 love the idea... hopefully you continue the horse or chess motif through the rest of the guitar. "all right, all right, all right" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 I have a few thoughts on further building the guitar. But I can't form the final design out of them yet. For example, fret markers can be made in the shape of horseshoes. Or in a hollow-body horseshoe-shaped f-hole. Also thought of mustang body. But I don't wish use its shape. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Vitaly_V said: I have a few thoughts on further building the guitar. But I can't form the final design out of them yet. For example, fret markers can be made in the shape of horseshoes. Or in a hollow-body horseshoe-shaped f-hole. Also thought of mustang body. But I don't wish use its shape. i could see it going a lot of dif directions... chess piece inlays, makaray chess board top, rope binding, horseshoe burn in... horseshoe inlays sounds cool. looking fwd to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hi! I think I forgot to tell you how I made the truss rod. I used a 5mm steel bar. I sliced the threads on both sides rod. On one side I riveted a lock nut, and on the other side I screwed on an adjusting nut. Before installing truss rod in the neck guitar, I put a shrink wrapped on the rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vitaly_V Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 This week I glued a decorative wooden sleeve into the anchor key hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 And worked on the body of the guitar. I wanted to use pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 I have heard a lot of comments against the use of pine in the guitar. I have also seen many beautiful pine guitars. I am interested in your opinion on the pine body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Bill Kirchen has been using a pine Tele for decades. Pine body, pine neck, no truss rod! And it works, both tonally and structurally. Pine can be rough and splintery when you use power tools. Not only that, you never know where a resin pocket lurks, covering all your blades with a sticky mess which obviously can be a problem in mass production. There's also a big difference in hardness between the lighter "summer growth" and the darker "winter growth" which can cause issues in leveling the surface. Then again, if you manage to get slow grown pine with very tight annual rings, it can be about as good as any wood can get. As with any wood species it's not only about the choice of wood, it's also and possibly even more about the properties of the very piece of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted December 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Thank you, Bizman62! Let's see what my pine board will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogzs Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hah, that truss rod design is rather interesting, never seen something like it. Fun build, will keep an eye on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 12/29/2020 at 3:11 AM, Vitaly_V said: I have heard a lot of comments against the use of pine in the guitar. I have also seen many beautiful pine guitars. I am interested in your opinion on the pine body. I hate working with pine for all the reasons @Bizman62 lists. But I've always heard that it has great tone and is very resonant. Great sounding for blues. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitaly_V Posted January 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 Scott, thanks for the comment. I have never played pine guitars. Therefore, I decided on such an experiment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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