nakedzen Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Some kind of a heavy metal triangle idea anyway. Wings rough cut. They have such nice figure I'm tempted to try how it looks all natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted November 11, 2021 Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 "heavy metal triangle" lol, noice. looks like some limba? don't even have a guess for the fretboard. def a nice mixture of wood. I've always loved the look of flying v but have never had one because I always play sitting down and just can't make that work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted November 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Wings are white ash, just have some spalting in them. Fretboard is zebrano. I'll need to order the neck wood next. Edited November 11, 2021 by nakedzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted November 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2021 Oh yeah, you can def play a V sitting down, you just need to hold it like a classical guitar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted December 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Finally had the time to resaw and plane the neck blank for this. The leftovers of the blank are enough for another neckthrough once I glue them together. Wings are too large still, at least I have space to saw some notches for clamps. Maybe I was a bit too eager to cut them into shape, but I did prefer to do it before glue-up. Much easier to handle the small pieces. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 8:39 AM, nakedzen said: Oh yeah, you can def play a V sitting down, you just need to hold it like a classical guitar. that is actually how I play (classical) but I find that not having the lower horn to rest on my leg makes it really awkward for me. that said... in the 80's they had those flip out legs on most of the flying v's... perhaps that'd do it. will have to try one some day... for now I'll just live vicariously through your build - hehe. afa glue up... just a thought but if I had to do this (after cutting) I'd prob consider doing a couple dowels to hold things in position. just a thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted December 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Yeah dowels might be a good way to do it thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 Dowels, Dominos, etc. are excellent for providing relative positioning between pieces. Some purists think (falsely) that it's not right to use them for some nebulous farty reason, but then again, they can always be placed in the pickup routs and neck pocket, etc. As long as subsequent work doesn't leave them exposed, nobody will be the wiser and the instrument will still be perfect! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 23, 2021 Report Share Posted December 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Prostheta said: Dowels, Dominos, etc. are excellent for providing relative positioning between pieces. Some purists think (falsely) that it's not right to use them for some nebulous farty reason, but then again, they can always be placed in the pickup routs and neck pocket, etc. As long as subsequent work doesn't leave them exposed, nobody will be the wiser and the instrument will still be perfect! my next band name: "nebulous farty reason" can always use "tone dowels" hehe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted December 26, 2021 Report Share Posted December 26, 2021 Looks like this is going to be a cool build, I've made a few guitars with that maple from magic_wood, it comes up nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asgeirogm Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) On 12/26/2021 at 12:02 PM, ADFinlayson said: Looks like this is going to be a cool build, I've made a few guitars with that maple from magic_wood, it comes up nice I just bought some flamed maple from magic_wood for my next build, still waitng for it to arrive but looks great on the pictures and he/she was very friendly, so I'll probably use them again in the future Edited December 27, 2021 by asgeirogm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Higham Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Who (or what) is magic_wood? I googled but didn't find much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted December 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Ebay seller from Croatia I think. Pretty decent quality for not much money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Agreed. They look like a good product for the price. I'd be considering them if I were in need of a top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Higham Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I still can't find them. Anyone got a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Go to eBay, advanced search, then search by seller id as "magic_wood". I think the link might be dynamic and likely won't help me posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Used Magic Wood quite a few times now. Probably my favourite seller, never been disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Higham Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/29/2021 at 5:53 PM, Prostheta said: Go to eBay, advanced search, then search by seller id as "magic_wood". It worked! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Heavily starting to lean towards satin white nitro, chrome hardware on this build. But we'll see! Glued the wings today. No neck angle, I'll put a Hipshot bridge on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted January 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 Didn't get pics of everything, routed the straight edges and the neck today, did the truss rod channel. Just ran out of time before gluing the fretboard, will do that tomorrow. Got a laser from the mrs for chrismas, much better for checking the neck than my old bent metal ruler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Fretboard is on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Binding or no binding? Starting to look like a guitar slowly. Messed up a small bit of the fretboard, bearing decided to become loose from the pattern bit at an inopportune moment. Small enough to hide thankfully. Black theater powder works great for coloring sawdust and superglue btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 1 hour ago, nakedzen said: Binding or no binding? Based on the images I'd say binding although a minimalistic approach does make a statement as well. But what colour of binding are you thinking about? If you're planning white with black pickups and chrome hardware, black binding might look better than the brown on the picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 (edited) Not sure why it rendered brown, but it would be cream binding or vintage white pinstriping. Something low contrast. Don't like black for this one. Edited January 5, 2022 by nakedzen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Ahh, low contrast... I can buy "cream" for the colour on the images but on pure white that might look dirty. Or rather "kusenpolttama" (for you non-Finnish that's the colour of the inner front of originally snow white undies). A pure white-black(-white) should look good, the black pinstripe actually would be better than a wide black band, yet it would outline the guitar nicely. I was thinking about black pearloid as an option but that wouldn't match with the matte black pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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