Popular Post ADFinlayson Posted November 8, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 If you remember my thread on Les Paul Specials I was building at the beginning of this year, well I made a carve top version a few months ago which came out really well. This one has a beautifully quarter sawn curly top from Bosnia, a bit of a dead spot right down by the strap button but you can't have it all and is why I decided to burst it. If you're interested there are a couple of finishing videos for this one on instagram https://www.instagram.com/adfinlayson First clearcoat https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjDHA1mriDC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Spraying the burst: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjD2YkVMDKQ/ One of my instagram followers liked it enough to order one so I'm building another one in quilt flavour which is what we're doing now and I haven't done a proper youtube build in a while so I thought I'd do that instead of pictures. But rather than explaining it all as I go, it's all just footage. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted December 9, 2022 Report Share Posted December 9, 2022 Fantastic work as always. I would love that fret slotting setup. And a planer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted December 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2022 17 hours ago, ShatnersBassoon said: Fantastic work as always. I would love that fret slotting setup. And a planer... Thanks Carl, that machine has made my life better for sure, I never really use the thicknesser on it but the table saw and the planer have made a couple of jobs way faster so it's well worth the space it takes up. At some point I plan to get a flush cutter for the spindle moulder on it too so I can route bodies out much more quickly than I currently do. Funny though, that machine cost me £350 and the bit I need for routing is £300. Reminds me of when I was a kid and my Dad bought a TR7 for £250 and the welder he needed to restore it for £300 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 12, 2022 Report Share Posted December 12, 2022 lovely stuff brother. seeing that bandsaw work... like butta - I have bandsaw envy. I have refused to change blades on mine because it finally does resaw and I know swapping out the blade would result in 3 hours of having to adjust everything to get back to being able to resaw and still waste 3/16" of material! that said I only paid $130 so... it def does a $130 job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted December 13, 2022 Report Share Posted December 13, 2022 That is knockout! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 Wowzer, check out those shop tools! I hadn't seen the bandsaw, table saw, or surface planer before. It's nice to see someone else with the Trend T11EK as well. I had one as a hand-down from my dad about ten years ago, which made life so much easier. I actually re-bought it at £350 when COVID hit, because the original was down in Gloucestershire and I couldn't get to it. I don't know what your router table set-up is like, but the Trend aluminium router table insert (with a hole for the depth adjustment) is amazing. They also sell a quick release kit, so you can mount/dismount the router in a couple of seconds if it's your workhorse. Amazing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted January 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, Stu. said: Wowzer, check out those shop tools! I hadn't seen the bandsaw, table saw, or surface planer before. It's nice to see someone else with the Trend T11EK as well. I had one as a hand-down from my dad about ten years ago, which made life so much easier. I actually re-bought it at £350 when COVID hit, because the original was down in Gloucestershire and I couldn't get to it. I don't know what your router table set-up is like, but the Trend aluminium router table insert (with a hole for the depth adjustment) is amazing. They also sell a quick release kit, so you can mount/dismount the router in a couple of seconds if it's your workhorse. Amazing Thank you mate, those items are newish, the tablesaw/planer is a Kitty Bestcombi 2000 I got in May 2020 along with some hand tools from a workshop clearance and it had been sat in my dad's garage until I got this workshop finished. I upgraded the bandsaw from the old Axminster hobby saw in late 2021. The hobby saw didn't owe me anything, got 15 builds out of it and sold it on market place for nearly what I paid for it. But the Laguna is something else, ideal for resawing tops so I don't think it will take long to pay for itself. I actually wish I bought the other version of the Trend because I've only really used it as a plunge router, I do have a makeshift router table made out of my workmate with an insert for my makita trimmer which works well for fretboards, binding channels etc. The Bestcombi also includes a spindlemoulder, and at some point I'll get a follower bit for it so I can route guitar bodies out that way instead of making multiple passes with the trend. But That being said, I shaped the body for this one at the weekend and I just shaped it with the Triton bobbin sander because this bit of mahogany is quite teary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ADFinlayson Posted January 23, 2023 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 23, 2023 Top is carved, mostly - just a bit of tidying up to do around the lower horn. This was the mostly bastardly piece of maple I've had to carve with hand tools, I think the only time I had less fun/more blisters was the ziricote build I did a few years ago. I am particularly pleased with the quilty and flamey goodness that appears down the sides The pot recesses were fairly awkward, I used a rounded over spade bit which is my current preferred method, but there was a lot of tearout so I made them a hair smaller than usual and enlarged them by sanding I've got several hours of footage to whittle down and comp together so EP 2 will follow in a week or two. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 The top looks stunning - it's got to be worth the blisters, right? Also, what's the veneer between top and body? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 35 minutes ago, Stu. said: The top looks stunning - it's got to be worth the blisters, right? Also, what's the veneer between top and body? thank you mate, that is a roll of bog oak veneer that I got off ebay - I like that pin stripe look but it's also functional, if I spray a shader on the mahogany and want a crisp looking natural binding edge then I don't have to spend hours scraping it clean, I just tape up to the middle of the veneer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted January 24, 2023 Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said: thank you mate, that is a roll of bog oak veneer that I got off ebay - I like that pin stripe look but it's also functional, if I spray a shader on the mahogany and want a crisp looking natural binding edge then I don't have to spend hours scraping it clean, I just tape up to the middle of the veneer It gives really nice, sharp separation between the maple and mahogany, which can sometimes blur into each other. I can imagine it'll make faux binding look more intentional too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted January 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Stu. said: It gives really nice, sharp separation between the maple and mahogany, which can sometimes blur into each other. I can imagine it'll make faux binding look more intentional too! I've had the blur you talk about in the past. I now glue my tops and backs together slightly oversized which prevents that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted February 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 The next instalment. There's a bit of a teaser for the inlay but it isn't included in this video because I was trying to keep them to half an hour and it was getting a bit long. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted April 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 Well I still haven't got round to editing the last two instalments of the series, but the guitar is finished. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 so couple observations... #1 - love the kill button. you somehow have a momentary push pull? what part are you using there? love it. buckethead would be proud. #2 can't help but notice, and forgive me for pointing out, that there is an awful lot of noise going on there in the background? tone sounds good and playing is very nice, just couldn't help but notice. #3 Guitar looks amazing, that finish is my fav so far. Just a 10 - nice work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted April 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, mistermikev said: so couple observations... #1 - love the kill button. you somehow have a momentary push pull? what part are you using there? love it. buckethead would be proud. #2 can't help but notice, and forgive me for pointing out, that there is an awful lot of noise going on there in the background? tone sounds good and playing is very nice, just couldn't help but notice. #3 Guitar looks amazing, that finish is my fav so far. Just a 10 - nice work. 1). Firstly, thank you for noticing that it has a kill switch rather than noticing the demonstrator is clearly unqualified to show it off! secondly, it's not a push pull it's just a 500k with a momentary on the top of it, it's really cool. Here's a link to it. https://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_sh124500_kill_pot.htm?glp=1 If you want to try one, they have quite a thin shaft, I had to drill a hole only about 6.5mm for it, if you have regular holes already drilled for your pots then you might need to find bigger washers, also they're course nurled so you need alpha fitment knobs to go on them! 2). No that's fair cop, the amp is being turned down by about 90% with a cheap attenuator in the fx loop so it's humming like a stadium stack while outputting as much noise as a church mouse (it was 10pm when I recorded that and didn't want to makes the neighbours sad). 3). Thank you Mike, really appreciate it and I am very happy with how it turned out, and I've already had another order from the USA for the SAME GUITAR off the back of it, next one is going to North Carolina. Super happy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, ADFinlayson said: 1). Firstly, thank you for noticing that it has a kill switch rather than noticing the demonstrator is clearly unqualified to show it off! secondly, it's not a push pull it's just a 500k with a momentary on the top of it, it's really cool. Here's a link to it. https://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_sh124500_kill_pot.htm?glp=1 If you want to try one, they have quite a thin shaft, I had to drill a hole only about 6.5mm for it, if you have regular holes already drilled for your pots then you might need to find bigger washers, also they're course nurled so you need alpha fitment knobs to go on them! 2). No that's fair cop, the amp is being turned down by about 90% with a cheap attenuator in the fx loop so it's humming like a stadium stack while outputting as much noise as a church mouse (it was 10pm when I recorded that and didn't want to makes the neighbours sad). 3). Thank you Mike, really appreciate it and I am very happy with how it turned out, and I've already had another order from the USA for the SAME GUITAR off the back of it, next one is going to North Carolina. Super happy! my bad - push/push is prob more accurate... have never seen a momentary like that. pretty cool - I appreciate the link. 2) sorry for bringing it up! It just didn't seem normal for your recordings. neighbors/kids - got it! 3) congrats on your popularity! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 Really love that purple! Interested in what your process (incl. which dyes/colours used) to get that result. Is there some visual tomfoolery going on? At some angles looks like it has a thin black burst border. Nice work mate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted April 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, JAK said: Really love that purple! Interested in what your process (incl. which dyes/colours used) to get that result. Is there some visual tomfoolery going on? At some angles looks like it has a thin black burst border. Nice work mate when I get round to editing, there will be a 30 min video on the finish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Woozle Posted April 16, 2023 Report Share Posted April 16, 2023 That purple finish is stunning - looking forward to the video so I can see how you got that shade! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted May 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 Finally got round to editing some more footage, here is the 3rd and penultimate episode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 So neat! Why did I think about Alex when you did that 12th fret inlay, droog? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted May 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 16 hours ago, Bizman62 said: So neat! Why did I think about Alex when you did that 12th fret inlay, droog? I have no idea who Alex or droog is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 2 hours ago, ADFinlayson said: I have no idea who Alex or droog is! Ring any bells? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted May 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Crikey it's been a fair few years since I saw that film. The guitar was for a band called Anastasia Elliot from Tennessee, the inlay is their logo. https://www.anastasiaelliot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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