_FR0D0 Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 Hi First of all I have to say That I had no previous experience in wood working at all. But I'm finishing the routing process of my first body, I made some fixable mistakes and I feel very proud of my unexperienced results so far. http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0001.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0003.JPG Quote
DaveK Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 sorry dude, links aren't working Quote
Brian Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 That's going to be sweet when it's done. I think your doing an outstanding job What kind of wood are you using? Quote
cerealk Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 Looks cool, keep any updates coming! Quote
Scott Rosenberger Posted February 12, 2003 Report Posted February 12, 2003 Just curious, whats the dark colored block where the trem is? Quote
_FR0D0 Posted February 13, 2003 Author Report Posted February 13, 2003 It's cedar/mahogany/cedar with a pice of mahogany for the temolo. And the baby body cutting is done, here are the new pictures: http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/ima...ages/0000-2.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/ima...ages/0001-2.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/ima...ages/0002-2.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/ima...ages/0003-2.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/ima...ages/0004-2.JPG Quote
john Posted February 13, 2003 Report Posted February 13, 2003 please leave that guitar natural colour, just lacquered. It would look sweet as a nut! very nice job! Quote
_FR0D0 Posted February 13, 2003 Author Report Posted February 13, 2003 The problem with it (leaving it natural colour) is the pretty obvious mistakes I made that are fixed but are evident Quote
_FR0D0 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Report Posted February 27, 2003 I put a cedar veener on the guitar body to hide my mistakes, and it looks so sweet!!! I will try to get better pictures, but here you have: http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0016.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0018.JPG http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0020.JPG Please tellme what you think so far... Quote
westhemann Posted February 27, 2003 Report Posted February 27, 2003 i love the cedar it would definately be a shame to hide it.my question is,how does cedar sound as a tonewood?or is the mahogany the majority of the body? Quote
_FR0D0 Posted February 27, 2003 Author Report Posted February 27, 2003 It has a 12 mm top cedar, 26 mm mahogany center, 5 mm cedar back. Also the top portion where the borige goes is all mahogany. Tonewise cedar is very bassy, it is used a lot in clasical guitar building. Quote
Dan Posted February 27, 2003 Report Posted February 27, 2003 Oh my god.....that is beautiful. you should put more cedar veneer on the back and sides then just poly it and bobs your uncle! Quote
_FR0D0 Posted March 3, 2003 Author Report Posted March 3, 2003 New picture in the sealing process: http://dsonik.20megsfree.com/cgi-bin/i/images/0024.JPG Quote
Brian Posted March 3, 2003 Report Posted March 3, 2003 Ohhhhhhhhhhh thats purdy keep up the good work bro! Quote
Dan Posted March 3, 2003 Report Posted March 3, 2003 Yum yum i could almost eat it!........well not really Quote
LGM Guitars Posted March 4, 2003 Report Posted March 4, 2003 well, I'm going to play devils advocate, and say, the work looks fine, but dude, paint it a solid color LOL!!! I don't like the cedar top at all personally, but then, I don't like figured tops either with the odd exception. It's nothing against your work though, that looks class, I just think the veneer looks to much like furniture or something. I say, seal that sucker, and paint it LOL!!!! however, it's only my opinion Quote
westhemann Posted March 4, 2003 Report Posted March 4, 2003 personally i love natural finish on guitars.i love the combinations of different types of woods on necks especially.the guitar i am doing now is going to be solid red but i prefer stain.i want to try transluscent colors too.have you ever checked out the quicksilvers at edroman.com?i love the spalted maple. Quote
86barettaguy Posted March 5, 2003 Report Posted March 5, 2003 that is very nice indeed... how did you get the shape? Quote
_FR0D0 Posted March 6, 2003 Author Report Posted March 6, 2003 I used the jem blueprints as a base and made som mods bassed on pictures and my imagination Quote
iccurtep Posted March 6, 2003 Report Posted March 6, 2003 what mods exactly? the AANJ? or did you have plans for that? Quote
_FR0D0 Posted March 7, 2003 Author Report Posted March 7, 2003 The AANJ, longer horns, back routed control cavity, no mokeygrip, and a "proaxed" low cutaway Quote
brian konn Posted March 11, 2003 Report Posted March 11, 2003 Great job !!! how did you do the trem claw routes? or was this done by hand. Brian Quote
Globbits Posted March 13, 2003 Report Posted March 13, 2003 Love the natural finish-looking at it gets me really itching to get started with my own projects! Quote
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