JPL Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 A little inspiration for those of us that are tool challenged. Captain Caveman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Sweet guitar, impressive work for that small an amount of tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I had a good chuckle at the very last picture, with the goofy look and the 'thumbs up'. Inspirational! In a weird way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 I had a good chuckle at the very last picture, with the goofy look and the 'thumbs up'. Inspirational! In a weird way. Same here. The shirt really gave me a chuckle. Looks pretty good though. Talk about 'hand built'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted March 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Carefull, that goofy looking guy might just be a fly on the wall here. (Please don't swat him, he's a good fly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Nah, I just meant the expression he gave was goofy, and likely on purpose. No insult intended; in fact, just the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 All in fun Sorry, not meaning to insult anyone (You'd get a chuckle outta me & my wardrobe I'm sure, hehe ) I was impressed by how well it turned out and with basic tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 No need to be sorry, Jay thinks it's funny too. Come on in Jay and defend your self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdw3332 Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Wow, that's great work. I love that wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I think the guitar turned out great and I love the Swamp Ash body he used. I think it was a very nice touch using the Swamp Ash to make a truss rod cover. That body being cut out with a hacksaw reminded me of when I cut my first body out with a big blade on a bandsaw. I didn't know any better at the time and had to make small cuts in curves and back out and hit it from another angle.. lol So ended up with about the same cutout as he had, all jagged edges.. So I can really sympathize with him on how hard it is to sand it out level. It's a total nightmare, even when using a drum sander. I told myself right then, that there must be a better way to do this, so I started reading up and found out I could have just used a good template and routed or used a Robo Sander to get a perfect replica without having to spend 2 months sanding out your mistakes. It's much easier to cut out a 1/4" plywood template and sand the edges of it till it's perfect than a big 2" slad of hardwood.... Ah, the good ole days.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Well here's a funy story. I was on the carvin forum earlier and saw that, read it and was goint to post it here...well Drew got to it before me. Nonetheless, a great find and fully doccumented process of the absolue hardway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Looks good.That's what you call full contact lutherie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolJay Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 HEY! Someone have a problem with my clothes?!?!?! Thanks for the comments everyone. Jay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 lol.. You could pass for either a member of Beastie Boys or the Beach Boys. You should name your cover band The Beachtie Boys!! Just kidding.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Welcome Jay, great picture! Now tell us about the baby grand you're building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotass Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 thats nice...i feel you, i countoured my body with chisels :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 That picture's even goofier than the first one. I'm still too new to be much of a 'welcomer', but it's good to have you anyhow... maybe you'll be able to help out when I make my guitar with less than adequate tools, too. Cheers, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolJay Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Well, anyone with more posts than me (2) has enough to welcome me here. Thanks. And sure, any help I can give, I'd be glad too, but I feel a little bit out of my league just being on this site. On a side note, I just got inside from using that same hacksaw blade to cut some truss rod covers out of flamed maple and bloodwood for my new project guitar. But I had someone else make the body for this one. Later, Jay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 Build a guitar, and at the same time work out. Great job, ive seen guitars built with all the proper tools and they turned out much worse than yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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