MikeB Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 ok, that headstock is a bigimprovement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 that head stock looks much better. it combines a traditional look with a modern influence, which is just like the body shape, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 It's not exactly my cup of tea, but as far as the originality content, I think you did SUPERB! Only thing I notice is it'll be hard (or it looks like it will be) to reach the upper frets with the upper bout shape, but maybe it won't work out that way and it'll be fine. And I'd move the lever switch a bit further away from the knobbers... I think the whole thing looks absolutely A-1. Really great idea, build it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 i reallylike the body and the new improved headstock is alot better...good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlague Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 i like the headstock a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcamp67 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Much better!!! The only thing that needs to be looked at (I know...... you said it was a rough sketch! ) is the tuner for the D string looks like it will pull the string along the post for the A string. Move it in towards the center just a tad, and that should solve it! I know you're going for the "swept, sleek" look, but parcticality and functionality must rule. A+ job on the draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I think it's great! As for upper fret access-- the Godin LG has a much more 'difficult' upper bout than that design, and I'm fine all the way to the 22nd fret. When I'm way up there on the neck, my thumb isn't usually hooked over the top of the neck anyhow. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I think you should make the 'point' on the headstock match the lower horn a little bit, but that headstock is a BIG improvement. And i love the body shape as well. Great job. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Will you make it non tremolo like in the desing? I like them better than tremolo bridges and it will suit the desing very well. Perfect, I'd really like to have a guitar like that. Maybe I'll buy a Godin but your's is a little bit nicer than Godins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Did you draw it freehand or use CAD or somthing, i cant tell from looking at it. But its very nice, the whole body looks like one movment.. god there i go sounding stoned again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 a body like that deserves a nice top! quilted, flamed, whatever your hearts desired, I just think the shape is very Classy looking. Also I think that would look sweet as a string thru body. However what you have now is superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Somehow I can picture that body in a deep blue metal flake with pearloid accent binding/pickguard,etc. The heastock is AMAZINGLY better. The only thing I would change is to make the bass side point on the end even larger, and make the bottom point a better match to the body's lower horn. A massive improvement on the old 'stock, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavnerGuitarWorks Posted June 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 Thanks for the replies! First of all, the knob placement is just roughly sketched, not the actual placement as I havn't decided on what type of controls other than the five way switch I'm gonna' use. I will probably leave it with 1 volume and one tone though. Second, the head is just a very quick sketch I did. The tuner placement is not even close to correct. I tried making the bottom point match the bottom horn of the body, but just couldn't get it to look right. It kept looking like some wierd kinda' bottle opener or something. I am still working on that design, but will most likely go with something very close to this one. Third, these plans were done the old fashioned way. Pencil and paper. I prefer drawing them by hand as to using a computer for some strange reason. That's odd though since I am a computer technician by day. I guess it just ties in with my other passion... Art. Fourth, I guess I could give more details as to what I am using on this guitar. I already have the body cut out of solid 1 3/4" thick Ash (northern, not that crappy light stuff ) and capped it with some lightly quilted bookmatched maple that's about 1/4" thick (no carve on this one, I thought it would look better flat). I have completly chambered out the ash and placed a mahogany block in the middle (so it can't be seen from the outside) under the pickups and bridge area to add a little warmth to the tone. I put a tummy cut on the back of the body, ala Fender. I said in the first post that I am finishing it with blue dye, but I will actually keep the finish a secret. Sorry I am using the white pearloid binding and a white pearloid 5 ply les paul style pickguard mounted flat on the body. I said in the first post that I was using a h/s/s pickup configuration. I am using the Hipshot hardtail bridge with string thru body. Man I love those bridges This guitar is 25.5" scale cause I am a Fender kinda' guy. The maple neck has 21 frets, rosewood fretboard, dot inlays, and I will be using the StewMac vintage style tuners with locking string posts (#1954 in the catalog) cause, Man, I love those little oval buttons . It is a bolt on neck with ferrules. After working at the Gibson factory for several years, I will never build a set neck again. After all the repairs and neck sets and just having the necks pop off of those crap assed SGs, I can't stand em'. I never once saw Stevie Ray, Kurt Cobain, Hendrix or the coutless other Fender players break a neck at the neck joint. I ain't sayin' it ain't possible or never happened, just never seen it happen. Anyway, back to the point. All the hardware is chrome, the pickups are custom wound by me, and the knobs are probably gonna be Gibson top hats, cause I like em'. I'm building this guitar for me, which is funny, as this is the first guitar I've built for myself to keep. Damn paying customers I am also in the works on a guitar for George McConnell of Widespread Panic which is pretty sweet, but that's another story. Man, it's gonna be cool to have my design and hard work being played in front of fans at sold out stadiums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 Man, it's gonna be cool to have my design and hard work being played in front of fans at sold out stadiums. that would be cool....got any pictures?i just realized i haven't seen any pics of your guitars... got any pics to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 LOL, i just picked up a widespread panic cd today at the cd store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavnerGuitarWorks Posted June 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Pics of my last project.... be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlague Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 that is a beautiful guitar, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jabsco Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 that think is bad ass!!! i bet it was a bitch to sand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk2025 Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 O.O........ the current project looks like a sweet cross of an LP and a tele...... the last one looks like a violin got a strat pregnant....... WHOA........ both look sweet cant wait to see the current one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 Looks like something you might find in a cobwebby Addams family closet next to the pipe organ... brilliant! The classic color helps give it that "victorian" goth thing going on, man, that thing is SWEET! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlague Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 it looks like a pagan, only... even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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