Boggs Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 I'll start you off with the latest shot of my prototype but without a little finishing touch on my headstock that occurred later in the day... It'll give you an idea of what it will look like finished though... The next two shots show how I cut the electronics access panel of the padauk back by hand with Tim's coping saw. He questioned my technique with the tool, but came quickly to understand my method... He knows so much ablut tools and woodworking that it is a special treat for me to be able to show him something new... The next three are of the neck I finished. Next is gluing up the back of my guitar to the mahogany frame... Look for next post to see the rest... Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Next, you will see the homemade router base plate and Tim using it on his guitar top... The result was spectacular!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragyn Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Verily nice looking progress. Keep us up to date!!!!! Dragyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Will do... Thanks for checking in! Three guitars at once all semi-hollow... What the hell were we thinking?! Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Beautiful work... i especiallylike the 4-2 head stock... keep up the updating and good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanKirk Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Lookin' good. I like the headstock as well. 4+2 with Sperzel locking tuners and a graphite nut Did you stress as much as I did when trying to glue the top to the body? Looking forward to more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalefish Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Wow.. Check out the headstock.. Love it, man.. Good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiefletcher Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Holy **** boggs that looks fantastic! i love the shape and the curve route along the outside!!! Great work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Which ones are we talking about... There are 3 guitars being shown here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drezdin Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 i love the action shot with flying wood keep posting the fun pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 I forgot to mention that the headstock is a "standard" Carvin Holdsworth headstock design with the exception that I provided Carvin with the padauk for the overlay. Under the padauk is a layer of maple (the second overlay) and that is all mated to the mahogany headstock/neck. It was sealed with lacquer sanding sealer and finished with multiple layers of nitrocellulose laquer and a final top coat of tung oil for feel. My guitar body was shaped by cutting the outside near the actual design line with a big industrial band saw. I then used sanding drums and disk sanders as well as an orbital finishing sander and my hands to smooth and contour the outside. The inside chambers were cut using my little jigsaw and smoothed with a variety of drum sanders. This represents a helluva lot of work. The body has yet to see a router! The prototype is just el-cheapo wood (pine planks glued together for the chambered skeleton and European hardwood plywood for the top and back totaling less than $10) used to test build processes but it sounded so good that I am reviving it! The neck on it is a standard issue Carvin maple neck with 6-inline headstock and ebony fingerboard. It has been sealed with Murdoch's hard oil. I will use ivory pickups and gold hardware on it (for the irony-effect... Very rustic finish with gold hardware... ) I like the action shot too! I tried very hard to capture it... Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 The result was spectacular!! Since you got 3 guitars here, this is the one that I liked, and the 4+2 neck is awsome, I'm trying to modify the one from James Hetfield guitar(explorer) into a 4+2, just finished printing the real size to start working with it. Awsome work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 That is my buddy Tim's guitar body. He has a couple of Kubicki basses so he modeled his guitar after them so he can have more-or-less matching bass and guitar body styles... Here is his new guitar body next to his Kubicki bass... The headstock and neck shown are for my guitar. Here, you can see our projects kind of side-by-side. He is doing a 4+2 headstock of his own design. Mine is a Holdsworth design. Cheers! Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Very cool! I especially like the use of the notch in the body to place the jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razzark Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Looks good. The pictures help me with my upcoming project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Looks good. The pictures help me with my upcoming project. Cool! How's that?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 I love the necks, I think 4+2 is the best look of all, after that 3+3. I'm trying to change the Hetfield 3+3 to a 4+2. Will use on my coming Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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