Drak Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 That is hot hot hot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 i love your work,setch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 that is truly amazing ! i am not worthy ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I hopped back to the first page, to see where it all started... Your work is brilliant, inspiring, humbling. You sir, rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Setch. your lovely guitar making ^^ dont cry some mistake.. if it have some mistake.. i dont change world best guitar for you.. good luck.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 I think they said it all above. Next time I'm in the big smoke I'll buy you a pnt if you bring the guitar along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Setch, I have a couple of questions going back to the top carving. 1) How thick was the maple top when you started carving? 2) How deep is the carve or what is the difference in depth from the bridge level to the lowest point of the carve? 3) How tall is your binding? The tallest I saw at Stew-Mac was 3/8. Does your binding channel overlap into the mahogony? Thanks Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 1&2 - My maple was supposed to be 3/4", with 1/2" difference in height between the highest and lowest points of the carve. However, the maple was badly warped, so machining it flat cost me a little thickness, I estimate it was 5/8" give or take a hair. 3. To preserve the height of the carve my binding was routed so that the maple/mahogany joint was in the centre of the binding. The binding is 1/4" all around the body, except in the cutaway, where it gets almost 7/16" tall. I used Stew Mac ABS creme binding in .090 thickness, 9/16" height (part #4397). Before gluing I ripped the binding along it's length, apart from a length long enough to cover the tall region in the cutaway. Hope that covers everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 wow...look at that shine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hope that covers everything. Yeah that covers it. Dude you rock Thanks alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beno Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Just Awesome Love that guitar Beno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullmuzzler Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 (edited) I've just got back from a LONG holiday and read this topic (I stopped at page 5 or 6). This Les Paul is GREAT!!!! As somebody else mentioned, it really looks like Slash's new signature guitar. Man, I Wish that I could try it out, full blown on a JCM 900!!! Excellent work! mullmuzzler | OSSMT Edited September 22, 2004 by mullmuzzler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 Hi Setch, as per always, congratulations on your fine work Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 setch...i hate you. that thing looks BEAUTIFUL! i'm sure it plays great too! helluva looker. what pickups are going in that beauty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 it really looks like Slash's new signature guitar That's exactly what I was thinking great work Setch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wademeister Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 Add me to the official list of awestruck admirers please, Setch. Very very fine and inspiring workmanship sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camcool Posted September 23, 2004 Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 that is amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted October 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 sorry for the lack of updates lately, progress has been delayed by building work keeping me out of the garage. here's what *has* happened... I took the guitar down to my old Uni' workshop, and drilled the holes for the stop tail using a sharp 10mm bradpoint to avoid damaging the finish, then following up with an 11mm twist drill to achieve final dimension. I got away without any chipping or finish damage, so it was time to test fit the hardware and string up for a check of the action and alignment. The action was alarmingly high, even with the bridge bottomed out. I thought I'd set the neck wrong until I checked the relief (insert bad pun about being relief-ed). This neck is one piece, and bent under string tension much more than any I've built. Once I had cranked the trussrod 1/4 (in 2 steps of 1/8) the neck was much straighter, and the action was bang on. I spent a few days noodling on it, and checking out how it settled in, all is good. Neck has stayed straight as an arrow, and there is minimal buzzing and rattling - not bad since I haven't levelled the frets yet. I wet sanded the guitar allover with 600 grit,levelling the finish in preparation for spraying my last few clear coats. More pic soon, but fullserve seems to be broken at the moment, I can only upload pics if I delete existing ones first. I tried setting up a second account, and I can't upload to that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Looking even better than before,Setch. Are you going to put a scratch plate on it? I have probablty missed it (sorry! ) but what PAFs are you going to be using? Thanks man, and congratulations once again. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82DeanZ Posted October 4, 2004 Report Share Posted October 4, 2004 Great job as usual Setch. I'm particularly impressed with the work you did on the binding and the burst. Good stuff. Best Regards, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 looks like fullserve is back up, so here's an update. Front and back of the guitar are all wet sanded with 600 grit, until I have an even matt surface. Any low spots will show up as shiny patches, and will require extra sanding, or spot fills with clear to fill them in. The aim here is to get the finish as flat as possible, without sanding through to the colour coat. Once I'm content that everything is nicely levelled, I sprayed three more coats, trying to lay down super smooth coats, without orange peel, dust, or runs. No pics of these coats, sorry. Once the last coats had cured well (a week is fine with Rustin's) I wet sanded with 1500, prior to final sanding with 2000 then buffing. However, my sanding has revealed a few tiny low spots, and one area which needs a spot fill, so I'll have to spray another coat or two before I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Thats great man! Cant wait to see it done! Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 (edited) The back color looks awefully purple.....is that the pic or did you paint it that way???? Edited October 15, 2004 by RGGR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The red is actually very red - but as Drak has pointed out in the past, red is a tough colour to get a with a digital camera. The matt finish also messes with how the colours look. In answer to a couple of questions from Luke via PM: I'll be doing the final buffing with Rustin's burnishing compound/paste. I used it on the last guitar and was very happy with the results: As for pickups, I'll be using Golden age humbuckers from Stew Mac - an overwound one in the bridge, and the standard model in the neck. I used thses on my last guitar, and was very impressed with the value for money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Stunning work dude, really If I manage to create a guitar like that in 10 years time i'll be a happy man - so congratulations on some truly inspiring work keep up updated! Seeing thing fully assembled with hardware will be awesome Cheers, - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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