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  1. Stewey
    Lucky you on the score, despite all my guitar talk the closest i got was the guitar hero game for playstation. I've always thought quad rails look best on yellow guitars so i'll be keen to see what this looks like. Sounds like a good project to learn on, good luck with it.
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    I don't mind it for a pointy guitar. Are you only going to carve in the cut out, or are you doing a bit around the body too? I reckon a bevel would look pretty mean.
  3. Stewey
    Is that a bolt on with the heel carved flush? Looks very swish.
  4. Stewey
    Beautiful, i wish i could get my hands on some zebrano.
  5. Stewey
    That's an awesome dog. And i really love the clean, professional look of the build so far, well done!
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    The top was 16mm. I did it that way to make sure i had enough room to mount all the electronics before i did the beveling. It would suck to have done an awesome bevel but then not be able to route out the top for your electronics because you did the bevel too deep.
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    Very nice, i love all the lines you've got going on in the neck, especially around the headstock area.
  8. Stewey
    Thanks Stu, Aussie power Thanks also TripleFan. The fretboard is new guinea rose wood that was smuggled out of Papua New Guinea and into Australia in the 70's by a friend of mine. It was a floor board if i remember right. I cut it up and got 4 fretboards out of it. It smells simply amazing when you are working with it.
  9. Stewey
    Traditional shaped guitars with a bit of a twist have always appealed to me. Yeah I did take some thickness off the inside of the top, i took off enough so that the electronics mounted easily and so that the f-holes looked a bit more graceful. They dont look so good with a fat profile to them. I did it the other way around, i took a tracing of where i had routed underneath and then traced it onto the top. I used this to design my bevels by keeping about 5mm away from them at the closest points. You can tell from the carve shape that i routed quite close to the edges at the bottom of the guitar and not so close to the edges at the waist.
  10. Stewey
    Thanks Hammered, the floyd rose is a a licensed copy made by Takeuchi. Im not too sure on any more details than that since it was just an impulse purchase off ebay.
  11. Stewey
    Here's some better pics as promised. You can see the figure in the top in these shots. I can't seem to get a good shot of the back though. The Qld maple has a sort of holographic effect to it where these shiny bits seem to change depending on what angle you look at it. Front Headstock 1 Headstock 2 Back Back 2 I think i've finally got a hang of the floyd after a couple hours googling.
  12. Stewey
    Yeah there is no neck angle, i just set the trem a little lower by recessing it. I think Perry explained neck angles pretty well in the solid body section(?), maybe seach for that. Thanks Xanthus, I dont think i'll be using a floyd again anytime soon, good old curiousity killed the cat. I wired it all up quickly yesterday without putting the copper lining in the cavities that I was going to and she is dead quiet. The pickups are vintage ones from stew mac, they sound nice and old school rock and roll'y to me which is what I was going for.
  13. Stewey
    Looks amazing, the whole theme is great for an 8 string.
  14. Stewey
    What a busy week! Ok I put a veneer on the headstock which turned out well i think. Veneer The rest of the week was dedicated to final sanding and finishing. I wanted it to look kinda like a piece of furniture so I didnt grainfill the top and i used a wipe on finish which actually ended up being glossier than i expected. It sure feels smooth. Well here are some shots i just took of it, they are pretty dodgy since its night time, i'll grab some good ones tomorrow. Whole front Whole back Headstock front Headstock back Ignore the red strings, it's all they had left at the guitar shop. Now i've just gotta learn how to setup a floyd.
  15. Stewey
    That's a nice looking piece of timber you've got there, I like the flecking(?) on the headstock.
  16. Stewey
    Update time. Last week I got the fretboard glued on, trimmed the neck to shape using the fretboard as a guide and finished by installing the frets. I haven't put the bevel on the ends of the frets yet. A couple of days ago i decided to try and patch the gouge in the side of the body. Here's how it turned out. Today I drilled the holes in the headstock and promptly filled them all again. I thought they were fine but a couple were out of position slightly. I've had a veneer of something laying around for a while so i'll cover up the plugs with that. And I also carved the neck mostly to shape. I have a week off now so hopefully lots of progress in the coming days.
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    Thanks fellas, I am aiming for a clear finish all over so i will try WezV's method. If that doesn't look good i'll probably do a solid finish on the back, i'm not too worried either way. Ha Xanthus, thanks for the offer, I think i'll hold onto it though. Maybe i'll be able to trademark that ToneGouge™ and get rich.
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    Well my original plan for routing stuff was delayed untill today, first day i've had off in ages were i haven't had to do a mountain of things. First up i routed for the trem and then the pickups. Trem and pickups routed. In this pic you can see in the spring cavity were the router bit fell out of the router while i was going, stupid new router. I went back to my old one after that! The routing on the back. Since the day was still young i decided to forge ahead and do some carving with my trusty angle grinder. It's still very rough but i reckon it looks quite good. I did have a small slip though. Linky. Any ideas on the best way to fix it?
  19. Stewey
    Your designs always look very good. I imagine them as feeling quite interesting to play also.
  20. Stewey
    I vote white, it seems to be appealing to me lately, especially with the hardware you have in the pictures.
  21. Stewey
    Well done, it looks quite classy. I would be worried that the 'violin' shape would dig into my leg when i'm sitting though.
  22. Stewey
    I also love your projects, I just don't like your camera.
  23. Stewey
    Wow very nice. Are all these basses pre sold and made to order?
  24. Stewey
    Just beautiful!
  25. Stewey
    Yeah it does look a bit weird. It's just a shadow caused by the flash and that the wings are a little taller than the neck part. Feel free to steal all you want.
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