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I never really browsed on their website before, but those tuners look OK indeed. These might be good (enough) for my first project... I just have to wait untill someone with actual knowledge about them replies

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hmmm I think Javacody has a point. If you look at the lower horn there actualy is grainpattern that lines up with the darker wood. Could be your monitor not showing it, I'm using a calibrated Barco, and there is grain, very faint. If you open the image in photoshop and measure the colorvalues, you can 'see' the pattern by its corresponding cmyk/rgb numbers. So for what I see, there is corresponding grainpattern

what I did on a testbody (with 2 different horns): make 2 points, in my case two small pyramid shaped blocks just along the sides of the pocket, as close to the body-egde as i could. This made 2 straight 'swivel' points (sp?), on which i laid down the template and I raised the back of the template with a thin piece of wood to make the angle needed. All I did then was secure the template with a bunch of clamps, thats about it. I hope you get what I mean, my explanatory skills arent all that, and I made scrap f the body I did it on :/ - About the gap, the neck im making has an angled fretboard/heel at the back, and because of that I'll need to leave some space between the neck and the pickup to get the cavities perpendicular to the centerline. So a gap will show.

Way cool Alex, Thats what I had in mind, aside from a diff type of cavity and the screws coming in from the back! Awesome job!

Lol, I have no clue what that was about Idch, but I'll refer to it as naked from now on, ok About the wimmin, well I'm in Holland. So maybe my 'urge' to get a 'naked' guitar comes from that... jP

aah yeah - I remember that guitar now! looks awesome! It's pretty much what I was planning on doing, except with the screws on the back. Brian, I'm still figuring out if I can do it 'the easy way', but sofar I'm trying this on some scrap, using 2 different templates. If it works out (or not) I'll let you know jP

cool. really? Which one is it? The 7-string Baritone? jP ps. I'm not trying to invent something new, I did google around but came up with nothing, I just want to make it as clean as I can.

lol sounds good, but this void is a tad bigger than normal pupcavities thx jP

Hi I got my bodyblanks (back and top) planed to thickness today, and from the moment I started to draw out this guitar I've been trying to keep it as clean as possible. I figured out a way (I think) to avoid pickuprings and avoid routing out room for the ears. What I will end up with (if I succeed that is) is a clean cavity in the top, big enough to house the pup, but hiding the ears. My biggest worry however is that I'm not sure how it will effect the sound (if at all). Thing is, the pup will only be attached to the body with 2 screws from the back (no backplates) and a couple of springs, so it'll 'hang' in a void. I've read here that direct mounting them enhances the sound (somewhat), but does that also mean I'd decrease the sound if I were to do it 'my' way? thanks jP ps. I had a hard time explaining this to another dutch dude, and translating it into english might even make it worse, hope you catch my drift

hi looking sweet - but i also must mention im not into acoustics alot. Still, looks sweet. Is the soundhole offcenter for a purpose? psst, the forumrules say you may only post one pic per post (and link the others). jP

lol all I see is that you like pointy guitars. You might want to draw out an existing body (one you like ofcourse) and mod it to your 'own' design. That way the balance is already there. Just a thought (and how I did 'my' design)... As for the laminates... I wanted to use some of the scrap that came from the body to veneer the heastock with. I made a deadsimple jig that worked like a charm. My veneer on the headstock is 1.8mm (0.07") and I did a test on getting it to 1mm... and that worked perfectly. All I need to get it that thin is a sharp routerbit and patience... The EasyAsHell Jig - First Results (this is 2mm). If you set it up correctly, it'll be flawless. Tapering the middle laminate I'll do on my next project (lol the second that is)... should be an easy mod on a jig much like the one shown... i think.

thanks for the info everyone, One more thing, do you bend the veneer with the grain or across is? I've made some 1.8 mm veneer (router worked like a charm) for the front of the headstock, and i have some strips left over. The grain is running over the length of the strips, so a bend would be across it, but I don't *think* that will work ok, or will it? I did some testing to get it to 1 mm and that worked great too... TIA jP

Phil You have to register on mimf first, go the the forum and at the bottom of all topics there's a ibrary button... on that page scroll down to the searchfield and do a search for 'Howard Klepper backstrapping'... like seth said. The first link you get is awesome! hth jP

awesome setch! thanks alot! So basically it's 'just' putting some laminated veneer on the back of the headstock and a part of neck. So when you carve the neck to headstock transition it would appear 'all by itself). Carving a volute would leave more of the laminates and the effect would increase....... right? Man I wish I paid more attention in Englishclass! Again, thanks!