vedus hate

I actually run all my 7's 9 through 70 using a set of GHS Zakk Wylde 11's and an extra 9 on even 24 3/4" scales and they sound really tight.. As long as you can get the string thickness they sound nice.

It's got a BC Rich Mockingbird feel to it. Which is good, cause I like the Mocks.

Yeah. Don't worry about making mistakes. It's how you learn. I'm in the middle of my first build right now and not only making mistakes in the build (cutting inside the lines anyone?) but also just using the wrong tools for the jobs at hand. Makes everything more difficult. I'm sure when I get to the neck and the neck pocket I'll be making significantly more mistakes. The cool part is - no matter how badly you mess it up you've already purchased the hardware... worse case scenario you scrap all the wood and drop $100 for new wood.

This has been a perpetual myth in a lot of fields. You see this circulating in writing circles a lot as well. In fact, I'm a little shocked that a trade magazine would purport this as accurate. This does not prove that you own the concept. No patent, no trademark, no registration anywhere means no proof. You have no legal ground to stand on. Chances are any civil suits launched from a sealed envelope being your only "proof" of ownership would not only fail but cost you a significant amount of money. Any decent lawyer is going to argue, at the very least, concurrent concepts. Think of how many times you've seen the same movie come from two different studios around the same time and it's a rush to market. The reason is because we all think fairly similarly. We're influenced by the same things and can draw similar conclusions based off our experiences. All they need to do is prove they had a similar idea prior to being approached by you. You are an independent designer. They are a manufacturer with development and research departments. How do you know that a very similar design hasn't been in a folder somewhere for a decade in one of their filing cabinets? Any manufacturer big enough to significantly profit off your idea is more inclined to just purchase it outright. The cost of buying your idea is much cheaper than a lawsuit and the ill press that follows.

I dig the work. I'm not a big fan of the shape. I love V's and because they're my favourite guitar there's something that sits very wrong with me on that build. That's nothing to detract from the work you've done though. Looks like there's a little bit of play in the control cavity cover but other than that solid work.

That's a very nice looking guitar. I'm refinishing my old LP Junior and I'm going for a very similar style. Nice to see I wasn't crazy and the things I see in my head do translate to a guitar quite nicely.

I'm not a big fan of the flame graphics myself but that's pretty slick.

+1 Agreed. It's tight without it. The wood is nice. A pickguard is going to overpower it. Move it from "pretty" guitar to standard work horse.

Yeah I can see how my original post wasn't clear. I did glue it all up. Tossed in on to my bench, tightened it up and slapped a good clamp on it. From there the staple gun came out. The think is rock solid. Haven't had any problems with it since. I'm considering doing this as a proper finishing with the staples recessed and lacquer over top in the future. Considering all the finishes I want to do who knows if I'll ever get there.

A couple months ago my Kramer Focus 4000 (Rhoads style V) met with a little bit of an accident. It sat like this for quite some time. Quite honestly I didn't want to deal with it. It was my favourite guitar and I was already very frustrated before it broke. Having it break that badly meant I literally just had to walk away and let things relax. Once I stopped being a whiny baby I decided to get it back together. I really wasn't in the mood to refinish the entire body. Honestly I wasn't even sure if a glue joint would hold considering is snapped right along the inside of the control cavity. So I did the only thing a sane person would do. I took a staple gun to it. http://www.butterflybullseye.com/guitar/franq/100_0115.JPG Unfortunately I don't have any pics with just the side glued and stapled. You can just see the clamp I was using on the glue as well as the crappy little bench that couldn't have been more perfect for the job. I also added an additional gouge to the front of the body and stapled that as well. Figured Franq was as good a name as any. The letters are actually cheesy foam stickers from a craft shop spray painted silver and nailed to the body. I took a certain joy in that part. http://www.butterflybullseye.com/guitar/franq/IMG_2511.jpg Keeping with the theme I add classic Boris as the monster on the top fin with the same silver spray paint I used on the letters. This was totally a quick and dirty repair but I really like it. I just works for me. Aside from adding some nifty black knobs this is pretty much where it stands right now. http://www.butterflybullseye.com/guitar/franq/IMG_2514.jpg I still have a little bit of work to do yet. There's a couple staples along the bottom edge that I'd like to fix. The top section still needs to be extended around to the back of the body and stapled. I'm also considering replacing the pick up. I might possibly just rip the pickup apart and use it as the basis to build an entirely new one. More pics here