Kenny

send me some of your limba! seriously you get the coolest stuff anything i dont have anything besides top woods to show off

hes the one and only Drak, this is what we have to teach you use imageshack.us they dont delete the images hehehe (i was driving myself nuts trying to find the inferno guitar pics!)

DRAK! shoot man i was wondering what had happened to you! it was funny becuase we actually were just talking about it in another thread great to see you got all that other stuff taken care of! cant wait to see what you have to teach us

i like how the art has a psychedelic feel to me it works to have a visible cavity, i think it really defies our preconceptions about what should and shouldnt be displayed maybe im crazy but i digg it awsome work!

send it to me *drools*

wow man, that looks great, i love the purple! congrats on a new axe!

well the body's already cut out, and top glued on neck ready to go (atleast the blank with scarfed headstocK) i ordered the ebony for the fingerboard last week so im just waiting on that to continue the reason i cant progress until i have that is that i taper the fingerboard on my table saw so i get a very accurate taper, i then use that as a routing guide so that the rest of the neck is built around the fretboard about the bridge, i dont have it made for this guitar since im waiting on the ebony for the baseplate i don't have any other pictures that i can find, however when i make this one, i will document it. But really all it is is a piece of ebony glued to a piece of maple, and then a "cavity" is routed out that houses the saddles, then the appropriate holes are drilled, its a very simple design, and it holds up very well. the one that i did for my original 7 string lp has not shown any signs of stress, glue lines are fine and its still as adjustable as it was on day 1. as for Erik's PDF i found it on this site, so its still here somewhere...however ill post a link to it when i finish uploading it, if you want to find it on the site the title of it is GBO v8 Kenny

It feels a little different; but in an enjoyable way Kenny

on a regular guitar there would be less intonation problems if the strings were perepndicular to the frets. however this is not the case since the strings are at a slight angle, the length of the string becomes slightly longer, hence why we need to intonate guitars on a guitar with multiscale frets depending on the design the string will pass over multiple scale length (however the audible difference is not noticible) and intonation is done in the same way as a normal guitar. to me i cant hear any difference.

im not sure im undestanding your question but if i am right you are talking about the distance of the top ferrules like on this guitar what i could see effecting the tone is the angle that the string is from the bridge (further away would be a larger angle, closer would be smaller) It is a very similar argument with the headstock angle, and conciquently the angle that the strings are from the nut. After you have your bridge placment from the page that Rick500 gave in the post above you could take the distance of the ferrulles from the bridge into consideration for what its worth i use my own hipshot style bridges so the angle of my strings to the bridge is nearly 90 degrees.

i voted for number 3 it just sounded more articulate than the rest. but they are all good

the multi scale neck feels really natural to play. you know how sometimes you have to shift your hand in an akward position to play a certain chord? just by nature of your hands natural angle its more ergonomic? and fluid feeling to play. im not used to 7 strings though so the neck still feels wide to me the markers really make the world of difference when your trying to find your way since the slanting frets can be a little disorienting. Cavities and chanels for wires are routed, top is being glued on to the body as we speak ill post pictures after the top is routed flush with the body Kenny

wow thats so weird! ive never had that happen to me, i always invest 20 bucks in a new bit when mine get dull though.

restoration - does it really look the nighthawk? the thing about the neck pickup is that its much easier for me to do the neck joint when the end of the neck is square, in order to slant the pickup i would have to play around with the fretboard shape and the lower horn do you think i should adjust the pickup? it would be mostly a cosmetic adjustment since i cant really angle it that much xanthus - about the barred chords im the other one i made theres no problem, i mean a Barre F isnt as easy as it normally would be, but all the other chords are almost easier, becuase when your standing up the frets almost conform to the angle of your hands. and what did you mean about the hips? like where the body pinches in, or the "butt" of the guitar?

Alright, this is a new build of mine if you guys recall a while back i built one very similar to this, i revised the problems that i had with that one, and instead of devoting my energy to fixing it, (and money, i never had pickups ) i decided to revise the design and build a new one Specs: 7 strings Hond. Mahogany body Hond. Mahogany neck with 2 maple strings, and maple scarf accent (see my not so superstrat build) ebony fretboard Multi scale 27"-25" perpendicular at the 12th fret maple binding possibly maple inlays (maybe something else) quilted maple top "flame" burst hand wound pickups wooden bridge ect ect the neck blank is already made, the body is cut out and the top is gluing as we speak so once the top is assembled on the body i will report back Kenny

I'm thinking that my router radiusing jig would work to make radius sanding blocks, with a sled with the opposite curve as in the pic. In fact, I think I remember someone here saying they'd made blocks that way. i could take pics of my jig i make my blocks that way:-p i have a few blcks lightly longer and wider than my board that i made vs my stewmac one they are just as accurate, and almost as smooth. i rather use the ones i make

thats a great photograph, even though its terrible

DAMN Doug! thats a terrible feeling! but atleast you have a sick promo shot "if it isnt the highest quality, its firewood!" ive had to do that before though, not fun :-\ are you going to try something similar again?

less pull thats great Kenny

ok churz but how do i shove the cable in there and the pin ? there are so many little things like this that require some time to logic through, i wouldnt try and build this for that time limit; it took me nearly a year to finish my first guitar. as far as getting the wire in there... i would feed the wire through the hole into the hole for the stud, solder it out of the body, then put the stud in while feeding the extra wire back into the cavity.

Goldy did a "gold leaf" finish on one of his guitars (the past GOTM before yours wez) and a black swirl over it what about a guitar with cast resign as a top, so you have stuff suspended

this is my favorite tool in my shop (minus my band saw) since when it comes to leveling frets im not the most skillful the consistancy that i get from this system (and a router sled to do my radius) allows me to do minimal leveling i happened to get the arbor that stewmac sold, its good but the design could have been much better, since if your doing a set neck (or refretting a set or thruneck) you have no access to the upper frets. again this is remedied by using a drill press

upholster your guitar with leather but i think that would fall under material finish so i really have no input into this discussion Kenny

out of curiosity did you use a mortise and tenon on that neck? or just a standard joint? because if it wasn't a mortise and tenon why not carve back and just move the joint closer to the body... just a thought Kenny EDIT: Also, what type of laser do you use, and how much did it set you back

i use sperzel trim locks on every guitar i make, i even spent an hour doing an accurate cad model of them logo placement and everything haha anyways yea; they are my tuners of choice its only getting the placment of the pin hole that was tricky at first, but once you got that down they are the way to go