Kenny

alright, call me ignorant, but ive been silently following this build and i have a question....how my friend do you do seemless cavity covers like that?

GAH, my girl saw me typing and she threatened to kill me if i dont enter it....shoulda been more careful

well, my excuse is...my girlfriend made me do it. im voting for andy's though becuase i like his more than my own

This guitar is called the Kaye Sol (as in sun for those non spanish speakers)

Specs

Neck - Hard Maple

Fretboard - Pauferro (i found out im allergic halfway through), jumbo frets, fret ends completly rounded over (ball ends?)

Bridge - Hand Made Pau ferro / ebony lamination

Body - 1 peice Hond. Mahagony

Top - Quilted Maple cap/ with matching headstock cap

Pickups - my personal favorite, Duncan Distortions

Misc - MOP Headstock Inlay, ebony jack plate, Pau Ferro TR cover, Sperzel locking tuners

This guitar was purchaced halfway through the building process, the lady who bought it didnt want it stained, and said "Make it look like i want to touch it" being slightly offended (and paranoid about my sharp edges) i got my rasp out and rounded everything except the headstock.

Just a standard oil finish with a coat of black bison wax to protect against unwanted moisture

Neck joint and heel

Handmade Bridge and Jackplate

Better headstock and neck picture

Build Thread

Sound Clips

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Bridge Distorted

Bridge Strumming Clean

Neck Clean Legato runs

Middle Clean

Noodling around with harmonics clean

Neck Clean

Neck Distorted Metal \.m./

Me shredding; Neck

Thanks To Mike Rougirello for the the soundclips (minus the last one)

Kenny

well, i dont know if i should enter it, i really like the guitar with the goldleaf, and i dont want to have to compete against andy :-p if i do enter it im voting for his :-p

anyways, i shaped the heal with the neck unattatched / the neck isnt warped, the pickup height is just uneven :-p and i shaped the body with a rasp...theres gotta be an easier way!

Kenny

well, it looks like it will all clear, but to me the headstock doesnt balance very well; but then again maybe the guitar will complete it. just a though

hey thanks you two, do you think id have a chance in GOTM?

there are more completed pictures in the post above

also if you look on the 3rd picture of the post above youll see that I completly rounded over the frets.

Kenny

well, i was waiting until this one was finished to post becuase i sold it halfway through the process, there were some minor changes in the design, but i think it came out nice; just and oil finish nothing fancy

its great isnt it! i have a peice just like that, enough for one guitar anyways\ mine warped though so i have to find a way to get rid of the bow.

my only concern would be the weight, i build a neck thru bubinga guitar once

after my back broke the doctor told me not to play it anymore :D

but really, they're heavy!

but it looks sweet as hell!

Kenny

personally i free hand it, mark the center (or whereever youw ant the dots) and proceed slowly

dont forget to line up your neck with the glue line on the top

it doesnt look right when its not

well, i dont know if i would agree

there are some luthiers out there who are trying to compete with the large brands :-p

hense me

my bolt on electrics (fairly standard, no fancy top wood, mahog body and maple neck) start at 899

naturally im not paying myself much, but i feel that guitars are works of art that everyone sould enjoy

then again, i dont think ive ever been refered to as a "luthier" let alone a well known one :-p

yea, i was bummed, but i really didnt want to paint it

what i ended up doing was filling the grain with woodfiller and ebony dust...you cant tell its discolored, but when i sand down the oil in the filler ill post a pic.

well, im not sure what part of the headstock your trying to bring down, the top?

if so a jointer is your best bet....maybe try scarfing it to that requires less work

if your talking about the back (to get a volute?) belt sander

realistically there isnt much benifit of a properly done bolt on over a set neck (tonally speaking, ease of repair is a differnt story)

with that being said i couldnt really imagine why you would want to convert into a set neck....but if you were going to, its fairly easily done.

i personally wouldnt though.

i agree, it needs to be a seamlessly matched back plate or something that doesnt try to "compete" with the body woods, thats best achieved by tying it into somewhere else on the guitar :-p

i think it looks great

just 1 more quick question, you use templates for your control cavities?

this is a Hond. mahag body and was prepping it for finishing and i ran into some pretty nasty green/blue/black discolorations.

i read up on it and from what i could tell its probably fungi? gah

anyways anyone have any tips on how to get rid of this?

Kenny

EDIT/UPDATE: i mixed a gentle bleach solution and tried it on a peice of scrap....it only seemed to accentuate the problem. i have some A/B bleach aswell but i dont even wanna try that

i really wanted the contrast between the colored top, the maple and the mahagony, but maybe i should paint the body :-\?

i like the look of that back, the shape goes really nice with the way the grain moves i cant wait to see where you go with this

haha :-p thakn you!

but i got a set of inlay bits already

i could always use some!!!!

jmentis would be more than happy to share with me if i go his pad im sure :-p

well, just got in my adapter collet and routeed out neck pocket on guitar 1

still waitting to glue the top on guitar 2, so i think ill make pickup templates for them

anyways heres some pics, btw it passes perry's test

i did have a real hard time lining it up with the glue joint on the top as the centre line, but i did mark where the guides for my router went so getting a centre line for the neck is no issue, but how do you guys line the neck up? (just for convieniencies sake, becuase i dont want guitar 2 to have the same issue

Kenny

well, seems like you need a google lesson

becuase it should be fairly easy to find info on an entire trade/art

www.google.com

then type woodworking

you should have an unlimited amount of info

just some digging and you will find what your looking for; i know because ive seen it before

trademarked the term multiscale? haha perry :-p

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