Kenny

thanks

i did stole one of the horns from a mocking bird then made it a little more extreme

well, i got to work a little today, but the planer i was using was HORRIBLE it caught ever inch or so. so i lost maybe 1/16th of wood and now gotta find a new planer

ill post pics as soon as i got the neck and the body laminates made!

i decided that i wanted a more unorthadox shape for my second guitar. but i set out to look for insperations. i love the right horn on the mocking bird becuase it just feels so good when you sit down and play. but i didint lie that ugly stub on the left side

on the other hand i like the RG horn aswell as the MAB sig from deans horn. i mixed the 2 together a little drew it up, rendered it on the computer, blew it up to actual size, printed it out, taped it onto my wall with a pickup taped on for scale

also note the fretboard is gonna be moved up a bit to more of an SGish style

the body will consist of a 3 peice laminate

curley bubinga top/walnut core/african mahagony body

now also, another addition that isnt seen on here is the mother of pearl binding on the fingerboard and headstock (same design as last guitar) the headstock will have an ebony veneer and be bound aswell

the "kaye" logo will be inlayed in Mother of pearl aswell

the neck is a 5 peice laminate maple and bubinga

but a nice accent, with no tonal qualities, becuase i like black outlines, im doing ebony veneers on the sides of the thru necks just as a very thin black line to make it sexy...what else can i say??

here are pictures of the quilted bubinga im using ( sorry bout the bad pic. )

Pic of the quilted bubinga

heres the mahagony im using

African Mahagony pic

here are specs for the curious

BODY:

top species - bubinga

Core species - walnut

body species - african mahagony

Neck:

5 peice laminate maple/bubinga

thru neck construction

ebony veneer accents

Fingerboard:

ebony no inlays sans side dots

jumbo wide pyramid frets

bound in mother of pearl

25.5" scale length

(dont have nut or 12 fret mesurments yet)

Headstock:

Kustom shape bound in mother of pearl

Kaye inlay in mother of pearl

3x3

Electronics:

(still deciding) airnorton/superdistortion seems like another solid choice again

ive gotten mixed feedback from differnt people.. oh well. itll sell good. im commisioned to make it for a local shop

what do you guys think!?

ps sorry for the long post if you get this far

Kenny

wow, thats very cool!

at first i didnt like the body shape much, but tbh after the stain it just came alive and i love it!

i guess im just a sucker for the blue anyways cant wait to see it all buffed out

and congrats!

ENGL ENGL ENGL!

low watt high gain

thats the fireball (60? watts)(maybe 75)

i own one personally and play thru the engl 4x12 with v30's

it is in my opinion one of the BEST amps out there even if it low wattage

if you want to hear the engl's go to www.rocksolidamps.com

i agree too

as an artist it doesnt make sense to have a light background and a light foreground unless your specifically going for that effect

in this case the background being maple

it would amke sense to have a dark foreground

heres one example Jackson

its always good to have nice contrast to compliment one thing

and black or dark green on white makesthe white pop more

thats my opinion though

hope this helps! Kenny

in my opinion wiht this style bridge what you do is this

get your measurement

1/2 scale length from the 12th fret

mark that out, eyeball where the bridge should go, make sure the line you marked gets within 3mm of the saddle.

how heres the tricky part

move the bridge so the saddles are a little over 3mm infront of the line (closer to the neck)

then screw it in

now comes the TOUGH part

getting it intunated

i assume you know how to do this

if not ill be more than happy to explain!

thanks man!

its my first time trying something like that.

oh, thanks for the heads up man! i appreciate it, and will deal with it accordingly

seems like a nice enough place i think i might just stay

Thanks man

ive only built one electric guitar, (came out very nice i think) and ive had no formal training in woodworking. im also only 17

Well, ive been to the project guitar website for a few months now

and now i decided to join the forum, looks like its realy cool here

this is one of the things im working on ATM, just a decorative inlay on my old classical

THANKS!

Kenny