Damo

Well, The LGM Leviathan gets my vote, if only because I love the shape and have just emailed Jeremy about ordering an 8 stringer!

I was looking at some LP-style knobs and I started to think... If I choose a small object, attach it to a base of some sort, and then start spraying it in thick layers(by maybe using side supports or "walls") until the clear builds up so I could carve it into a knob.

Would it result a strong and clear knob?

As to pot hole, that would possibly go into the lil' object.

Would that kind of clear buildup be possible?

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Jimbo

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Wouldn't work.

For one, With the amount of laquer you'd use it probably wouldn't cure. Think about how long it takes clear to cure after 10 or so coats on a guitar, and thats thin coats!

Also, do you realise how much laquer you would actually use?

Best bet if you want to try and carve your own it to buy some plexi glass/clear plastic blocks and carve from that, even then, the amount of polishing you'd have to do wouldn't be worth it. Also your technique would have to be spot on, any kind of clear plastic/acrylic like that is very unforgiving!

Sounds like your friend needs to work on his sanding technique. 

Yes, we do it all the time.  You just need to be sure that whatever grit size you start at, as you work your way down to finer and finer grits, that you need to sand out all the scratches from the previous grit.  This means that you have to be careful about (#1) not starting at the beginning with a grit that is too coarse (I never start with anything heavier than 80-grit), and (#2) making sure you clean all the dust and loose grit off the body between grits (good naptha wipe-down works wonders).

Use coarse grits for removing lots of material and shaping things, finer grits for making it look nice.

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Thanks mate,

This is why I love this site!

you cannot sand flamed maple as you will never get the scratches out?

Ya thats totally bogus. Now you may not want to sand with like 40 grit because it will take a whille to get the scratchs out but thers NO wood that you cant sand. I have a flame maple neck that I'm sanding evey day... Thers really no way you could make a guitar without sanding. I would hate too see what your friends guitars look like

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Thanks Godin, Thats what I thought.

BTW, I've not seen his guitars, god only knows what they look like!!

Thanks again

Damo

Hi guys,

I've been reading this site for months now, learning all I can ready to start my first build.

One thing is puzzling me though.

I've got some Flamed maple which I intend to cap my guitar with and then stain.

I've been talking to a friend of mine who has built a few guitars and he's told me that you cannot sand flamed maple as you will never get the scratches out?

Is this true? I've seen people on this site staining their maple caps then sanding them back!

Thanks

Damo

I'd be tempted to do a transparent sunburst finish, so the stripe is still a focus point.

Nice body though!

Never used it personally, But at that price it seems pretty good. It's gonna make a huge difference from spray cans.

It all really boils down to how much your going to use it. If you want to do multiple guitars over the next few years It might be wiser to invest in a high quality professional gun. Although, If you just want to do one or two guitars and don't want to spend $400 on a top quality one, then I say go for the Stew Mac one!

Excellent Work as usual Hyunsu!!

I love your threads! Your work seems to flow really nicely!!

I would love to see photographs of all the guitars you have made!!

Regards

Damo

Why has nobody noticed that Simo posted about this over a year ago??

Cool job and all for your age, but, is it me or is that neck crooked? It looks like its leaning to the left!

Could be just the photo though!

they don't list them on their site, but they do stock various types of Alder/Ash/Maple which you can get prices for if you email them - but then again, your in canada so you wont be using them anyway!

Hi,

I thought I'd give you UK guys some timber supply companys that I have used in the past.

Most of these can supply any wood you want, and can plane and treat them to your wishes!

I've found all of them to be excellent value.

These are based mainly in the North West, but will deliver throughout the country!

http://www.chadwicks4timber.co.uk/

http://www.ge-robinson.co.uk/

http://www.jastimber.co.uk/

http://www.wjlewis.co.uk/

Cheerz

Damo

Nice Job! Colours look good!!!!

Are you going to wet sand though? I can see some slight orange peel...A quick wet sand will get rid of that!!!

Well, I'm just airbrushing one now, it's a zombie setting, with a couple of dismembered limbs, plenty of gore! Set on a deserted street with cars strewn around the road with doors left open......

Just go with something you like......Think of something your into? Comics? Films?

Need a new compressor for the shop but can't decide which one to get.......

Should I go for a Direct Drive Compressor, which will save me a bit of money

Or should I get a Belt Driven Compressor?

What are the benefits of either one?

Ta

Damo

Cool looking guitar, But you took the paint of with a CHISEL???? Dayum! Your a mad man!!

Should look sweet when done!

Thats kind of a weird shape? Doesn't look very smooth, and it could just be the angle of the photo but the neck doesn't look straight?

Other than that I praise you for actually building one!

Not really sure what you mean, but It all depends on the scale length and the type of body?

If you say you don't like every single guitar you play then what makes you think you will like a custom built one when you finally get it?

What to say you don't like the way it plays after you spend your $1500?

I really think your going down the wrong path.

You say you want one like the one in the picture? Why not just save and buy one?

Dude, you sound extremely keen to get this guitar together, and I applaud you for that, but you seriously need to take a step back and really look at the quality of the body.

You've jumped straight to colouring without finishing the body.

The edges are a mess, the curves are not curves, the surface is rough and you could dock the QE2 in your neck pocket.

You need to get the files and spokeshaves out aswell as the sand paper before you even contemplate finishing anything else.

I'm not saying all this to flame you or put you down because I think this could actually be a good guitar, you just need to slow it down and think what your doing and how cutting corners (Or not in your case!) will affect the final overall look of the guitar.

Let us know how you get on

Damo

You know, I like it!

Obviously when it's put to scale it will look a little better, the only thing I don't like about it, is that it's a 7 string. It kinda of sets the balance of the headstock. I think 6 would be better!???

Damo

refered to as "RTFM".

I like it!!!!

Here: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=11110

Buy This!!

I know this book has been mentioned before, but I would like to recommend to all those who are thinking of building their own guitar that they go and get a copy of the book 'Make Your Own Guitar' By Melvin Hiscock.

It literally runs through EVERYTHING you need to do, with some great pictures and all written in a very easy to understand format!

I got my copy a few months ago, at a point where I was pretty much at a standstill with my build, this book talked me through it all!!

GO AND BUY IT!!

Regards

Damo

Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to age a guitar, specifically a relatively new Fender Strat. Its cream at the moment with a white scratchplate and a rose wood fretboard, but would love to experiment making it look vintage.

I'm all up for scraping some paint off I just need a shove in the right direction!

Regards

Damo