joshvegas

I've purchased quite a bit from gilmer, but I've found tons of sources for great acoustic wood, even some here in the forum.

I always keep a look out for a really nice old hardwood toilet seat because I think that would be a cool thing to make a guitar out of!

That's why when I listen to a good band then find out their guitarist plays an Epiphone, I like them more!

Didn't the guy from inxs play a squire? Aussies we need you!

The funny thing about epiphone is that they do actually have some stand alone instruments the two I know of are the crestwood and the riviera. I'd love a crestwood.

Daniel Not over here we aren't its raining again

okay I see what you are saying killemall I just got the impression that you would touch a named guitar because it was named

If my playing was good enough and my music was making me money I'd see an expensive instrument as a viable purchase but as I am now no chance!

I don't drive because I've yet to find a car in the shape of a guitar!

being a sound engineer I prefer to get good sounds rather than worry about the shape but I do know what you mean kindof.

Why would you not touch another brand name guitar?

I could give a flying **** who built my guitar (apart from perhaps for ethical reasons) its the six strings that are important everything else is just filla the oldies certainly didn't care Its not rock and roll!

Hand me an elastic band and I'll attempt to knck out a tune!

I agree it's not difficult stuff, but mistakes with electricity are unforgiving, and $50 or $100 isn't a steep price to pay to avoid all danger of electrocution.

Absolutely, and lets not forget about the potential fire danger either.

Kenny ... I have a friend in SD that has a sparky he likes, I'll see if I can get a number for you.

There is nothing quite like being flung off a step ladder with 230V coursing through your veins trust me! luckily I brushed a live wire with the back of my hand.

we need 230V over here because waiting ages for a cup of tea is not acceptable!

nothing will happen for a few minutes - but once it starts going.. it goes quite fast. Its not very involved at all really and no specialist tools are needed other than an iron and something thin and flat thats made of metal - - i think i used a cheap steel ruler the first time i did one

stainless steal palette knife is what I used last.

and yeah what wes said you'll think its not working and all of a sudden its will be dead easy! heating whatever you are using helps too.

and be careful even a palette knife will do a good job or scraping the side of your finger away if you slip.

Sounds like heat it is. I was under the impression that that method was more involved/took longer than people are saying here. Certainly if I'm not too worried about doing it nicely, that should speed things up.

I guess I'll tackle things that way. Not going to worry about this until I get the two I'm working on wrapped up, though.

Thanks guys.

You don't need steam just a hot iron will do it just as fast.

My old man built one of these from scratch, I think he did 8 loops. You can basically have as many as you want, but until that 10 looper I'd never seen more than 8 as an off the shelf product. When we were researching it about 2 years ago, there was basically nothing available off the shelf.

Do you have a floorboard in mind, there seems to be a bigger range of them. I know even behringer makes one, a mate had one, they were pretty flimsy though, plenty of plastic.

someone posted a thread about his homemade one either yesterday or the day before I'm sure of it! you could go that route?

even when I read birmingham I have to do a brum accent

have you got melvyn hiscocks book? if you haven you shoul! that will tell you what you need. also I think there is a sticky at the top of this forum that tells you what tools are useful.

This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad.

I'm not trying to be funny but you do know that upside down guitar chords (bass four only obviously) are mandolin chords?

Yep. That works to get started. But, for example, a G chord played on a mandolin (by a mandolin player) would be:

_3_

_2_

_5_

_4_

And an upside-down guitarist would just play...

_3_

_2_

_0_

_0_

Both work, but the proper mandolin chord sounds a little better. I really need to make the sound clip of this little animal. You are not going to believe the sound that it has for what it's made of.

according to my book the first chord is actually a bluesgrass chord and the second is just and open G both are acceptable!

blues grass chords have no open strings to get a rythm going because that is the mandolins role in bluesgrass.

you should make a full on 8 string mandoln out of it

like i said according to my book it could well be wrong!

I play my mandolin by playing a chord read the book play the next one consult the book again repeat as required!

This one is tuned like a Mandolin, in 5ths. GDAE or something like that. I don't know anything about mandolin playing so I just mess around and find a few frets that work better than others and strum like mad.

I'm not trying to be funny but you do know that upside down guitar chords (bass four only obviously) are mandolin chords?

tuned as a tenor guitar? I like weird guitars to! infact anything that makes a noise!

I like the guitar but i prefer "boobs"

sorry my bad I was just making a joke! for what its worth i think it is a hideous guitar regardless of who built it!

other uses for scrap wood.

how about one of these...

http://www.renovobikes.com/prices-and-options/ can't think how you could achieve such large scraps though!

ship in the bottle?

or like i sometimes do just plain a piece to nothing for the hell of it!

when i took apart my horrendous snake guitar I turned it upside down to remove the neck and one of the bushings just fell out! hehe.

Here's one example.

has no one noticed who made this? those black bits arent dark wood they are glue joins or in his lingo natural tone holes left there to show that it was built by hand and not by somefaceslessrobotPOSfactoryfloppycrappy PRS peanut paid monkey!

pinefd you should start with one piece of wood and see how many guitars you can make from it starting with full size and working your way down!

I'm reporting that to the moderators! Porn isn't allowed on this site!

ah but she said you were incredibly handsome so i think that might have been the truth bit

are you hitting on me?

its those blue eyes...

The best way to earn a little money inthe guitar business is to start with A LOT of money!!!

I think that was an old shipbuilders quote, anyway I can't take credit for it. But it does hold true and the advice in the responses above are good.

you picked that up in melvyns book!

I think its a standard expresiion for any small scale manufacturing business!

ah but she said you were incredibly handsome so i think that might have been the truth bit!

a my little pony?

wes and an attractive girl in the same room..... co-incidence?

Is that what she told you?...your sister lies...

Josh and a funny joke in the same topic...co-operation with someone not from the UK...

thats funny she said you were hung like a horse. ah well you can't have everything wes!

wes and an attractive girl in the same room..... co-incidence?

As long as you stay away from my tardis!

Sounds as if you have bought what used to be known as a Japanese pull saw. The Japanese ones were very high quality, extremley sharp, I used to have a catalogue on Jap tools and they were bespoke items.

Mine lasted ages, it was so easy to use and the end grain was left as if it had been planed.

I have a Japanese pull saw also, but this is much smaller. Same idea though, just built to cater to the scale model hobbyist market. The finest blade is something like 54 teeth per inch IIRC. Perfect for extremely fine work.

yeah a raser saw is like a very small gents saw I have one its very useful for lots of things. I don't think its really a hobbyiest item just a saw for very small work!

I'd guess its called a rasor saw because they slide into like old disposable rasor blades

Think of parallel lines as "co-linear".

Now the same in 2D....parallel planes are "co-planar".

not sure I understand you there erik

co planar means on the same plane, two coins on a flat table are co planar. that might be what you mean but i read what you say as parallel planes which are different (stacked coins)

infact parallel lines are co planar not co-linear

almost soapbar

bicarbonate of soda!