chrisb0109

Boy I couldn't have said that any better at all. Every word is true to the bone. And I never did, and still don't, consider myself a real craftsman, or really have any -talent- to speak of, at this. All I did to get where I am is practice, practice, practice. And read. I buy books and read them ( ) about finishing and other things... And in the end, I do this for fun and that's it. I enjoy it. That's the primary motivator that moves me to build a guitar, because it's fun and it's a challenge to myself. There are no strings attached ( ), no deadlines to meet, no expectations to live up to, total and complete freedom to build whatever comes into my pointy head. I LOVE that! ← have you ever read The Foutainhead? It not about guitars, but what youu've said in this thread sound,oike they came right from the mouth of the main character.

Looks good, but I would space out the 4 side just a bit maore and place the pegs on the 3 side between the pegs on the 4 side.

tripod pics don't work.

thats much better. I have a fast internet so they load up fine, but I couldn't get the whole thing on the screen. the shape looks great, but I have toa gree that it would look even better with a wild or just darker top wood.

could you post smaller pictures? Pictures that large are worse than small ones.

is there a reason you stained and partially cleared before routing and inlaying? That seems backwards to me.

are you sure it is a JBJ pickup and not the JB/Jazz combination?

I don't think it is your standard two part epoxy. I asume you're talking about that think clear stuff they use of restaraunt table when they have like pictures and such underneath. Like maybe those restaraunts where each table had some various photogracphs, coins, etc, etc underneath the finish? I think I knw what you are talking about, but from what I understand it is a little pricy and is more complicated that epoxy. This sounds odd, but my great grandmother used to decorate her toilets with it. She would put coins, yarn, and anything she could fins on the toilet seat and then finish it with this stuff. She was a little looney though.

I always feel like Somebody's watching me. Did anyone else break out in song?

if the surfaces are prepered well, and the headstock is clamped properly while gluing it should be fine. I find that glue joints are stronger than wood.

I hate pickguards too. Its just my opinion, but there is nothing like a piece of plastic to ruin the front of a guitar. I love that "rounder" body. The shape and wood choice really looks classy. Its definately my kind of look. To me it seems like a tru oil type guitar. I would also be happy to take it off your hands.

I actually just got one today. It came with the flex shaft attachment and some differebnt bases. Its looks like it could be very usefull, especially for inlaying.

This may seem like an elementary question, but electronics is the thing I know little about. I cannot ground to my TOM is the standard fashion. What I'm wonder it id I could run a tiny cavut into the neck pocket and ground to a neck screw.

could I have a better picture of that fretboard? What kind of wood is it?

Looking good. Is this one significantly paler than the razor or is it just the picture?