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a neck and guitar body i made...

these are some pictures of necks i made with some maple i bought in Spain. They couldn't tell me what kind of maple it was, though.

Hi guys, i have this doubt over some timber. See, soon i'll move out to Spain, and i want to keep building guitars there. Last christmas i was there and i know where they sell wood like wenge, maple, alder, ash, etc. I would love to make an axe with a maple neck and alder wings as those woods are unavailable in Venezuela. Now, i don't know if the maple they sell is rock maple or soft maple. If it was soft maple, would it be suitable for guitar necks? Not because of hardness, as we already know mahogany and spanish cedar are softer woods, but stability wise? I like to laminate my necks anyways, 3 pieces. Same question for european maple? Thanks!

I have just painted this guitar with DuPont's Chroma clear, i was assured at the paint shop that using a gloss inhibitor it'll look matte. So i bought it. But that didn't work...the guitar is still glossy... i used 1/32 of gloss inhibitor in 1/8 of a gallon of chroma clear. I have sanded the whole thing level, to apply another coat, but wondered if i used a different product it'll work this time. I have come across matte poly for wooden floors...they have it water based and solvent based... It's not 2 k... what do you think?

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Question about finishes... I have just painted this guitar with DuPont's Chroma clear, i was assured at the paint shop that using a gloss inhibitor it'll look matte. So i bought it. But that didn't work...the guitar is still glossy... I have sanded the whole thing level, to apply another coat, but wondered if i used a different product it'll work this time. I have come across matte poly for wooden floors...they have it water based and solvent based... It's not 2 k... what do you think?

Looking great as always Pukko!! I have one question though, where did you order the ivoroid binding? Because, as far as i know, it can be shipped overseas as it is flammable... At least that's what LMII says...

i haven't entered a guitar in the GOTM contest in ages, and i don't think i ever will I built metal axes. GOTM don't like metal axes. I'd encourage you as well to enter your guitar. It's a very pretty and original design

wow! this looks great ! like a modern Hagstrom...that's what it came to my mind i bet it sounds as good as she looks And yup, very much into the Gbg metal scene...i guess it's also the age, i was born in 1980...but hey, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin and Mountain are great!! Keep up the good work, i wish my first guitar was like this...mine was unplayable, hehehe

Cool!! Thanks. How did you like isla margarita? My mom's family is from there, so we go almost every year The first time i went to Gbg it was in April 2006, it was incredible, i fell in love with the city, it is small, pretty, clean, quiet. Back then i was living in London, city which i love, but i could see myself living in Gbg. The girls are to die for...my god...so beautiful, and soooo nice. They'd give my phone numbers...it was funny. Then i returned 3 years ago, i spent christmas there with a swedish friend and her family. I really liked the swedish christmas, and funnily enough, if we remove fish and seafood, it isn't very different from what we eat in Venezuela in christmas. We even have julskinska. And i really liked Julmust. I had never seen snow before, so i got my share of it, hehehe, i was in Helsinki, then took the ferry to Stockholm, had a snow strom fall on me, and then i went to Gbg. I got to spend some times with Peter Dolving and Anders Bjorler from The Haunted who are friends of mine, so that made it extra special. It's so cool to walk and see members from In Flames, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity, etc, hanging around That looks really good, Erik! i like the way it looks. You can also use micromesh to make the guitar shinier as it removes even more scratches, but from what i can tell, it looks really good. You've managed to create an original design that works, unlike the monsters that people who want to create something new ends up with

I live in Australia - you dont want to compete in hot weather stakes!! The 37 celcius I speak of was this week and it's not even summer yet (or it's just started). It's been raining here this week. Stormy weather and floods this week. Our hot weather season is not upon us yet! Give it another month and I'd not be surprised to be getting 47 degree days and me pulling sickies from work to sit in with the aircon! On top of thatr I odon't even live in the hot parts of Australia. I live down south where we get the cooler weather! Bugger living up north or out west. There are 2 places where i have lived that have made me wanted to shoot me in the balls because of the heat. One is where i am from and where i have lived most of my life, Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia state in Venezuela, South America. 40 degrees everyday...all year round. Top it off with a humidity above 75%. The other place is Seville, Spain, during the summer it's awful. The rest of the year is ok, but seeing your thermometer at 58 degrees, and not having air conditioners because electricity is so expensive... Worst thing is that i will move there this year. I am NOT looking forward to be there during the summer. I should head to Australia or Argentina... On the guitars, i am loving them, Allan! The warbird is INCREDIBLE. The all mahogany one is beautiful too. You're building very good looking and sounding instruments, they all exude quality.

Beautiful!!! It looks amazing! Didn't know that birch looked almost identical to maple. I have a friend who lives in Espoo who also uses Birch in his guitar builds.

I like Goteborg quite a lot, i have many friends in there, so it kinda feels like being at home I have been to Satila but not to Mölnlycke. I have also been to Hamburgsund, but that is farther away. I wanted to study my master's degree in dentistry at University of Gothenburg, they have a program for foreign students in english, but that price scared me away (30.000 euros per year) so i returned to Venezuela where i studied my master's degree almost for free, hehehe. They did tell me at University of Gothenburg that they need a lot of dentists in Sweden, and that i should try and get my diploma homologated in Spain and i'd take the exams in my native language, and then they could hire me, and i could study for free... Anyways on your guitar: I have used super glue. Epoxy takes too long to set, even if it's 5 minute epoxy. I have also used PVC cement, it works well and it is cheap. Melts binding too, so i mostly use it when joining diferent pieces of binding for an invisible seam, like at the end of the fretboard. It can also be used to repair defects in the binding or fill gaps. Cut a bunch of tiny pieces of binding, or shave or, grind it, sand it, and put it in the PVC cement, and soon you'll have a paste that works very well.

micromesh i guess?? i will have to buy them...

Yup, just like you do, but the 3M green tape does not seal everything. I wish i had 3000 grit available here but all i can find is up to 2000.

I do exactly what you've described, and i have never avoided having a wet fretboard...

I could have digi camo, my brother could have it printed in high definition vinyl for me, but i am not fond of digi camo. Thanks for the comments

Looks great man! if you don't mind me asking, where in Sweden are you? I have been to your country twice and i am in love with it. Been mostly to Goteborg, but also to Stockholm

Long time without posting a guitar i'm building in ages, so here we go. I became infatuated with this guitar and i had to build it. Last christmas i went to Spain, and bought some maple, enough for 5 necks and a top for a les paul. I had it all cut in pieces so i could fit them in a suitcase This was also my first time doing a scarf joint. Of course, the build is not 100% like a Hanneman, i couldn't make it neck thru body, and i didn't buy alder ( even though they had it in the lumberyard in Spain, but couldn't buy any more timber as i didn't have enough money to pay excess baggage) So here in Venezuela i bought this brazilian timber, called Abiu. It looks a lot like mahogany or spanish cedar albeit lighter in color, and a lot harder. I'd say as hard as soft maple. Fretboard is a venezuelan wood i had never been able to know its name. Vera, Guayacan, Quebracho, etc are among the names i've gotten for it. But i am almost 100% it is Katalox. I have been using it for at least 8 years. Wonderful fretboard wood. So that's what i used. Of course, i won't use the Hanneman inlays, nor the control configuration. Here are the pics: here it is with a Kahler 7330 fixed bridge: I routed it for a kahler 7300, but i didn't take a pic of that, instead here's a show of it with that bridge: My plan is to paint it in camo like Jeff's

Hey guys, long time i don't ask or post new works here. Here's the deal,i am building this Jeff hanneman copy guitar for myself, and i am using a local venezuelan wood, that resembles ebony, i think it's Katalox. Anyways, i prepare my fretboards to a mirror shine, i tape carefully the fretboard and then i paint the guitar. During wet sanding, no matter what, water always gets in and the fretboard is all wet. The fretboard isn't shiny anymore... So i started using sanding sealer. The nitro stuff... Do you think it'll help avoiding the fretboard in getting wet? Or should i do something else ? Thanks! This is the guitar in question:

I have to say this is the best guitar i have seen from you. Kudos. Now, for my taste i'd change a few things. Bound ebony fretboard, only 2 humbuckers , and black hardware. A version of it with a black tune o matic with stop tailpiece or string thru body would look killer. Oh, and a Lakers logo hehehe. Congrats man, you really have improved a lot.

hehehe, just what i thought" yay! another pukko build!!" I will follow this thread very closely, as usual

wow!! Incredible!! Can i send you my les paul body to you so you can apply it's multiple binding? hehe, it's a task i don't wanna do

Interesting indeed. I think it probably boils down to lighter-softer: hairier and heavier-harder: less hairy. At least that has been my experience with Korina/Limba as well... Last year I was in Madrid and went to visit José Ramirez shop (world renown classical guitar builders), and talking with the guy tending the shop about guitar building he was so kind of showing me some work in progress. I remember checking a half carved neck blank and it was pretty hairy. Anyway, after it's been sanded and the finish is there it's fine. We'll have to hear how well it sounds, though. Yup, i think that's it. Overall, i think that spanish cedar is light anyways, which makes it even harder to differentiate

Hi Eddie, Interesting info. This is my first time with spanish cedar. I will have to start looking for better quality pieces then. Thanks for your kind words ! Hairy spanish cedar it's not uncommon. It might look wonderful, but once you start working with it, it'll get all fuzzy. Then i have also worked with spanish cedar that will fool you and you'd think it's mahogany if it wasn't for the smell. Not to hijack your thread, but this is how mine looks like: This one looks great , right? It's hairy spanish cedar: This is the les Paul i'm building, not hairy at all. It is also harder: