CudBucket

I started with 320 and went up from there. I had to level out the body first. it has 5 different colors and a decal. So my next question is should I continue going with more higher grit sandpaper to remove the sratches then swirl remover then the polish?

You were wet sanding at 320? Wow. Did you should any clear to try and level the different colors?

Great, great job!

Great job. I've got to dig my Explorer project out of the closet.

Here's my 2nd cab. I just finished it in Black Mesa tolex, cange grill and piping. You can see more of the construction on my site: www.dafguitars.com.

Dave

I finally relocated it to my own server at http://www.seldemon.com/projectfolder/index.html so there's no bandwidth problems anymore! I also posted more progress since last time! Can anyone give me tips on how to rout the truss rod channel and also how to get the fingerboard onto the neck perfectly straight??

Looks very good. I would have cut the truss rod channel while the neck blank was still square.

Great looking guitar Godin. Is there a link to a tutorial for building Myka's neck pocket jig?

Thanks.

Dave

Myka's original

xlr8's extended Version

Two different types, which do you fancy?

Great looking guitar Godin. Is there a link to a tutorial for building Myka's neck pocket jig?

Thanks.

Dave

I could be wrong, but I think that's how Gibson does their neck angles.

Right, but they also use a volute.

How old are you dude?

well crafty you are right!it was a mistake but it belongs in the past...now i ll try to fix it..if i am not able to fix it i 'll deal with ormsby it we will find a solution.

If you couldn't simply sand and prep a body for finish, what makes you think you have the skill to repair it? What a sad, sad waste of a fine guitar.

Could you post some pics of your Carvins? Did you recieve your replacement V3 head?

mulmuzzler | OSSMT

Here's my C66 in cherry burst/umber.

My DC727.

cudbucket, do you like carvin?

Yes. I have four guitars (one is still being made) and the V3. They are a tremendous value but my favorite guitars of all time are usually Ernie Balls. I have a Petrucci and just got a new Luke. Just sweet, sweet necks.

Dave

Thanks all.

1) Sorry about the extra pics. I keep forgetting that and I'll fix it.

2) No that's not a Carvin although I own 4. That's my Egress. You can see it on the same site.

3) I used green because I wanted to see what it looked like.

4) I didn't use plans. I just took the dimensions from my Mesa cab and copied it.

5) The speakers are Carvin GS1275 16 ohm speakers. I got them direct from Carvin on clearance for $19.99 each. I think they still have them at that price. They're like V30s but slightly less efficient.

Dave

Here's a 2x12 Cab I built from Baltic Birch recently. There's a separate page on my site: www.dafguitars.com

Her's a pic of it with my Carvin V3. Plug into the left jack for 8 ohm mono or both for 16 ohm stereo.

http://www.dafguitars.com/images/212cab/complete_front.JPG

http://www.dafguitars.com/images/212cab/complete_back.JPG

It'd be tricky since you don't have a heel to bolt the neck on to. I'd imagine that aside from cutting off the existing neck and fretboard extending into the body, you'd have some grafting to do in order to create a heel. Could probably be done with some careful planning.

Celine Dione is Satan.

You're all in trouble because I'm patenting using wood to build a guitar.

For the love of Grandma's green gravy, build a guitar already! Stop the talk, start the cutting. Just remember to measure twice .

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LOL

Just wanted to pop this up because my domain name has changed. I don't have any updates except for the 2x12 cab I'm making. I do have some more Explorer project pics to upload but have been too busy to do it. The new domain is: www.dafguitars.com

Thanks.

Dave

I'm doing a cab too. My explorer is on the back burner. Here's what I have so far. More pics on my site: www.dafguitars.com. It's the same size as my Mesa 2x12 Recto cab.

I like it... reminds me a bit of this:

Oh, and only 1 picture per post!

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Wow, that's nice. I've never seen that before. Reminds me of the old Epiphone's of the 70's.

Im really happy that you went with the explorer!! It's going to look deadly

!!METAL MATT!!

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Thanks Matt. I think you'll be happy to know that all the hardware, pups and binding will be black. I love black on natural wood. I've got Sperzels, a Carvin FT6 bridge, Carvin knobs and Dimarzi Evolutions for this one.

I hope the heel won't remain so    I remember you did something like an AANJ on the first one.

Gian

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God no! It'll go on a diet for sure.

By now I've decided to leave it an explorer and not thickness the body. I found an hour or so to run into the garage and actually do some work yesterday so I routed the neck pocket and pup cavities. The pup cavities are about 1/2" deep right now. I'll get them to final depth later.

The staples and nail ends are a very good idea! Thanks for telling me...

cudbucket, your Egress project really is beautiful.

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Thanks very much. You're project is coming out nicely as well.