Bryan316

If you leave those gaps between each pickguard piece.... KILLER.

Do it.

Okay, really cool idea to flare out a King V. But the points are never gonna last. I'm prepping you for miniature tragedies when the corners of the points get chipped off, because it WILL happen.

However, if you can spare some rework, try to round over the points a bit. Maybe a 1/4" radius to the point will make the inevitable paint chips more bearable.

I just spooged all over my monitor.

SON OF A BITCH this is GUITAR OF THE WEBSITE. Forget month, forget year, ALL-TIME HIGH SCORE!!!!

Stain the neck green.

You know you want to.

Oh god... oh god please....

PLEASE tell me you've got a spotlight shining on that to make the wood grain pop like that, and that it didn't just naturally turn cat's eye BEAUTIFUL by just putting that coating on???

NOOOOOT FAAAAAIR!!!

Looks like it'll be a big fat sustaining tone monster! That sucker has a lot of good wood.

Somehow I don't see this guitar playing any Howlin' Wolf or BB King so it probably doesn't need the neck pickup. It's safe to say this guitar will only see serious chunkin' and lots of meedlymeedlies!

Huh! Well huh! Square chopped horns can look damn good!

I think I just might like this build... J's in a walnut/maple bass, serious punch and high end snap!

Aww, do you have to?

Hurry up! My lunch break is almost over! I NEED GUITAR PR0N!!!

Definitely not F, I, or J. They just look like bad thru-neck builds.

I like B and D. B is my top choice, definitely.

Whoooooaaaaaahhhh...

That axe deserves a standing ovation!

Hey... stand up, you fools!!!

Oh maaaaaan... engraving the dragonfly was KEY! It looks so much better, just by adding that little detail!!!

What could you do with the center of the star? What kind of creativity could you come up with inside it?

And that's definitely a guitar screaming to be played on a stage! Beautiful! Show that puppy off everywhere you can, man!

What kind of output jack did you use? It looks far better than a lot of axes I've seen. And recessing it looks sharp.

This guitar looks so good.

My personal request would be a slightly lighter shade of blue. I'd want it to look just like the blue on my brother's '70 Mustang, so it would reveal a bit more of the wood grain beneath it. With this deep blue, it's kinda hard to see the grain. I'd want it to pop a bit more.

BUT... having said that, I also would really need to see your blue under some stage lighting and see how it reacts! That would really be the decision maker.

Excellent guitar, my man. If it was at a store, it'd be bought. And I'm a bass player!

My only concern.

Your top horn's strap button.

PLEEEEEASE put an extra-long screw into it to make sure it doesn't break out of that very thin horn. It looks phenomenal and I don't wanna hear ANY tragedy stories in the future!

Awesome work. And that saw blade is... you guessed it... METAL

That looks soooo much nicer than any Warwick.

If you have some denatured alcohol, swab the wood when you take your next photos. Let that wood color pop!

No way, dude. Scrap it. Not only will that affect structural stability, but no other guitarist would ever play that neck, no matter how much filler you put in.

Just start over and get it 100% right.

Now.... can you match the exposed-veneer-line technique you have on the headstock, with the bottom horn? Realyl round over and sculpt back the edge to get the white line of the body wood to show when looking flat at the body? That would seriously tie the whole design together.

MAN this is getting better and better.

Dunlop makes an excellent guitar cleaning kit. My brother and I use this exclusively on all our axes now:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dun...-Kit?sku=425269

Has the cleaner/prep for getting rid of the gunk buildup, the conditioner to keep the wood oiled and in good shape, the polish, the caranuba wax, and the string saver (which we don't think makes much of a difference.)

Also, they have just the bottles of prep/cleaner and conditioner, which will probably be good enough for you:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dun...-Kit?sku=425271

But it is not recommended for maple fretboards.

Another thing... you may want to clean and polish those frets to get them shiny and smooth again. There's an excellent tutorial on that on the web here:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstri...board-care.html

One word: Utilitarian.

This is gonna be a playing guitar. Not a work of art, not some fancy decoration to hang on the wall and leave alone. This is destined for the stage, with a very loud amplifier behind it, to be played to death!

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Dare I ask where the final destination of this axe may lie? Your personal axe? For sale? Already consigned for an owner?

GAWD that is one comfy looking design. If it doesn't play like buttah, somebody must have sabotaged it!

I'll tell you why I wouldn't. Ash has a bit lighter grain to it, but still as strong as oak and far lighter. For the same tonality, you'll get less weight.

Mmm, most definitely Rich. I hear what you're saying, especially when comparing the cost of wood to the rest of the build. I was mainly thumbing my nose at the "expensive/exotic wood is a tonal improvement" crowd

I don't look at exotic woods for their tonal characteristics, more for their structural superiority. I'm sick of rosewood for fretboards because of how filthy they get from players' hands. I want nice exotic woods with tighter grain for fretboards. Yeah, wenge is considered an exotic wood, but it sucks when it gets filthy and the open grain packed with dirt and oil.

I'd LOVE to build a legit bass out of pine just for that open porous deep tone. Then give it some grain hardener to make it a little more dent resistant. But I'd make the neck with a maple or walnut skunk stripe for structural integrity cuz I know pine wouldn't stay straight and untwisted after tension is applied.

Two words.

LEATHER

PANTS

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Fun? Screw that! It's RELAXING to build a guitar on your own!

That's my favorite time, man. No interruptions, no delays, no nagging girlfriends, just peace, quiet, and sawdust.

Did he refund any of the cost because of the damage? Was it insured? Have you bought from him before?