10pizza

Yesterday had a road trip to my source for great wood: Masave fijnhout (@masave_fijnhouthandel) 

It's like being a kid in a candy shop 

Took my piece of burled wood to saw some tops. We were able to get 3 nice matched tops out of it! So my project will be changing from the planned limba top to one of these!

Also I'm going to build 2 guitars simultaneously, will hopefully be more efficient.

Took some pieces of ziricote with me for fretboards, as well as a nice laminated neck blank and a big piece of nut to build the necks from.

Wish I had a bandsaw like that!

Short video: 

this thursday I'm visiting a woodshop to get a few neck blanks. Also I'm taking this block of burl ( not sure of the species) to have him saw a few tops to use for this project maybe in stead of the limba. And I found a nice piece of birdseye maple I didn't even remember I had! Should be good for 2 necks!

16 hours ago, woodfab said:

Sounds like FUN!

exactly! so much fun using the bandsaw again to transform a piece of wood into a guitarshape!

Following this one for sure as I have a few acoustic bodies that need to be finished by me.

Hat off to you AD, seen a lot of great builds coming by on Instagram.

Hey all, again a long time since last posting here, been very busy doing repairs, but I got the building fever again so time for a new project.

When my dad passed away in '17 and we were cleaning out his garage I found a glued together mahogany (I think) tabletop which I took home for a possible barncaster project. 

I've got a black limba top laying around and some nice maple that belonged to a local builder who unfortunately passed away also around that time.

My dad taught me a lot in diy'ing, enabling me to do about anything around the house in renovation and repairs. The local guitar builder inspired me to take up customizing and eventually building guitars.

So this project will be a tribute to 2 great gentlemen!

It will be a 25" scale guitar, one bridge pickup (q-pickups ) . Mahogany body with limba top. Birdseye maple fretboard on a glued in neck of wood, type yet to be determined. 

As always with me it will probably be a lengthy process. In the meantime I'm finishing up on another build I hope to post here soon.

Happy building everyone! 

awesome work again AD! lovely piece of walnut.

it amazes me again and again how a traditional body like that can be so classy looking with the right woods of finishing.

nice burst! looking good.

congrats! something different but even more impressive!

i've had a few marauders on my workbench for repairs/setup. Nice guitars, not a model you see a lot. (which I like  )

good luck with the build!

managed to do some work last saturday. Shaped the body with the shinto and routed the fretboard on the neck, sanded the headstock. Also created a recess for the electronics cavity cover.

Next up is body sanding/filling/priming/painting and neck shaping. 

I'm thinking of putting wax or lacquer on the maple neck to give it some protection and yellowish finish. Any recommendations?

8 hours ago, ADFinlayson said:

Your workshop looks epic 

not mine, but a friend's who has a carpenting/construction company. He's got a lot of room and some nice tools. Happy that I can use it now and then when the place is available.

but it's nice to have access to a big planer, bandsaw en proper workbenches!

While using my G&W miter box last weekend I found out I forgot to loosen the bolts after using it last time. Now they were stuck and I messed up the allen-bolts while trying to loosen it 

probably a good idea to oil or wax them for smooth tightening/loosening. 

Managed to use it, but need to replace 2 of the bolts used for fixing the height rollers.

grat build , well deserved!

Only had a few hours but managed to do most of my list for today: routing neck-pickup to fit body mounted EMG pickup.

Routed the control cavity to also fit a battery for the EMG pickups I'll use on this one.

Routed the neckpocket some more and shaped the neck for a tight fit. Looks like I'll need to deepen the neckpocket a bit further.

Next saturday another chance to do some more work. Then it'll be shaping time and drilling holes for the neck-screws.

some pictures:

Oh yeah 

Tomorrow I will be going to my friends workshop. Finally some time to work on this project. Will also be bringing some wood for the next one. 

First some routing and shaping on this one! 

1 hour ago, Bizman62 said:

'd like to have that workshop, though

+1

same here, I have a room for doing setups etc in my garage which is heated, but not suited for using powertools. I'm thinking of asking my carpenter friend if I can use his workshop a couple of saturdays. Downside is I need to bring all my tools and can't combine it with keeping an eye on my kids

Long term plan however is to build a new garage/shed/workshop but that'll be 5-10 yrs from now I'm afraid

great top! Love blue-stained tops.

lovely top and cool work on the bevel! Wouldn't have thought of that trick!

well, a diploma gives you nothing anyway. Nice to be able to learn from a master though!

thx

nice job! 

12 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

power tool generated wood dust isn't my favourite spice

yup, that's why I also have a hiatus between october and march. Need proper weather conditions to work outside...

probably mentioned already but what kind of course are you doing? is it an 'official' luthery school?

3 hours ago, 10pizza said:

have a similar problem with my first build, I always suspected the truss-rod to be the culprit, but then again, if you have a tightened trussrod, would it be able to still buzz?

took a quick look at the particular guitar and tested by tapping the neck to see if there's anything rattling/buzzing and there is. 

Given that you have the same problem with several guitars, my problem-solving-guts would say there's something in the way you build them that is causing the problem and not the hardware or setup. If you use the same router bit and truss-rods on those guitars it might explain why they all have the same problem. The cause of it happening over time might be that they've been held in place with some excess glue maybe at first and now have come loose? 

here''s a vid describing how to possibly fix that. I'll try this on my guitar and see if it solves my problem. Maybe you could try this on one of yours as well?

very neat builds and great video's!

man! that is frustrating! Had an issue with a setup of a Strat once which was very hard to get properly intonated on the first couple of frets, drove me crazy getting things right!

your builds are awesome. Love those in your face colors.

I have a similar problem with my first build, I always suspected the truss-rod to be the culprit, but then again, if you have a tightened trussrod, would it be able to still buzz?

Will have a further look at the guitar in question and see if I can find anything else while pondering over your issue.

I can't imagine with all the people here that we can not find out the cause of this. 

and kudo's for reaching out here. It's great that we have a platform like this where people are willing to help respectfully.

1 hour ago, ShatnersBassoon said:

This entry was simply off the scale brilliant, especially that inlay! Congratulations!

very impressive! congrats