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  1. Well, there ya go then. The resident expert on building guitars out of weird stuff has officially weighed in.
  2. These you know about already: black walnut maple oak ash As for these: Apple-must use - Can you fire the kiln with it? Maybe laminates, binding, rosette material, or inlay? Kerfing? Bracing back and sides? Double sides? I understand it's supposed to be pretty fussy. Peach-must use - See "Apple." Black Cherry-must use - I believe Black Cherry is the same wood Seagull Guitars use commonly for back and sides. They call it "Wild Cherry," but I would guess it's Black Cherry. Conifre of some type that has to be identified. - Sounds like the soundboard and brace wood to me. If you have to use three or more laminate strips, you can color it. sassafrass - Fretboard? Bridge? Isn't this stuff supposed to be brown and oily? I'm no expert. That's just from what I remember seeing and a couple of minutes researching. Have you asked anybody on one of the major acoustic luthiers' forums?
  3. While I rarely disagree with RAD, I stick to my guns on the big band saw. Then again, I like to resaw. If you're not resawing, 14" is perfect. Buy the book first, and you'll know exactly what you want by the time you're done. Just to highlight some of the other stuff RAD said, I've also gotten frustrated with router tearout, and now use one of these: http://www.luthiersfriend.com/robosander/robosander.html#robo23 I love my Robo-Sander. And I desperately need some new rasps. As for fret slotting, you can always buy pre-slotted boards, or you can build your own slotting system, if you have enough time on your hands. I hope to post some sort of tutorial on that next week.
  4. Ok, terminology. What most people call a speaker is more properly called a "driver." The speaker is the entire assembly, with a driver mounted inside a cabinet. You actually do want to build a speaker.
  5. Wow. Most of us don't get to go out and buy all those tools at once. First, the bandsaw. That's a really great one, and Grizzly is well known for quality bandsaws. 17" means you can resaw too. However, a bandsaw is not a perfectly intuitive tool. I recommend you start by buying a good book. I like this one: http://www.amazon.com/New-Complete-Guide-Band-Saw/dp/1565233182/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320243728&sr=1-3 If you have an itchy trigger finger, and just want to buy the saw now, that one is a good choice. I have a Grizzly 14" with a riser block that I got used for $250. If I'd had the funds, I would have much preferred a 17" 2HP model. I don't know much about jointers. I use an antique jack plane for jointing. For guitar building, a drum sander is probably the better tool. It's just more precise. I (and many others) built my own drum sander. I think the total cost was around $100, and it's 22". 12.5" really isn't enough to be a versatile tool. It's barely big enough for a strat, and many models are larger than that. You'll also want a drill press, a good router, and a mess of hand tools, including some high quality neck shaping tools.
  6. I know we've moved on, but I would like to add that my biggest problem with pentagrams is that they're so overdone. If you want to inlay a satanic symbol of rebellion or something, here's an archaic symbol that you might not have considered. Perhaps you might inlay something like this?
  7. Yeah, I was kidding about totaling it. Another source for cheap pickups that comes highly recommended is guitarfetish.com. With P90s, the traditional choice is 500k pots and .022 caps.
  8. I'd rock it. Ok, I'd strum wildly with lots of overdrive, but that's about the best I'm capable of. Seriously, good work. It's very nice.
  9. A $20 that needs new pots and pickups? It's totaled, man. Call the insurance company. Seriously though, the pots and caps will vary depending on the pickups you use.
  10. Here's where the speaker geniuses live: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/ I think they speak English, but sometimes it's hard to tell.
  11. Classy. I don't know anything about Brazilian Cedar (Ceddar?) Can you tell us about it?
  12. Ditto on the Lemon VI. Johnny, please help next month become a "banner month" by entering one of your own guitars. I would infer from your comment that you have much to offer.
  13. Stiff competition this month. Several of these could have been winners at another time. RAD got my vote. The fact that I hate V's and I'm so drawn to that guitar is a testimony to what an incredible instrument it is. Everyone should be proud of their work this month. Whoever wins, all the more.
  14. Nice and versatile for what they are. Not my thing really. Sort of reminds me of 80s hair metal. The harmonics you get out of it are pretty impressive though.
  15. Nice work on those necks. You seem to have just about every shaping tool ever invented too.
  16. I seriously want to build a gas can banjo at some point.
  17. Then a mandolin build is definitely a good idea. Much less mess than a solid body!
  18. Thanks Wes. I appreciate you looking that stuff up. Fortunately, I don't have to finish anything terribly soon, so I'll be reading a good bit in the coming months.
  19. Also, I figured out that the PTC stuff is a professional grade tint used in paints and stains. I think I'll be able to put it to use as well, especially since I've got about two gallons of stain in my shed now. Did I mention it was all free?
  20. The real win here was that I actually needed a lot of that stuff. I was particularly excited about the Mixol and TransTint dyes. I was planning on buying some black and red soon. That's a full bottle of TransTint black there ($19.49 at Rockler), and more than a full bottle of the Mixol red (the $50 size bottle). Plus I have Mixol dyes in blue, green, yellow, and purple now. I needed some mineral spirits, though I'd never have bought that much. I was actually in need of a quarter sheet of 1/2" birch ply for a table saw sled I'm planning. Some of it I have no idea about (sanding sealer, masking stain, etc.), but it was all free. If nothing else, I can use it to put dirty words in my enemies' lawns. If anybody knows anything about those finishes, I'm all ears.
  21. Stop holding out on us, Boggs! Show us your wood! Um...I mean...your fretboard!
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