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Daniel Sorbera

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  1. Daniel Sorbera
    Well Kurt picked it up yesterday. He was very happy with it. image 2 image 3 image 4 image 5
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    The back (mahogany?) looks a bit pale, but it could be the pictures. It looks really really nice overall, love the color of that top. Good job indeed! :D
  3. Daniel Sorbera
    Nice build. I like the body, the finish looks good, that neck is amazing, and that piece of limba is to die for.
  4. Daniel Sorbera
    For some reason I read that as Chuck Norris and thought it was another joke.
  5. Daniel Sorbera
    Indeed. I've always been good in school, getting all A's but I've had trouble with English and only recently have started to get a grasp of it.
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    Age means nothing. I'm 17 now and I started when I was 14. Just be prepared to do a *lot* of reading and ask plenty of questions. Plus it takes a lot of money if you want all the right tools, but you can get away with a few very basic ones, it just takes a bit more skill to use them. Feel free to use the search engine and read the sticky threads here. There is lots of info to be found. Oh and don't except your first guitar to be amazing. If you read up on it enough odds are it will turn out playable, but probably not pretty. But it's so addictive I guarantee you will be building lots
  7. Daniel Sorbera
    We had the floor professionally done. It was not too bad at around $3 a square foot installed. They put down an adhesive coat on the concrete then spread these colored plastic flakes all over the floor (which is the tan/black you see) then came back the next day and scraped off any loose flakes and put down the hard clear finish. It does have a bit of texture to it, you don't want to be slipping on a smooth clear coat ya know, but it's pretty smooth feeling. It's very durable too. I took a screwdriver in the corner and tried to scratch it but couldn't even make a scratch you could see in reflected light. It's pretty cool stuff for sure.
  8. Daniel Sorbera
    instrument building for around 3 years. No prier woodworking skills (and I still don't consider myself a woodworker, just a guitar builder)
  9. Daniel Sorbera
    I just checked that thread and he said it was on a guitar he assembled, and also that he resolved the problem. I'd not recommend saying something bad (or anything for that matter) about a forum member without contacting them first. That wont go over real well around here. If you could take some pictures of the frets and give us exact action measurements (at the first, 12th, and last fret) and a little bit more detail as to the exact problem, (ie is it buzzing only when open, only on a certain fret/area or all across the neck?) we could better assess your problem.
  10. Daniel Sorbera
    This is the only picture I have of it now. I have to go get a case for it today and do the setup before we take any real pics. You can see those new heating pads for the bender sitting in the cabinet there at the back. We still have not had a chance to build the bender with so much else going on, we have to finish a few more electric orders before we can start on any more acoustic stuff.
  11. Daniel Sorbera
    haha, no, thats a stain spill. A bottle of stain that was sitting on the table apparently fell over when no one was in the shop and leaked out tons of concentrated red mahogany (when that table was still in the shed outside, I don't have any stain inside ) I'm going to make an effort to get it up this week to make sure it doesn't bleed into anything. What do you think would work? Alcohol? I'm thinking I'll scrub it as much as I can with alcohol or water than sand the rest away. The table needs a good resurfacing anyways. The big bench on the wall is 13' long and has a 2' deep work surface on the top, a good size to clamp a guitar to, and it's 36" high so you can work while standing up. and you can see my moms redwork quilt on the wall there. It's pretty impressive with hand stitched designs all over it.
  12. Daniel Sorbera
    Ok it's pretty much finished now. The floor is an epoxy coating and we built a cabinet/desk combo on one wall. We left a 2" space between the top and the base so you can clamp stuff down to the top easily. It looks nice and clean because everything is stored in the cabinet which has doors. pic2 pic3 pic4 You can even see the latest guitar, the left handed acoustic.
  13. Daniel Sorbera
    Looking good. I really like how the grain matches up making it look like one piece. Does it have a neck angle? How are you going to get a good action with just the height of the fingerboard over the body plain?
  14. Daniel Sorbera
    Well she's all done. I just need to set it up now. Chris is at work right now but he will take pictures when he gets back. This is the best guitar we've built yet (and it should be, duh). The finish turned out perfect and everything about it turned out great. The fishman prefix pro system is very impressive. Kurt will come pick it up early next week so I only get to play it a few days It is quite difficult to play a left handed guitar, it's like learning the muscle memory all over again but it's easier because I already have all the knowledge of the chord forms etc.
  15. Daniel Sorbera
    I went with the Ivy. I'm a sucker for PRS style guitars. I really don't like how big the control cavity cover is though. Both basses were very nice as well.
  16. Daniel Sorbera
    Well I have no experience grain filling with tru-oil so I can't help you there. But it's looking amazing. That piece of mahogany has a beautiful color.
  17. Daniel Sorbera
    Myka's stuff *never* gets old. :D
  18. Daniel Sorbera
    The tops of those frets look pretty flat. Your still doing more leveling/crowning than in that picture right?
  19. Daniel Sorbera
    Those are just the purflings. I've seen an article (on frets.com I think) about making cheap binding out of a PVC pipe. Maybe the same sort of thing could be done with some sort of red plastic sheet material...
  20. Daniel Sorbera
    All my wood is cut into guitar sized blanks so it's easier to manage. Just make sure how ever you end up storing it that you have good airflow on both sides of the board.
  21. Daniel Sorbera
    It looks like from that picture that you have a little bit of finish buildup on the lower left corner in the neck pocket. Make sure you don't have buildup or it won't fit right in the neck pocket. FWIW I always tape off the neck pocket area on the guitar and neck so I can use wood glue (or is this a bolt on? haven't really been following the thread). Either way, it's looking nice. :D BTW is that your shop? Looks very spacious and clean, very nice indeed.
  22. Daniel Sorbera
    Ahh my mistake. Well they both are very nice regardless.
  23. Daniel Sorbera
    Very nice for your first inlay.
  24. Daniel Sorbera
    Looks about 3/4" carve to me.
  25. Daniel Sorbera
    Very nice indeed. We all know how hard it is to do a gloss black!
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