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okay, heres the size of mine vs. a gibson V

am i in trouble or is this fine?

you mean this is the first time you printed it of full scale?

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yeah, ive been ballparking it the whole time

i just got the template plotted, and ive got to say....it loos kinda small....

trust me, you dont want to see what happens when i try to use my hands to make...well....anything

You're not building this thing? Man, this is ridiculous.

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im sending the template via Fedex to Doug tomorow!

or the next day...

thats why i said close to

cuz i dont want to use redwood due to its softness...

would bubinga be too dark to stain like that?

guys, what wood will get me as close to this kinda finish as possible?

i voted for the WOMD, but mattia's is a close second. extremely close.

reminds me of something Prince would play

try drawing it out on paper maybe (if you cant use a CAD program) or even photosohp

using MS Paint looks to be limiting your ability to try different arc radiai and get some cool angles going

i ike it but i think that upper horn would get in the way too much

i dont like it

looks too out of proportion and its more or less a warped out Warlock

sorry

I have never "touched" a V but one is in the planning stage for me. I'm not sure about the size,  so I got the cad file. Am I reading this cad file correct? 17" at widest point and 44 3/4" at the longest point? does that sound about right?

Thanks!

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mines 15.7" @ the widest

the body is 19.2" long

the net length including headstock is 42.4"

so from the looks of it yours is bigger than mine, as well as longer. considering i have what many people are calling a "huge" headstock....well you see where im going with this...

im like you too. never "touched" a V really. when i started designing this though i went down to my local guitar shop and played around with one of the Jackson KV's they had on the shelf and found it pretty cool and something i could get used to so im just crossing my fingers from here on

aight, ill just go with 24. i barely go past 19 in use anyway

i more or less wanted more just for aethetics since there is no neck pup and a lot of free space

yeah, thats what he told me

another thread on here told me it was too heavy to do a whole guitar in so it seems kinda consensus (weight wise)

we've been talking and right now it looks like im gonna go with a white limba neck with black limba body

undecided on top as of yet

just talked to doug and read my thread about the camphor

looks like camphors out and ill be going back to one of the quilt tops

oh yeah, and doug says i shouldnt use Goncalo Alves as a neck primarily because of the weight, plus it wouldnt look right with the Black Limba

so what should i use for the neck now? (he says a rosewood)

oy vey, need to change the entire project around again! :-p

i guess this solves my questioning on Camphor burl as well

now i just need to re-think my neck wood....gargh

oh yeah, this is gonna sound weird, but which one has a nicer crotch?

http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/2886/crotchcheck4gs.gif

the one on the left is closer to the bridge, the one on the right is slightly lowered

when i made the size of the guitar bigger, i didnt compensate the er....crotch...and well i realized that the smaller one was a little more balanced and the bigger one a bit sharper and more pointy

so i tried to compensate a bit and now i cant decide which looks more "right"

anyone have any experience working with this type of wood?

i am considering using it for a top and doing it trans-black

how will this turn out?.....good or bad?

will it be transblack or will it be like "dark pink"?....eugh

cuz my second choice for a top was bubinga/sapele/quilt maple, which i already know would finish nicely in trans-black....so i just wanna know if i should re-change my mind

i'd buy one!

edit: im gonna do custom "angled wide block" inlays

havnt decided on color

and im questioning how the trans-black will look on the camphor so im still considering the bubinga/sapele as a backup....damnit

Just a constructive suggestion. One f-hole style or the other would look good. but the combination throws everything off. Symmetry is what it needs.

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+1

well considering my first choice when i started this design was to have a spalted top, tonally i dont think it this burl can be any worse :-p

*crosses fingers*

i guess ill go over it with doug and see if this is a risky idea