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Thanks The skull is actually jakaranda/rosewood with some modeling clay as touch up in some spots. The hardware is reliced with Hydrochloric acid and being stored for 4 years in an old barn The paint is some cheap automotive paints
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Just finished this bad boy up, it only took 4 years basswood body, sculpted skull, tonerider vintage bridge pup and an Epiphone humbucker in the neck position. Currently missing high E string
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Progress pics headstock sketches: Not too shabby being built without template, and painted with regular aerosol cans
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Now i've cut the contours of the main template but I'll need to get to my parents and borrow a drill before i can cut the f-holes and the hollow template. @ToneMonkey: Yeah, i'm going to put another pick up on there. So SwedishLuthier expect an order soon
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Finally got some time for this one. Started drawing the templates today, and will cut them out tomorrow. Main template Hollow And this is the pickup i bought from SwedishLuthier Pickup The wood i got were mouisture damaged during shipping so the wood a little bent, any tips on how i should straighten it again? Can i dampen them, clamp them toghter with osome straigt metal pieces and put them in a drying cabinet?
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Thank you I dont think it is inte the way of the arm since the ESPs has a slightly bigger horn than mine. Yeah, push/pull pots with volume/tone (if possible) and a rotary switch. Thanks dont know yet, 22 or 24 maybe scalloped from 12.
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Hi! Just finished a mockup of an ESP style explorer with some minor modifications. Must complete my other projects before starting this one though What do you think? //Martin
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I've decided to try to make my own neck for once Going for a carbon fiber rod, seems simple. Forgot to mention the woods in the body. the middle part is rosewood(jacaranda) and the outerparts is scrap wood i found lying around. Probably Spruce. the neck will be maple with a rosewood fingerboard (maybe skull inlays or something like that).
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Thats an option, i've never made a neck though. Guess I can use a mandolin truss rod.
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Hi! Just wanted to share the project i started the weekend, its a 19.7" scale guitar for my 4yr old son (one wasn't enough for him ). Borrowed some design elements from METAL MATT Anyone knows where to buy necks in this scale and other small parts? //Martin
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Very nice Are the graphichs drawn/airbrushed or dekals?
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Hehe, that would be cool Nice bass btw
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$97.50 (≈650 SEK) from ebay including shipping. Bröderna holm skulle ha 2000.- för en lönnplanka på 200x2500x52 mm Great Thank you I wanted a little thicker guitar for more acoustic feeling (sound) and wanted much carving. added some more to the wood i ordered for sanding and smoothing another update, smaller f-holes and added white bindning and knobs/switch
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Hehe, i'll be taking orders as soon as its finished Just got a great deal on woods for the body. 1 set (2 pieces) of alder 1 3/4 x 7 x 21 and 1 set 1/2 x 7 x 21. Is alder as good as maple? know its good for solidbodies but how about hollowbodies? the dave grohl 335 is all maple. Also have an idea of putting the battery and eq for the piezo in a stompbox type of thing if its possible... dont wanna put ugly things in the beatiful body
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Thank you Yeah, i removed them. They do for sure not look as godd as ordinary TOM's but i think it would save me some headace here comes a quick photoshop mockup
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They served as an inspiration link What do you think of this setup? i'm kind of nervous about doing a neck angle. So this setup would be perfect link Also made some minor changes to the sketch. gretch/tv jones style pickup and steeper carving on the bass 'horn'. EDIT: Is a tune-o-matic angle of 2.79 degrees correct?
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The top will be around 10mm thick - the carving.
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Hehe, yeah. I'm a big fan of Grohl Don't know... yet. SwedishLuthier here on the forums might have a pickup that may fit. The tune-o-matic bridge vill be piezo loaded.
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The inner outline is the carving This is how i planned the routing (think it will be strong enough, 10mm thick on the edges):
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CDR files are Corel Draw I have a couple in pdf and ai format. if you'd like
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Thank you hehe, thats exactly the mix i was looking for
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Hi! Just wanted to show a sctech of a hollowbody im planning. I think the body will be all maple, with a babyblue matallic finish Dimensions are 340x424x55mm, with a 25,5" scale length. Not sure if i want a tele style headstock or a reversed firebird headstock. Comments and critics are welcome! //Martin
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Ok, bummer :/ Think im gonna go for the idea with putting screws trough the eyes. gotta have that strap there Or is it even better to have screws though the nackpocket into the skull?
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The skull is carved on the back. but i don't think it's a problem, the skull sits quite hard. But i will do some tests to get it off... just to make sure it stays on there. :S
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First I put everything i a bucket along with some other bolts av screws and abrasive papers and then shook it for about 10-20 minutes. Then I layed it in a large bucket with a bowl of Muriatic (Hydrochloric) acid. Put a lid on and let it stand for about a day, then i put the parts in the kind of acid you use when making PCBs for abuot a minute (to speed up the process for heavier relic) then in to the large bucket again for about half a day. Then i sprayed some WD-40 on them to stop the process interesting. Muratic acid is meant to be used to clean rust off of parts. so i think you just added a step. it cleans off rust. Yeah, but the fumes penetrates the chrome/nickel and dissolves it, and speed up the rustinc process of the metal beneth the chrome/nickel.... or something like that