-martin-

my question is about the skull, how did you attach it to the body... i must admit that i would be slightly worried attaching a strap button to a part of the body joined where that is and i reckon it might have been better to carve it straight into the body

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but what the hell - it looks damn cool!!!!

The skull is glued with strong woodglue. the white stuff on the pic is just gap filler. My cutting did't turn out perfect

When I first saw the title of the thread I thought that it might be a little cliche. But that is a really cool guitar! The skull is awesome. Good Job!

Thanx

hehe, yeah the name is a bit tacky

Good imagination. The theme just seems to work.

Thank you

what did you use to do the decal? I've been reading a bit about doing it so I thought I'd ask?

Printed it on transparent decal paper. the final decal will be under the lacquer so the edge won't be visible.

To use a Piezo and standard magnetic pickups together you will need a pre-amp. Stew Mac does the LR Baggs pre-amp to go with that bridge so that'd be a good bet to start with. The manual for that is on the LR Baggs site its writen out for installing on a strat but it'd be simple enough to work it out for a differant layout (I can help if you're not an electronics guy).

Ah thank you very much

What'd you do to rust the hardware? Is it just old, or did you go through some process?

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

Hi!

This is my first guitar project, but certainly not the last

The sketch:

Finished skull:

Pickguard template (wich failed, had to make one in wood later):

Skull glued on body:

Getting there:

Relicing and sticker/logo:

Still a lot to do. waiting for the nitrocellulose lacquer and stains to arrive. Gonna be a three tone sunburst with grey primer and black painted over (Just like the Joe Strummer replica)

Take care!

//Martin

*Sorry for large pics*

Nice guitar!

Is it (games workshop) greenstuff of the neck?

Hi!

Im am currently planning on buildning an hollowbody guitar, and would like to use a lipstick or a humbucker in neck position together with a piezo on the bridge. But i can't figure out how to wire it

Does anybody done this before? or is it even impossible?

Take care!

//Martin

*UPDATE*

Fund this tune-o-matic piezo think im gonna go for thet and a humbucker still don't know how to wire it together though