unusual71

beautiful design. IMO the bridge just doesnt suit it at all, kinda ruins the look for me. but with a more suiting bridge i would honestly say thats one of the nicest guitars. the wood matches it well. i also think the head stock is a little wide. all in all really nice guitar, congrats, and enjoy

also, i might build a semiholo in the future. probably for project 4 (currently only on #2:( but im gettin there) and want to do a unique hole, similar to that one, but obviously not a copy

and what if im using it on an already hard, dense, closed grain wood that doesnt soak too much of the stuff up

is it highly recommended for finishing a body to mix the tru oil with naptha, also, do i mix it 50/50 and just use as much as i need, can i store the rest? will there be any significant benifits, hardness, shine, stuff like that if i use it with naptha? how about just straight tru oil?

and no offence, but the knobs looked a little close for comfort, and algee, posting on two forums, who's side are you on

how many hours has this taken so far and how many are ahead of you?

i must say man, you really gotta respect the patients that goes into that, what do you use to carve the area in the wood where the inlay is going...sorry for all the questions, now get back to work on that masterpiece!!

yeah the sanding method would deffintly be the less expensive, not quite as good alternative, but if you dont feel like investing a couple hundred dollars and hours and hours of practice, go with scotty's idea

well do you already have a good compressor, because if you do, i would suggest getting a good gun because by the time you spray this body and maybe one more, you'll have spent enough to buy a good enough spray gun and paint. Will you be painting more guitars for yourself and others as you progress..rattle cans can end up being pretty expensive and if you can afford the upfront cost you'll be much better off

when getting a compressor its all about the CFM the gun is going to need. If you use a profesional gun they usually draw upwards of 11CFM meaning your going to need to spend like 800$++ on a compressor that will provide this, if your going for a "mini" spray gun your only going to need to supply 5 or so cfm so you can get away with a 300$ compressor. It sounds like something cheap would be good enough for you, but dont get a gun with any plastic parts, you'll be sorry in the end. Like LGM said, replacement parts are good, because you dont want to have to replace the whole gun because one of the pins is no good, or something stupid like that. All in all its going to be more affected by how good you are at painting than how good the gun you bought is

^ouch!! alot of people use angle grinders or route the shape in "steps" so it looks like a staircase all around your guitar, then there'll be enough to do the rest by hand, could you post some pics as im thinking of doing a carved top for my second project, thanks

well if your building this from scratch, you could get a metal insert, put it on the top of the neck at the heel, put 4 bolts in, then glue the fretboard over top, and that would work out alright, probably the best thing you could do, good luck with it

yeah you better let him wait, or better yet build one for him, he'll appreciate it

another great tip i've learnt, wait till you have good funds to start, im always sitting with nothing to do because im broke or have to spend money on other things, plus its nice to order as much as you can at once so you can plan things out perfectly...good luck and remember, pictures, pictures, pictures!

yes its physically possible...and since its reversible, why not give it a try if you really want to, and if it sounds good to you, keep it, but to a lot of people it would probably sound weird

that would be pretty sweet, salvaged off old whatevers, and experiment what values at what voltage gives what effect lol....you could write your bloody name in the side of someones car =D......not that I endorse, or even think of doing stuff like that

enjoy/pain

sexy/grandma

goat/sheep

rush/patient

vet/noob

the bloody possiblities are endless....

also, the matrix theme could be good...but lots of airbrushing lol

what would be the best way, or any way, to cut the angle for a headstock out of a neck blank from stewmac...remember i need to use both pieces after. any ideas are great, the two i have so far are by hand, and with a bandsaw

ok buddy, clearly thats not an actual les paul, a total knock off....hahaha im just playin thats halarious, but does it really work?

an interesting cracked finish you could try, would be to cut CD's into squares, you could get i guess 2 big rectanglses and 2 littler ones, and stick them in the microwave for a few seconds...the time would vary to taste. This crackles the foil....and sparks in the process so don't do it in your best microwave, but it leaves you with squares you could glue on or make a veneer out of that would look VERY cool and if not cool, at least quite orginal

I figure i can do about 8 bodies at least, at a pint per body anyways, so its a pretty good amount.

well would you say maybe, a dozen, more? how about the amount a pint, or quart would do? Its kinda important to know lol thanks

how many guitar bodies would 1 gallon of an automotive type paint do? aproximitally, thanks

Ok so my friend was telling me if you have your neck pickup where the 24th fret would be(after a 22fret board) that you get some kind of node, or something to do with nodes like that. I'm building a guitar and would like to know of any specific pickup placement for like a round, warm tone? or somewhere i definitaly should not place the pickups? thanks in advance

well its pretty much metal pins, and a wireing harness that would slip over. Very common with computers, theres about 20 of 'em in there, and if your handy with a soldiering iron and can get an old motherboard for free, you could hack the parts off that, and hopefully a connector or two would still be attached. IF not look at a computer/electronics store and you might not find the exact same thing, but something close enough that it would serve the same purpose just as well.

Glass is very strong and with carbon fiber rods to lighten it up, it would probably NEVER flex or warp. Wood does this because of moisture, temperature, et cetera, and glass wouldnt have that problem. You would probably make it correctly so that nothing would chip, but you can't be certain. Glass is increadibly strong remember, but I would be crying in fear the first time I (or my human guinie pig) stringed that sucker up!

If it is actual chrome, a lot of normal paint won't stick to it, im interested to know what hardware isn't available in chrome, but none the less, you'll have to get some chrome paint, gold in your case. Its not TOO expensive but it ain't free... Should look fairly good although the stuff i saw look fairly yellow. You WILL be able to tell it was painted chrome and now gold, but if you do EVERYTHING like that, it'll turn out pretty good.