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oh Beware Muzz of the cheap drillbits! My experience has taught me that cheap tools end up costing me alot more heartache than pinching a penny, anyway Goodluck! Oh yeah and the build looks great mate!

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Mate, NSW has a great timber industry, im always looking at timber yards in NSW. If i can find blackwood here in abundance you will have no probs! We have a company called Austim in the west,but they could be a national thing so hit them up on google. They also import many exotic hardwoods from all over the world so they have alot of the more basic guitar building timbers as in Mahogany,maple, oaks, walnuts, teaks, blackwoods etc. check em out. Yeah we have good surf!Going into chilly season though, so the motivation lacks to go for a surf, still get a wave here and there though. Chad

Hang on i knew he used black first somewhere http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/guitars15.htm

Yeah for sure. Im guessing you are all familiar with Jeff Miller, well here is a build which he used the same method as Metalhead, his, i thought used black dye first but going back through the photos he hasn't. So i proved myself wrong basically!haha Nice look though! http://www.guitaristjeffmiller.com/guitars10.htm

Tassie Blackwood. For the body and the neck if you want. Ive also used Jarrah, Marri(redgum) Aussie oak and sheoak. Im abit different though! But my recommendation is definately Tassie Blackwood. Where in Oz are ya Jeff?

Beautiful as usual Metalhead!!! But i don't know if the comments about using black dye first killing the 3D affect are all true. Take this for instance http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...=41949&st=0 And im sure ive seen Drak use black dye first on his finishes,it just depends on the type of finish you want and of course skill in creating what you setout to achieve. Looking forward to see this beauty with some hardware mate. Chad.

Looks great Peter!How does it sound? Haven't seen you round here much lately. Chad.

Steve, sorry if i came over condesending, i see arguments like this on here all the time and usually stay away, but..., the point i was trying to make, is that this whole website is one giant tutorial. I would bet that any problem a newbie would have, its been covered time and time again. It just takes a little bit of effort on a personal front to find it. Technically, there is a whole tutorial section on www.projectguitar.com. If that fails, just try googling it. Chad.

Stewmac gives an accuracy of 0.5mm either side but you should always try to atleast setout to 0.1mm. Basically if the measurement is 63.345mm i would mark it to 63.3mm. I think by eye you should be able to get relatively close to that. Then depending on how your slotting atleast your setout should be on the money. Not sure how others mark out but i always scribe my frets with a craft knife(scapel whatever its called) to guide my fretsaw. So far intonation on my guitars has been spot on. Just take your time,double check your measurements and if your handsawing have a break every few frets so your arm isn't tired and your accuracy of cut stays good.

I have to agree with DC Ross, Spoke, Soapbarstrat on this one. It is all in the forum....and yes the search function isn't great, but its all there. The neck taper and angle is already pinned in the form of Perrys tutorial. Its so easy, All you have to do is grab a pencil,ruler and a piece of paper and you can work it out pretty quickly. How about, the best way to learn is to read and start building guitars or any other wood project to your ability, resources etc. Start at a Tele or something similar and build up to that carved top PRS flamed,quilted,burled,bursted 3d wood popping creation that we all love to look at. S**t you may even have fun along the way learning the process. Im not directing this at anyone, but we all have humble beginnings and need to start somewhere. Take the time to research,plan and think out the steps instead of getting someone else to do it and then copy that. I guarantee you will learn more and enjoy yourself in the process. Sorry to get abit crazy there but laziness and incompetence really s**t me because its just a state of mind. Chad.

John, this build is looking great, the white body with the dark neck should look awesome. Keep the pics coming.

I love how you can send back the old smashed parts to get a new custom built guitar to smash. At an additional cost mind you!

Nice to see you building your own necks John, looks like some clean inlay work there mate. Im the same as you, i don't shape the neck until all the frets are hammered in. This is looking good but im not to sure if i like the HS shape, maybe with tuners it will be better.

I have a Stew Mac gun. I bought it thinking it was special for guitars, but it is just a production sized syphon gun. Now, would i recommend one...it sprays good, has all the different adjustments,cleans well and will do the job great depending on your skill at spraying. But..., i got talking to a fella at the paint shop where i just bought my last batch of 2k poly and he recommend for spraying guitars, a small gravity feed gun(touch up gun i think he called it) which comes with a 100ml tank, but, you can also attach the measuring cup which has all the mix ratios printed on the side. Why did he recommend this? Because the size of the objects we are spraying are small, you can mix up smaller amounts of paint and have less waste. 2k is going to go off even in a sealed container once mixed, so with my production gun i have to mix up around 150-200ml just so it will spray smoothly usually leaving some left over paint. Fine for nitro though as you can leave it in the sealed gun overnight for your next spray session or, tranfer it back to a spare can. As for asking and giving advice, take what you want from posts, when i read this forum i skip over so much BS and take all the useful parts. If someone like Drak is giving finishing advice, i would be listening. I basically think the original question has been answered. I will agree that really Pro jobs aren't sprayed with hand sprayers though, guns will always offer better finishes, and yes that does come from experience. John, if you find a decent cheap setup, make sure you post your findings for other people on the forum who are in the same mindset. Cheers Chad.

What he said pretty much somes it up for me too Lovin it!

Haha cool thread John! Bigjim they are classic shots mate... love the airborne pic! Wez some serious snaps there, congrats! Here is a couple of me and my builds from a few parties our band has played, It just occured to me that those glasses i only wear at gigs or these...

Sounds good PG. Ive been smashed with these PM's just in the last couple of days...hope all goes well.

Mate that looks like a nice joist of Jarrah! Only native to the south west of oz where im from so its surprising that it came out of a house in SA, thats not to say they didn't ship any over eastward. How heavy is it?

Looks great Peter! I really enjoy watching you build. Keep the pics coming! Nice bit of zebrawood aswell Chad.

For me it was the tri caster! As soon as i saw it i really liked it. Followed closely this month by the two basses. Scottyd's control cover is simply excellent work and i liked avdekan's whole design. Great work! To the other builds, all were great this month as usual and i would have liked to play them all! Eshuffle- you really have to give us some more info on your build. Some build pics would be good also. Cheers Chad.

Nice work John. The build came out great! Looking forward to some shiny daylight shots The wiring was just like the neck, you didn't want to do any work on necks for ages until this build and you pulled that off and its the same with the wiring, Just be methodical about it and then its (as we say in oz) a piece of piss. GOTM?

Thanks for the kind words gents!Really having a good time on this build. The mind is moving towards the finishing process now and im stumped on what i want to do. Im thinking natural or natural top with solid colour back or even a orange of some sort on the top so it kind of looks like a tiger. I might have to consult the boss on this one Pestvic the body measures 59mm so not quite 3inches but fairly meaty. There is abit of carving that needs to take place on the back still and is likely the next step in the process once the neck is upto scratch. My builds so far have all started with an idea and a rough plan and then progress as i go. I know some on this forum usually have every element planned but im abit different. Plus this is all just fun for me so i like to keep my options open. So if anyone has any ideas for a finish on this puppy feel free to chime in!Please bear in mind the egyptian theme and im probably thinking more neutral earthy colours. Now for some progress. This is where im at. Inlays routed and gluing. Obviously the fretboard is glued to the neck and slotted. Next is to sand the inlays flush, radius the fretboard, re-slot the fret slots to the finished depth and detail the inlays before i can fret this neck and rout it in to the body. Cheers Chad.

Very tasty indeed!!!