Druss

This may help http://www.shredaholic.com/painting.html

I've got it down to 16 1/2" wide thats still kind of wide but just by looking at it I believe I can live with it.

I'll have a better feel for it after I've cut it out on scrap wood and I can hold it up to my body, if I have to I'll redraw it but I may be ok. It really looks better to me now, it looks more like the axe. Thanks for the input.....

here it is at 16 1/2" http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0222.jpg

Yes I'm going to bring it in some it's way to wide. As far as playing comfort goes I can already see that it would be almost impossible to play with this design sitting down it would be sliding off your leg the whole time. I've been playing standing up for so long I can't even play sitting down it just doesn't feel right natural to me so that part of it wont be a problem.

Someone else from Arkansas on the forum finally..

I've been reading this forum for about a year getting ready for this build and I've seen your work, I even searched through you topics to see where you were located, south Arkansas (about 60 mile from Louisiana?) if I remember correctly. I wish I lived closer I would volunteer to clean your shop and maybe learn something. This is my first build but I can already tell I've got the fever.

We don't have a CD yet but were working on it. Here's a link to some of our songs our name is "Balin' Twine"

http://www.unsignedbandweb.com/music/bands/447/

We are doing all the recording our selves and you can tell but you can still hear what we're about. It's a Little deferent but thats what we want.

Well That may not work, it would be 20" across at it widest point.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0206.jpg

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Here it is with my pink Johnson flopped crossed it (don't look if your insecure in your manhood)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0216.jpg

I traced out the neck on poster paper

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0188.jpg

And put my bridge where it goes

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0191.jpg

Then drew my upper wing, I'm pretty sure this is the design I'm going to go with. I'm going to think about it for a while before I do anything drastic. The other wing will be exactly the same so I'm just going to cut this one out and trace it.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0192.jpg

Do you think I'm going to have enough gluing surface? The body is only about 1 1/2" thick and 8 1/2" long, I really want total access to the 24th fret thats why it's so short.

If anybody sees a mistake I'm fixing to make PLEASE stop me. Thanks......

Hey ooten2 is that a FT6C bridge? I'm planing on going with carvin hardware too, you wouldn't happen to have any thing recorded with that guitar would you?

The all black hardware looks awesome on your guitar I hope to build something that nice someday.

Ok I planned the edge of the two wings that I'm going to glue to the neck. One of them came out perfect the other one has a slight gap but I guess all the glue filled it in because I can see it but I can't feel it.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0161.jpg

Here's the good one.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0162.jpg

I've already removed the clamps, they were left on for over a week so maybe I got lucky. I didn't even try to even up the boards while gluing I'm planning on flatting the edge that I'm gluing to the neck and just cutting the rest out.

After I did this glue up and read a little more into it I new I used way to much glue I almost didn't even post pics of it because of how ridiculous it looks but maybe another first timer will see it and not make the same mistake.

"Do you have a firm grip?" If so I really need you to hold my hand through this.

After I'm done I think a mod can just move this whole thing to the "What mistakes to avoid thread"

Heres a link to a thread I started about this project just to let you know the reason for this build. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=22032

I am a bass player so my goal is to eventually build myself a bass using this same idea it's just cheaper to build a guitar and I do like to pick around on a guitar so I will get some use out of it but it's mostly a learning experience. Thats not to say I'm not taking this seriously I am I just realize theres going to be mistakes made (a lot of them).

Specs: (for now)

Neck through (24 fret 25" scale from Carvin)

Body wings local cherry (Arkansas) not even sure what all kinds of cherry we have, a guy I work with gave me the board from a tree he cut off his land. It's been stacked in a barn for eight years so it should be ready (I hope). The board was 10' long and 3/4" x 10" again I hope thats going to be thick enough. After all the sanding it's going to be just shy of 1 1/2" thick.

Hardware and electronics: Not even worried about that right now!

After I cut the slightly warped edges of the board I was able to get four 19 1/2" blanks for my wings. I tried to flatten them with sand paper gave up on that went and bought an electric planer $60.00 come to find out you need to develop your skills to use one so I went and bought me a belt sander $60.00 and I still wasn't satisfied. So I took them to a local cabinet shop and had it done for $15.00 I don't feel to bad about it because I will learn how to use them for my next build.

Progress so far: I've glued the blanks together and I'm pretty sure I used way to much glue and if I did then it will just be another lesson learned.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ga/100_0058.jpg

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According to some of the searches I've done you you need a lot of clamps and you don't need that many, you need to clamp them down as tight as you can and you really don't need that much pressure 10 pounds at the most. I guess you can see where I'm going with this so I went with the more the better if this isn't the right way then I'll know next time.

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Hopefully I'll have some more pics by the end of the day, I'm going to try to get the edges flat with my new electric planner and if that doesn't work I have a belt sander too.

oops double post

If it's going to be for home use I'd say it needs an input for a mic. with quality vocal effects separate from the guitar effects. You did say musicians best friend

Thats pretty wild I liked it better before the painted it though.

I haven't even thought about this until now but can I even use that method with cherry? I mean will the cherry grain take the epoxy like that or can you only use certain types of woods? The wood I have has a real nice grain pattern and it has a couple of knots that I hope to keep just because I like the way they look.

I think I like this guitar more than the mister Scary guitar. I love the strings through the teeth that looks really cool and the back of the neck in a nice touch. Can I have it?

I'm a first timer two and I'm doing exactly what your talking about except for the thickness. My pieces are 3/4" thick so it will be 1 1/2" I hope thats thick enough.

Are you going to post your progress in the "In Progress and Finished Work forum"? I'm going to need these guy's to hold my hand through this so I'm going to. I've already taken some pics of the glue up and I'm sure there destined for the "What mistakes to avoid" thread

Good luck with your Explorer and I hope to see some pics.

Here's another thread http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...02&hl=two+piece I think I'm addicted to the search feature

Wow!!! Thats bad ass I was going to use black and gray but after seeing that I may just go with black and the natural wood color. It really looks good with woodgrain, I take my comment about the paint job back I think that looks better.Thanks a lot...

Yea thats sort of what I had in mind I'm planning on following Guitarfrenzy's Tutorial the finish any way. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...%20epoxy&st=180

Thats pretty cool the only problem I'm going to have is I'm a woodgrain guy so it may look strange to people after I'm done but you know I'm not building it to sell. I know it would make more since to have a paint job and probably look a lot better but it's going to be woodgrain. I guess if anyone says any thing to me about it I could always strike them with it.

I still haven't found it if it exists here's a link to a version of Druss's axe from Raven Armory http://www.deathwalker.co.uk/Snaga.htm I'll be going with the butterfly wings but I want a longer gluing surface to the neck than the axe has with it's haft.

I think I've posted pics of my bass before but here's a couple more, this was my first sort of tribute to "Snaga".

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ss/100_0002.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Reave...ss/100_0003.jpg

I'm starting my first build and I'm wanting to build a double headed axe shaped guitar. It's inspired by my imaginary hero Druss, a character from a David Gemmell book.

I showed a friend of mine the design I came up with and he said it looked like a Gene Simmons bass, I didn't know he had a double headed axe I only know of the single headed axe. I've done goggle searches and yahoo but I cant find it, I don't wont to copy somebody else's design, I know it's going to be hard not to resemble other guitars but if it looks just like his then I want to change mine. If any body knows where I could find a pic of his or different double headed axe guitars I'd appreciate a link, believe me I'm not being lazy I've searched for my self but I just can't find what I'm looking for.

I'll take pics of the build I'm on now (My first) I wasn't going to till I read this post because I know I'm going to make mistakes. I will need a lot of advice as I go and with pics of my progress hopefully I'll get more suggestions.

I'm building my first guitar right now it will have cherry wings with a maple neck. The neck is from Carvin (I'm not building the neck this time) a guy I work with gave me a cherry board so thats what I'm using for the wings. I'll let you know how it sound when I'm done, it will be a while though.

If anyones had any dealings with cherry I'd like to know what you think about it.

I like woodgrain way more than a paint job and your brother did a fine burn job for you. Just curious how many wood burner tips did he go through? I had a friend do some burning for me on a bass http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...topic=15615&hl= He went through so many tips we had to start making our own, we ground the heads of screws down to a point and used them.

It must keep getting wider because when I draw it out 2 1/4" just seems awful narrow, it doesn't look right at all.