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  1. If it would look like these I would never think about painting/staining them... I like darker woods, but a would that is nearly plain white would be really cool I think.
  2. Or you need a different tuning... one string above the high E instead of below the low E
  3. Flea, Jean Baudin (if he counts as a bassist), Dominic Lapointe (Atheretic & more)... a lot of others, but Myung & Entwistle are definitly worth mentioning once more
  4. 3+3. I'm so looking forward to see this one in wood, the shape looks really cool & I bet the pieces you chose (whatever wood it will be for the top) will look great as always...
  5. Update: Neck shaped & sanded (up to 180 grid at the point where I took the pictures). (click to enlarge)
  6. I'm curious about that aswell... as I'm using the same method and I know where I got the idea from... Mockups (black, good choice!) look great, the switch ring... well... no, I don't like it. And as we all see the top wood looks great, what about the back? Any more pictures of that?
  7. Neck is completely (rough) shaped, headstock, volute, heel, fretmarkers, everything. Still far from perfect, but I have never been that close Feels good, hehe. The entire guitar with all the major woodwork done (with "major woodwork" I mean the parts which take away weight. There still are days of sanding ahead...) weighs just under 3.2 kg (about 7 lbs). new Headstock with volute New headstock front view
  8. "Frets" are done, I will have to fix some, but so far it looks pretty much as I expected.
  9. Favorite parts must be shaping & sanding. It might take days and days, especially if you're just working half an hour or one per day, but I think it's cool when you start out with a piece of wood and every minute it looks just a little bit more like your "final shape" or it looks better every minute you work on it. Sometimes I'm a bit impatient and get mad because it takes forever, but still those are my favorite parts ... there are no parts I really hate, just some that I still not understand at all (wiring) or am scared of (fret positions). I'm not sure about finishing the instrument... on the one hand it is great to see the progress, on the other hand I just hate all the "wait until it's dry" periods...
  10. Me too The ebony centre strip was not planned in the beginning, the piece of walnut just happened to be smaller than I expected. Right now I'm thinking about one question: Do I build a fretless baritone (with alternating veneers as fretmarkers) or not? Right now I tend to say "yes" and "because I can" and that it will be used for jamming and playing weird stuff rather than songs anyways (I guess I'll stick to playing bass and try to become a good bassist rather than being a mediocre bassist and a mediocre guitarist). Opinions? Will Ovangkol be hard enough as a fretboard for a fretless guitar? It won't be played that often, but if it looks like crap after some month that would be sad... it feels rather hard to me, not as hard as ebony maybe, but at least on the same level as rosewood or padouk. EDIT: Did I mention that I glued fretboard & neck together and that the neck fits perfectly into its pocket?
  11. And again, another hard decision to make... I will vote for davee5 or SJE or dickie, but I'm really not sure yet. They're all great. - jvillavicencio: great work. I don't like the P-Bass shape too much, but that conversion from old to "new" is amazing - southpa: nice guitar, the holly laminates look very interesting. - feral_smurf: if I can't decide between my three favourites, I will chose this one. VERY cool! - andyt: WOW! another very cool guitar, I love the colors... - avangers63: good work, but honestly, to me it just looks ugly...
  12. Wow... those will be kinda the first good looking (in my opinion) Tele I have ever seen. Especially the second one of the first pictures and the first backside look incredible. Man I wish I had such domestic hardwoods... the only ones from where I live that might be nearly as good looking are walnut (european) & plum. So many questions... Are all of them chambered as shown on that last picture? How heavy are they? What have you planned for the necks? And why does the picasa-link not work for me?
  13. "now there are..." but otherwise it looks totally accurate.
  14. Hi Jetzt sind schon mindestens 3 Leute ausm Gearbuilder-Forum hier. greetings btw: hobby workshop down in the basement... now that sounds familiar to me
  15. Those front inlays keep confusing me, can't decide if I like them or not... the rest of the guitar looks great as always, especially with the new headstock, really nice design
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