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the strings look off?

wooooowww hahaha is his site still up? haha

what exactly is this site and whats it about? who is linch? haha

haha. well heres a question for you guys then. while i wait for stewart mac. i might order more. but is there any dyes you guys use that you can buy around town? or localy? name brands? or and big named stores like walmart or something? can you guys post links of what you use or what they are called?

k i thought so... haha already have a bottle of water soluble stewart mac stain on its way

no haha i just saw it on google :-P

hey guys and gals i was reading about using food coloring as a dye for figured maple. and i was wondering. Has anyone tried this? and if you got great results. do you have pics?? i was reading that Paste Food Coloring works good and there are tons of colors to choose from. Thanks a lot everyone!

update comming soon! archtop comming along awesome

yeah thats why i said in my post that i screwed that part up.. im sure it will still work. but look a little different. but ill look for that thread. but if you can, can you link me to it also? Thanks for the info

im not sure what you mean at all? haha

So i made some progress. i wish i had a lot better tools... or at least a router table and orbital palm sander haha. but regardless it came out like this. (still needs a LOT of sanding. which ill have to do by hand. anyway yeah) so first i took the angle sander and sanded down the wood some more to get closer to the template line. then routed the body to the template. Then i took the 1/4th roundover bit and rounded off the back rounding the back then i took the angle grinder and sanded the back for the stomach curve this is how it turned out (still very rough and a LOT of hand sanding to do) any suggestions on where to smooth it out some more? dont worry im going to make the transitions smooth and very flowing. (what i wouldnt give for a orbital palm sander haha) another pic i chose the DEEP DEEP stomach carve because it feels really really good haha. (i checked its ridiculously comfortable) me checking and because i had to cover up some router blow out i think my bit is getting old. Next i took a cove bit and routed around the whole top me routing And this is what i was left with. i Love the figure on the mahogany on the back it reminds me of a phoenix or a bird flying or something.. i dont know what do you think? haha and dont worry i know the lower horn and middle where the neck is look uneven but thats just router burn making the color dark and making it look un even. you can see the shape is normal from the top you can also see the cove route around the edge of the top. thats going to give me my guideline for the archtop. what sucks is that i didnt stop the cove rout where the neck sits on both sides like the prs. but i guess it will turn out good anyway :-P ill figure something out... or.. i dont know. what do you guys think any ideas? anyway thats where im at now. Next, i got to finish all the hand sanding and smooth the body up. then carve the top. so ill post pics when im done with that

that is an amazing idea with the cutout behind the guitar for the high frets. mind if i use that idea on my build? GREAT work so far

im not sure what you mean but this is what im going to route like. its going to be set neck He just wants to make sure that you don't route the neck pocket through the whole thickness of the body... Right now your template has no allowance for the wood that should be left at the bottom. That's what the block would be for; stopping you from routing the whole thing. ohhhh i see. ok cool thanks for the tip well i got a halfinch template bit, so i was going to use that and go deeper as i needed to. thats good right?

im not sure what you mean but this is what im going to route like. its going to be set neck (like the top is routed like that, so the neck is just glued in. but instead of glueing it through the body. like jeff did. im just gluing it just to the end of the neck pickup (like prs does) so is that what you were wondering?) Thanks again for the tip though

thanks guess woods in school helped a lot. im really glad i took the class, i guess what i learned is showing through. anyway thanks i really hope this next build comes out great too

well i got a 80 dollar craftsman carbide bearing guide template bit so i know its good, i think thats good right?. but youre saying as long as i sand it down pretty close to the template line it will route out nice and smooth? oh and thanks, im really glad my scrap build came out nice too

Yes. Always store food and cleaning products separately. Great work, man. It's looking good. -Dave Thanks!

ok well so far what i did is clamped and glued the body together heres the body glued and free from the clamps, you can see the figure, i love it! Next i routed the figured maple flush (still rough) with the mahogany Then i took a Angle Grinder and sanded it even more flush. (dont worry i did this outside with a mask and saftey glasses haha Now all i have to do is make it flush with the template! Any suggestions? (i dont want router blowout or messups here :-P Man i wish i had a spindle table sander. GAH haha And by the way! HAPPY EASTER!

sweet thanks! pics comming right up

So after building this Test SCRAP wood guitar to see if i could do it well enough to really try a build i built this beauty, with maple or something (dont know what it was it was scrap wood. but it sounds AMAZING great lows and perfect highs, great mid) and a veneer which turned out like this i decided to get the real wood here is the link Mahogany on fiigured maple Check out this Figure!! So right now the blanks have been rough cut around the template lines and are being glued together! i think im only allowed 3 pics a post? or.. until someone buffer posts? but anyway let me know so i can start posting the build. i got pics of it clamped and soon (cause its dry now) me routing the edges flush (Still rough though.) Then im going to do some relief cuts then route the wood to the template By the way im new here. well ive been here for a while (posting). but i never got welcomed haha. so i figured id start off getting myself on these boards by getting a real build started! Thanks everyone for the awesome information

ooo amazing

wow i really like this one

PRS tops are much thicker than 1/2" I would say about 3/4" (19mm) at the highest point. For a deep carving like a PRS you need about 1/2" (13mm) for the carving itself (I used 13mm for my build), and add something between 3/16" to 1/4" (5 to 6mm) for a faux binding to make sense. For my next build (carved top, faux binding) I got a 19mm top. 0.69" (17.5mm) is doable, but probably too close a call. Now 1" is more than enough, but maybe too much: you'll want to concentrate your efforts in the carving, not into converting 5mm of maple into sawdust to get it where you need it. Believe me, it's a lot of work. Maybe you can ask the supplier to thickness it down to 3/4" before shipping ?? I know the german provider I bought from will do that upon request. actually my friend has a PRS Private stock #805. and it only has a 1/2" top the SE's have a 1/4" inch top (if i remember right when i measured at guitar center)

its almost acoustic-ish its pretty rad growing on me :-P

MAN i LOVE burl where did you get the wood at? what was your supplier? i love how it looks like mangled flesh or something haha.