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definately interested again if you have some

WOW i completely forgot to update this haha yeah its finished ill post some pics. the figure didnt come out as much as i wanted. i forgot why (probably because i sanded back to much) but yeah ill post some pics

Rest of the neck pics.

Before final polish i put it together out of eagerness and tested it. it plays amazing. sounds ridiculously good too. incredible sustain and harmonics.

and the final pic haha

i cant believe i forgot about this. ive been working on drawing up other builds, i got a GREAT peice of wood that gave me three tops of great figure. ill post pics if you guys want. im currently trying to draw up another custom design that can be truely mine like this one. except more PRS sized and styled. cause well, PRS is my favorite haha.

i also refinished my first build

its completely polished now looks awesome

anyway I also re clearcoated this build and it looks a lot better. the figure is a lot more noticable. ill update those pics soon cause its sitting in the bedroom right now :-P

P.S. the tuners on this guitar are wrong tuners hence the strings on the wrong side of the tuners. Does anyone have a reverse headstock tuner set they can sell me? if i get a hold of them the strings will sit right and sound even better. even though it already does

the new green finish came out awesome! its a good think you "messed up" it really popped the grain more

cant wait to see more progress

sooo in love with this shape PM'ed you. i cant wait to see you build this

Great work love it. did you ever post the build of the guitar thats going to be amazing like crazy? spending that guys child inheritance? haha, oh i Love how you made your headstock. Its like a cut out of PRS' Headstock. and i love PRS' headstock haha

oh by the way your build is amazing! ill post a picture of my prs i made i love the new prs builds on here great work!

I started on the neck today. I was a bit optimistic about the number of necks I could get from this blank...I got 2.

I laid them out for the scarf joints. I'm not sure what angle PRS uses on their headstocks but I found this approach online and went with it. Measure in 4", draw a line, measure in 3.5" further and mark a line. Then conect them with a diagonal line.

I freehanded them on the bandsaw.

After clamping them to the beck top, I used a block plane to flatten out the joint. The few doark spots are where the plane has removed material.

Here it is all flattened out and ready to glue up.

They use a 10 degree angle on the headstock

http://www.sustainiac.com/

are these good? and how hard are they to install?

also do you think the fernandez sustainer is better?

http://www.zzounds.com/item--FERFSK101

i just dont like the fact that you have to re route for the fernandez

can anyone provide me with more info? or experience with either of these products?

thanks again!

im off to read the websites again

wiring isnt that hard at all? maybe something is wired backwards or... not grounded? who knows. but all i know is it looks freaking amazing. hey after you take it to 4000 leveling what do you use to polish that grit into a high gloss finish?

could you PLEASE do a tutorial? mine came out great but not that great. (i still have more coats to do) if not link me to a tutorial you have already maybe?

Great work as always

more more! haha

lovin it i LOVE grey black figured maple

Yes, you have it right.

haha thanks a lot i finally have it right and it sounds so amazing!

yeah i searched for days and didnt find anything . i just wired in the new piezo in place of the other one. but i think the wiring on the preamp is wrong or something. if i took picks of the wiring would you guys beable to tell me what the wires are? there is one black one red and one white going to the input jack. and yeah dakhahn i looked on the fishman site the wiring for the preamp in the ovation is different than the preamp on fishmans

HELP PLEASE!!!

haha does anyone have a diagram for an ovation limited edition? im trying to add a fishman martin thinline piezo pickup to it. i basically wired it into the old pickups place, but it sounds wrong and weak (and no its not wired backwards). i need a full diagram so i can wire everything up correctly

ive searched for days.

anyone?

Thanks

dang is that like 3 inches thick?? haha look awesome

cool cant wait to see some progress

contact cleaner you buy at radio shack. just take off the knob covers and spray the crap out of it. haha and while you are turning the knob spray into it while its crackling and keep working it in, the sound should go away. i dont know if i explained it well enough but let me know

wow man thanks for the tip, is that oak stain like a regular wood stain?

WOW that top looks GREAT! i love it! what options did you use? black stain sandback and used like an amber yellow? or what? cause i want to make a guitar with that color one day

great work!

i REALLY like the first option with that reverse prs headstock looking thing, i might use this for a build one day if its okay haha :-P i cant wait to see this build

yeah after looking at it more the first headstock matches the curves and points of the body. i choose #1

yeah everything you mentioned i did haha heres the multi laminated neck stained the middle one (its three pieces)

and here you can see the volute

but thanks for the tips on the neck this one came out medium thickness. but now i know how to get it thinner for my neck project a Telecaster copy for a friends uncle. he wants a bluesy guitar any tips on wood or stuff like that? pickups?

why is the nitro red?

so anyway here is the finished shots (sorta i still got to put more clearcoats and finish the neck/headstock. it still needs some finalizing). i didnt really post the build cause no one posted but ill post it later for myself :-P

anyway here is it next to the private stock prs

and here is paul reed smith loving it! haha :-P

some more shots

(tested how it looked in my friends case)

the tuners dont match cause im waiting for the planet waves auto trim tuners to come in the mail. and i got the prs wiring kit so im going to be putting that in also. (so it will look like it has 3 knobs)

anyway here is a finished pic so far. im using backup tuners here the final tuners arent in yet. im still waiting on a set of auto trim tuners and a prs wiring kit to come in the mail but here is a cell phone pic. ill update the build and post the pics of me meeting paul reed smith, also ill post the pics when it was done and i put it next to my friends 10,000 dollar private stock prs 805

the body looks a little weird (due to the cell phone camera warping the pic)

it looks way better with the real pics ill post tonight or tomorrow

met Paul Reed Smith and he loved my guitar! its done now (not when i met him) but ill update pics soon if anyone cares :-P