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  1. Looks great, I've always been a big fan of burl. As for the neck, of those three choices I would personally go with ebony or maple, I think bloodwood would look a slight bit out of place by bringing a whole new colour into the equation.
  2. Ok, I now have some more time to work on this so hopefully progress will be made. But first I have one major set-back. Yesterday I was drilling the holes for the bridge and I did a few things wrong. Firstly I thought I could just do it with a cordless drill and didn't think I needed to go over and borrow a drill press. Secondly I probably used the wrong bit seeing as it broke off inside the body!! So now I have half a bit in the middle of the body, no way of know where it should of come out on the back (due to not using a drill press). It is deep enough inthere where I could drill a diagonal hole to the back but a.) I don't really trust the bits I have and need to know what kind to get and b.) the back of the guitar will look like crap with ferrules all over the place... So is there anyway of getting this bit out? Its deep in there, probably closer to the back than the front.
  3. This came down to three for me: Davo's SPAR7AN- Really, really professional looking to the point of being too much so. Nothing really sets it off too much, but non-the-less I really love it. Its simple, minimalistic but powerful. ScottyD's Time Flys- Really nice look of contrasting woods, but you still keep it simple; not at all gaudy looking like some guitars using 20,000 laminations of over the top wood look. Only thing about it that I don't really dig is the backplate. Seems to bulky for me, going all the way to the edge like that. WezV's VOCIFERATOR!!! (I believe the exclamations are definitely necessary here )- Really clean and once again simple but powerful. Its so chocolaty dark and smooth, the carving job is fantastic. I'm also a big fan of the multi-scale concept and would love to try one out, and the pickup choice with that black enamel cover really goes great with the guitar. This is tough... I think I'm going to have to go with Davo's because I really like the professionalism of it, specially for a first build. And I'm quite a sucker for 7-strings.
  4. That neck is really cool, I love the fretboard and those tiny inlays. And the tuning sounds very interesting, its given me some ideas...
  5. That is indeed very cool. Please excuse my ignorance on the subject, but it would be like a 6 string electric uke right? I believe thats around the scale length of a uke, so if you just tuned it to uke tuning that would be pretty cool. Looks like a fun little build. :cheers: -steve
  6. I think C is the clear winner, I've been leaning towards it since the beginning anyway. Rick500- That neck is beautiful! That is one amazing looking fretboard. I haven't gotten anymore work done and probably won't get a chance to work until this weekend... Darn physics... And I really think 7s are definitely making a resurgence everywhere. I noticed this past summer over at Ultimate-Guitar in their GB&C section a large amount of 7s being made. And over at Sevenstring.org there I defiantly see they're really getting popular again. I'm predicting probably a few more 7's coming out from the mass produced companies at NAMM in a few months. I really love the wider neck, it feels so much more natural to me, not to mention all the possibilities it opens up. And they're definitely not just for metal, the low B opens up so many Jazz chording possibilities. This guitar here I'm building will be playing mostly Prog-Rock type music such as Porcupine Tree or Pain of Salvation (which by the way is fantastic neck carving music ), but it will also see its fair share of jazz, doom metal and post-rock, I'm hoping to make it really versatile with the switching options.
  7. Perhaps we should both hide from Black Machine's lawyers...
  8. Fretboard has been glued on and the neck carved. Obligatory "boatload of clamps" shot: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/019-1.jpg Starting the heel end carve: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/021-1.jpg Neck End with the volute starting to shape up: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/030.jpg It came pretty good, a bit thick for my taste but I'm kinda nervous to make it much thinner. A few questions: I have a headstock faceplate I'm putting on (I can't stand the look of stripes on a non-symmetrical headstock) but the maple I'm using is a few shades darker. What can I use to lighten it up? Normal household bleach? Hydrogen Peroxide? Or do I need a special wood lightening bleach? For fretboard inlays, which of the following patterns do you guys like, I really can't decide. A: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/012-1.jpg -or- B: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/015.jpg -or- C: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/018.jpg :cheers: -steve
  9. About time I get around to making an account and posting a thread here. Specs: Body: Walnut with a Flamed Maple top Neck: 5 piece Maple-Walnut-Maple-Walnut-Maple Fretboard: Cocobolo 25.5" scale length Frets: 24 Medium Jumbo Pickups: D-Sonic 7 (B ) and Air Norton 7 (N), each will be splittable and there will be a switch for phase reversal. Bridge: 7 String Hardtail (gold) Tuners: Gotoh (gold) This is also by the way, my first build; its been great so far. I think I can say I've been bit by the bug. Everything glued together and rough cut: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/sp...ot/Maine185.jpg My first mistake was not cutting the neck before gluing the body wings on. Body cleaned up and the neck cut to the right taper: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/119.jpg View of the back: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/121.jpg Template for routing some meat off the back to make carving more plausible: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/01.jpg Action shot with the router (its starting to get cold here in Pennsylvania) : http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/004-1.jpg When I was cutting the fretboard to taper I had a little mishap with checking my measurements and accidentally cut the board too narrow: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/051.jpg Luckily I was able to glue the piece back and have a second chance: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/053.jpg (cheers to everyone who helped over in solid body chat) Lets play a game of spot the glueline: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s218/splotspot/0162.jpg (Hint look around the fret slots on the bottom side) Where I now stand: I'm hoping to glue up the board tonight.
  10. I'm in the US but thanks for the offer. I started to radius today and everything is looking good so far, I think I'm now in clear.
  11. Yep, its a Carvin nut. And btw, your R7t is beautiful, I love the inlay and the simple elegance of it. Its very very nice.
  12. Well I unclamped it and everything is looking pretty good, the glue line isn't too bad. I think it should definitely blend in better once I radius. I remeasured what the width should be and since I would only be taking of 5-6mm I decided instead of cutting to just use a sanding drum attached to my drill, that seemed to work great so now my board is the right dimension. Thanks again for all the kind words.
  13. Yeah I'll have to start a thread over in the Progress forum, I've been meaning to for days now. As for specs: Walnut body with flamed maple top with a slight carve 5 piece flame maple and walnut neck 24 fret cocobolo fretboard Medium jumbo normal (not stainless) frets offset abalone inlays (on the bottom ala Black machine) gold hardware hardtail bridge Dimarzio pickups (D-Sonic 7, Air Norton 7) Electronics will be a 3-way switch, a phase mini-switch, volume, tone and then each pickup will have its own series/north coil/south coil mini-switch the headstock shape will be like Daniel Gildenlow's Mayones. And the finish will be tru-oil. And those stainless frets really shine, making me wish I had gone that route...
  14. Well it just so happens this will be a natural finish neck through. Its looking pretty good so far, I just hope it doesn't split at all when I go to fret... But I think i used enough glue that it should be fine. Does anyone suggest maybe some sort of stress test before I glue it onto the guitar? And those balled fret ends are insane, I have an old neck I'm halfway through refreting, I think I'm going to try that out...
  15. Hmm, didn't think of that... It would have to be some really thick binding though.
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