Bionic Dave

Chicken picken. Al a Albert Lee

Wait, someone actually did bid on it. Dave, please tell me you were joking. Plus, you probably could have convinced avengers to just give it to you.

Chris

No I didn't bid on it. I did see that this morning though. I can't believe that someone did bid on it though. Might have been the poster, trying to spark interest in it.

Dave

I love it. I'm bidding on it. Because it is so out of perportion. The body is narrower the the horns. What a wicked design.

Dave

I personally would start at 220 and go to 2000 the polish with fine and extra compound and buff wheels. thats how I do all mine.

But you can't do this unless you have the 12" radius block. if you free hand it you will lose your radius.

40 is good for a small radius like 7's 9's and even 10" or 12"

i start with 60 on 16" and 20"

Dave

Wiring channels cut

Cavity cover made.

all routed up to the template.

I was going to do a Indian rosewood on the wolf but found this slab and instantly changed my mind. The a customer saw it and wanted one too. Good thing is I still have a slab left over for some Fingerboards and pickup rings and knobs as well.

I know you told me it was Davids idea. But I never would have known if you hadn't posted it.

Cheers

David

1 block of cocobolo, is now 2 necks. Thanks to Myka and Chris for that tidbit. 1 for the Green March and 1 for The Wolf

just picked up this nice GoldenBurl Veneer for the back of the git.

Got started on this project yesterday.

Africian Mahogany Body.

Ebony fingerboard

I wouldn't mind meeting these guys some time. I might call you up on it for the neck customer build.

I'm dying to use Curly Claro Walnut for a top, maybe leopard wood back, snakewood binding and so on and so forth.

I'll give you a buzz in a bit if I need anything.

Dave

Your rendering makes the neck profile appear trapezoidal....is that the plan?

SR

Nope just rushed it to show the customer. Need to add more high lights on the sides of the neck.

is the binding gonna be thick enough to experience the quilt?

what makes this the green march? giant pot leaf inlay?

No the binding is just a faux binding on the body. And on the neck and headstock it's not really thick enough so I was thinking of just using curly maple.

The customer is a huge pot head. But he doesn't want a pot leaf. He wants it to be green like grass. And sound warm like the sun.

Oh and his name is March. So Green March it is.

Is that what Exotic woods told you?

I had to pay $11 a BF foe the stuff I bought from them. And I recall them saying the are having one hell of a time getting it anymore.

Fender,PRS and other companies are stealing it all up. There for driving the price for it up. I'm not a big fan of the tone that you get out of Swamp Ash anyways.

Last time I was in Exotic it was barren no good Black Limba a poor selection of walnut too.

I was looking for Snake wood too. they only had 1 little piece. It's a shame there isn't a better selection available up here to us.

Dave

Finally done. Here's some pics.

The Tortoise

Specs:

7 String MultiScale 27.5 - 25.5" with 27 frets

Oil finish

Body:

5 Piece Laminated body

Black Limba / Cocobolo / Wenge / Cocobolo / Black Limba

Carved Top

Magnet wood cavity cover.

Neck:

5 Piece Laminated neck reverse headstock.

Wenge and Cocobolo

Black Limba backplate

Mother of Pearl truss rod cover

Custom Tortoise Inlay in the 12th fret position, made from MOP and Cocobolo.

Hardware:

Bridge is 7 ABM single chrome

Chrome locking tuners

2 push/pull pots for volume and tone, and mini 3 way switch

for tapping and phase

Bone nut

custom wound pickups from ebony

I have built many Multi Scale guitars and in my opinion and every one that has played them the Perp is best set at the 5th fret.

I've built at the 12th the 7th the 4th and the 9th as well.

5th is the best for over all playability.

But in the case of a tom or lp bridge your going to have to move the perp down as far as the 12th or more to get a good string spacing on the bridge. DC Ross is right. even if the saddles aren't notched yet. the string will want to pull out of the saddle notch if it is on to much of an angle to the bridge. The notch's will have to be deep to prevent this and there for will cause tuning and intonation issues on the low E to D strings.

Dave

New build for a customer. This ones called Green March

Specs:

Single cut 6 string, 24.75" Scale length.

Top: Quilted maple AAAA

Body: 1 piece Mahogany

Neck: Cocobolo / Quilted maple binding on headstock

FB: Ebony/ Quilted maple binding 12" Radius

Hardware: Chrome

Tone Pros LP bridge

Vintage tuners

Classic 57's al a RestorationAD

Cocobolo pickup rings

LP wiring.

Well it might be a while now before it gets finished I just got a new comish so starting that this week.

Got my pickups this week. so while the Tortoise is curing I might get to the pickup cavities tomorrow. Ebony Bobbins / PAF's

Thanks Again RestorationAD

Sweet burl. Where do you source your limba? I can't seem to find any good pieces for decent prices on the internet, and my local place doesn't carry it.

http://stores.ebay.com/EXOTIC-WOODS-OF-THE-WORLD?_rdc=1

I get a lot of my exotics through this eBay seller.

Bad Side: virtually no combined shipping, can't see the wood beforehand, REALLY rough-sawn so you have to mill it yourself, no figured stock

Good Side: even with shipping prices are usually below market, really fast shipping time

I've ordered probably 50 boards from him, and only one went bad. That one cupped & twisted after I started milling it, but it came in flat, so it wasn't his fault.

Yeah that's where I got the Burl from for this project. I've gotten lots off of him too. I usually just straight to his site though.

so i did a quick colour mockup in Photoshop for you all to look at. ran out of to add the tuners and the white trim on the neck and the body but you get the idea.

Carve that bitch up. A nice Lp style or even half the height of an lp carve.

First guitar or not, you want it to not just play good bug look good too.