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Oh! Raggy. I thought it said Rally. I thought you were giving yourself a pep-talk at that point. SR
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I agree totally. Dive in and have fun. SR
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http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/doodoo4u2/The%20Guitar/BINDING-ROUTE.jpg My method is to route a ledge to carve to with a rabbit bit and then route the binding ledge into that. SR
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That's an awesome piece of wood. It might be a good time to use your plane block as a sanding block. I've had to use mine that way before on curly maple. SR -
I know very little about basses from a technical point of view so cannot comment from that angle. From an aesthetic point of view however I applaud your choice. Very nice lines on this one. I'm very looking forward to seeing how purdy you make it . SR
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Definitely, definitely black....definitely. SR
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Mesquite is beautiful when polished and finished. I've done a couple of carvings in it, and have often entertained the idea of using it in a guitar. Like Wes says, it is very tough to find clear pieces of any size. My thought was to use it for a top and just fill any cracks, gaps or inclusions with epoxy or maybe some turquise chips. SR
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Yeah, edged tools are a very hard go with wood that is soaked in CA. It's like trying to carve acrylic.... . Abrasives are easier to control. SR
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Unfortunately the CA will soak in at different rates depending on how punky the wood is. The softest areas will soak in the most and the more stable areas not so much. If you have really soft areas it will soak in so much that you will likely never sand through it. The parts of the wood that are more normal can be sanded back to fresh wood. You need to stabilize the punky areas before you carve it, or they'll just crumble on you. Then you can shape the top and stabilize the whole thing after rough sanding. SR
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This is just georgeous.....as usual. Your stuff has always been good, but you are truly having a banner year. Protheta beat me to the photagraphy point.....which is beautiful and has come a long way this year as well. Well done. SR
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Whatever! This is totally fine, and the only reason it bothers you is that you've stared at it so much. Even if I commissioned you to build this guitar for me, I wouldn't be concerned about this. Nice work on those frets too! Exactly. We are often our own worst critics. 99.999% of the people staring right at the mistakes we make and cannot help but seeing with every glance, will never see them. Actually probably half that many will see yours, as you are very meticulous and detail oriented. SR
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No just make sure it is not contacting the hot input of the jack. SR
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The Fool Guys Second - Yep, A Tele
ScottR replied to The Fool Guy's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
If all your glue ups are done and are still clean.....I'd just ignore that. You should still be able to set it properly. SR -
I like it. The first one was going to be a problem because the tuners were too close together, but you got that sorted. SR
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That binding job looks great. And your wife sounds like she's pretty handy to have around. SR
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HEB rocks. SR
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Every build requires fuel. You are wise to put it at the top of the list. SR
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Thick sounds fine, very resonant. But you don't have to keep the back the full thickness, or hunt up a planer or thickness sander to reduce the overall thickness and weight. Carve the back. There are a ton of pics of the carved back in the thread that pic came from. You can see from the pic above that the edge on the tummy cut side is quite thin and the carved back is very comfortable and unique looking. SR
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I like deep carves. This top was one inch thick to begin with. SR
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Dude, you are at the top of your game. SR
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Mesquite is great for fretboards. Really? Not to hijack the thread, but I thought mesquite required a finish. Am I wrong? EDIT: Just gotta say, Paulie...that's unbelievably lousy. Just use some Danish oil. Also check into Texas ebony. And agreed Paulie, that does suck tremendously. SR
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I filled a pup cavity and tremolo cavity on a painted guitar a few years back. I took a 4" wide by 1/2" thick piece of cocobolo and routed a 4"x.5" path down the center of the entire face of the guitar. I contoured the surface to match and routed new pup cavities. Polished and oiled in a pearl white body it looks quite striking. SR
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RAD made one with a bloodwood top, but I haven't seen a red heart top yet. Might be similar. SR
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That's beautiful RAD. The accent line under the claro top really ties in the contrasting woods perfectly. The proportions of the wide neck sticks out to my eye...my brain is used to 6 string proportions....but that's kind of what you get with an 8 string huh? This is really really an impressive piece. What kind of comments did you get on it at the show? Was anyone allowed to play it? SR
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As if we still have a choice in that matter. This is like a good book, you can't wait to see what happens next and there's no way you're going to put it down before the end. SR
