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  1. ScottR
    That's what I was looking for. I'd say I got that button well and truly pushed. SR
  2. ScottR
    In my opinion it's only a black guitar from the side. I think it's a gorgeous purple guitar with a walnut back. And that finish is soooo deep. Really nice Paulie. SR
  3. ScottR
    I'd be afraid to set those points of tha vee on the bare concrete like that SR
  4. ScottR
    Very, very clean build.....like always. I know you don't like rings, but those white bobbins would look pretty nice surrounded by the same black as your bridge and knob. SR
  5. ScottR
    Your straight down headstock pics are creating an optical illusion that's messin with my head. You cannot see the HS angle and that make it look like the truss rod access hole is going to punch out the back of the volute. Foreshortening and perspective and all that.... SR
  6. ScottR
    Sweet and sexy. I like the hardware choices. Well done. Like I said before it's easy to forget that the neck and back are one piece. SR
  7. ScottR
    I remember seeing John's now that you mention it. You've told me that blades are hot or blades rock or something to that effect. I've never played any. How does the sound differ from a pickup with poles? SR
  8. ScottR
    Welcome Bill. You're in good company if you enjoy making sawdust. Looking forward to your projects and points of view. SR
  9. ScottR
    Loooooove the headplate. It has echos of a cow skull in it. Dang boy, if someone wasn't paying any attention, they'd think you did this all today. Any chance of seeing those blades without the covers....or is that a trade secret for now? Nice. SR
  10. ScottR
    You getting anything done on this Paulie, or are you in a waiting on the customer mode? SR
  11. ScottR
    Wow. this has got to be the longest and most entertaining "Hello my name is (insert name here)" post I think I've ever seen here. Yer settin' the bar pretty high Josh. I'm looking forward to some good reading from you. And yeah, post up some of your amp stand builds. I posted a bear build for cryin out loud. As long as it's good, or cool or at least entertaining, we'll join right in. SR
  12. ScottR
    This is coming along nicely. What is that mark on the neck wood, facing the cut out? It almost looks like a burned in logo, but it's surely going to get removed during the neck carve. SR
  13. ScottR
    (hooray) SR
  14. ScottR
    Regretfully... I swear at some point I am going to build a superior guitar with Padauk as the core body wood (Padauk necks usually sound great). I think chambering is going to be the answer. I came pretty close on the RedWitch... it is awesome and getting better as it ages. However I had to build 3 sets of pickups to get it right. Padauk is so hard it can be very bright/harsh... Especially when combined with a eastern maple top (like this one). The softer western maple top seems to tame it better. Weight is an issue as well. Oh well I have a special set of P90s for this one... we will see. I expect they will sound awesome in it....mine do. SR
  15. ScottR
    That's what I thought. Being an older fart with more traditional tastes, I find the extra accents in the scarf a bit distracting....but I says to myself, self, I bet these shredders he's selling these things too ask for those especially because they think it looks cool, modern, agressive...in short, wicked. Carry on with this wicked build sir. SR
  16. ScottR
    It is pretty much going to look very much like it did wet when it is finished with clear. If the maple is figured, there are a number of things you can do with dye to accentuate the figure, but if you liked it when it was wet(and you can use mineral spirits or naptha to wet it without raising the grain), then you should be happy with it when it is cleared. SR
  17. ScottR
    So these shots of the burl are dry? Or have then been moistened with something to bring the color up? Because it looks d**** nice. I've got a question about your clientele, and your necks. From what I've seen of the bands that play your guitars, and from what can be surmised from your builds, most of your stuff gets sold to shredders. A fair number of your necks tend to have many contrasting accents in the scarfs and multiple contrasting laminates. They are an excellent display of craftsmanship. Is that a selling point for your guitars, or something that is requested specifically? SR
  18. ScottR
    This is an awesome looking morphed tele. Is the core wood padouk? SR
  19. ScottR
    I guess if someone will pay it, then that's what it's worth. SR
  20. ScottR
    I just walked pat the TV where my wife was Watching Antique Road Show..... They had just put a value to a 1962 left handed strat.....bought new for a 9 year old kid, and left in the attic for most of the time since. So it's in good shape and every thing ins original. They valued it at $48,000. I told my wife that was 10 times too high. Who's closest to being correct? SR
  21. ScottR
    Not only yes but H3LL yes! Of course. SR
  22. ScottR
    Can't argue with that either. When it comes to customers, there's no accounting for taste. It happens to me in the printing business all the time. Sometimes I have troulbe getting my guys to print something really fugly that a customer has designed. I tell them: boys, there's no accounting for taste. Sometimes you got to print some ugly sh!t. This is not ugly Paulie, in fact it is very nicely done. But your original design suited my tastes better too. SR
  23. ScottR
    One option for the headstock cap would be to bookmatch it so you could double up what figure you do have, and carry over that chevron shape you're getting from the figure in the bookmatched top. RAD did that once....and didn't really like it, but I think that was because of the difficulty of making it fit on a Parker Fly inspired headstock. I liked his and I think it could look good here too. SR
  24. ScottR
    I expect he was pretty happy with that job. SR
  25. ScottR
    Verrrrrrry tasty Paulie. I had forgotten what the back looked like, so I had to backtrack to see it again. I saw your wife's wedding strat and a really nasty beat up broken acoustic on the way. So my point is I got another look at the original dye job, before it faded. I like this one much better. This is gorgeous. It took forever, but, you got a lot done in this thread. SR
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