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  1. Nice job that's beautiful. Simple and elegant.
  2. Its mahogany and ash on the body the neck is mahogany. It's got a GFS mini humbucker. The volume control is a push pull wired to put the pickup in series or parallel. It sounds good better than the lap steel my father in law was using (a Nationl). I think it's called a New Yorker. The scale length is 25.5 inches and the fretboard is maple. The National has a much shorter scale I think about 20 inches. My father inlaw remarked that the bass responce on this is much nicer. But there may be something wrong with the humbucker I had to raise the screw on the pole piece for the high E string quite a bit to get a balanced sound. The string is about 1/8 of an inch to the side of the center of the pole screw. That may be why it's output is weak but I thing the pickup itself is at fault. If I had to do it over I would of bought a better pick up probably a Bill Lawrence rail.
  3. Its mahogany and ash on the body, the neck is mahogany. It's got a GFS mini humbucker. The volume control is a push pull wired to put the pickup in series or parallel. It sounds good better than the lap steel my father in law was using (a Nationl). I think it's called a New Yorker. The scale length is 25.5 inches and the fretboard is maple. The National has a much shorter scale I think about 20 inches. My father inlaw remarked that the bass response on this is much nicer. But there may be something wrong with the humbucker I had to raise the screw on the pole piece for the high E string quite a bit to get a balanced sound. The string is about 1/8 of an inch to the side of the center of the pole screw. That may be why it's output is weak but I thing the pickup itself is at fault. If I had to do it over I would of bought a better pick up probably a Bill Lawrence rail.
  4. Just to practice I've only built one guitar from scratch before so I need the practice. Plus I like the look of frets.
  5. This is a lap steel I built for my Father in Law. He's helped my out a lot over the years so I wanted to do something for him 25.5 inch scale with Guitar Fetish mini humbucker. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/Lap%20Steel/063.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/Lap%20Steel/078.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/Lap%20Steel/018.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/Lap%20Steel/536095_10151603512105565_653490564_24515157_1151388396_n.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/Lap%20Steel/069.jpg
  6. It's a Stewmac fingerboard 24.5 inches. The highs are clear and the bass is firm so over all I am happy. I am going to reassemble the Yamaha AEX520 that I used as a guide so I will compare them The Yamaha also has mini humbuckers. This guitar is scaled down slightly thickness width and length. I tell you one thing it's extremely light. Way lighter than a Strat.
  7. No I haven't finished the cavity covers yet still trying to figure out how to do them. I will post pictures when I'm done.
  8. Built this (first build) out of a 2x10 spruce from Home Depot. It's a semi hollow body with a spruce top 1/8 of an inch thick. The neck is Padauk. I was using this for practice before I started on some expensive wood. I ended up staining it and putting a clear coat on it. There are many mistakes but I learned a lot. I decided to keep it at least for now. I still have to make cavity covers etc but it is playable. I used MinWax water based finish it's easy to apply but seems on the soft side. I don't think I would use it again. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/IMG_3995.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/IMG_3996.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/IMG_3997.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/bugla/First%20Scratch%20Build/IMG_3998.jpg It's pretty rough but I'm happy..
  9. Why 3/4 you can use a shorter bit and the newly routed cavity will serve as a guide. Anyway Whiteside should have what you want.. http://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/
  10. Well I decided to bind the body after cutting the neck pocket but I ran into another problem I used Weldbond to secure the binding in the channel. The directions said sets in one hour so I removed the tape several hours later and the binding came off. Any suggestions.
  11. What do you think about binding the entire guitar then routing the neck pocket to get a tight fit on the neck when it's installed. first build.
  12. Where we live there isn't much choise in different brands. My son is looking to buy a new acoustic electric. Does anyone have any experience with the Yamaha L series guitars, specificically the LLX16 and the LLX26 compared to the Martin Performing Artist series guitars.He was also looking at some Breedloves but I wasn't impressed.
  13. Try this link but I don't know how much shipping would be.. http://www.curlykoa.com/mangoguitarsets I bought a Mango veneered body from Warmoth several years ago and finished it. The wood took stain very well.. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=29815&st=0&p=328702&hl=mango&fromsearch=1&#entry328702
  14. Came across this and thought I would share it. http://www.guitarwiz.net/lucciano-pizzichini-this-kid-can-play-guitar/
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