jay66

I saw a Gibson faded sg a couple of weeks ago at the local used music store. some fool tryed to paint a horse on it with black stain. About half way thru they must have decided they didn't know how to paint and sold it. At least I think it was a horse. they still wanted $450 for it I offered them $200 but they wouldn't budge on the price at all. Way too much work to make that one nice again. I might of bought it if they would have come down to say $250. If all that one has wrong is a bent tuner and a little rust, that dosn't sound like too bad of deal.

I had a Marshall mg 15 or 20 not sure, for a short while, it sounded like a tin can. I traded it for a line 6 spider, that sounded way better. Good tone at low volumes.

I had a tough time deciding this month. But I had to go with garehanmans tang top. very Cool!

Jay

Hey thanks for the info, I'm going to look into an adjustable one and a soldering station. I tryed doing a search and came up with nothing. must have typed the wrong words.

I was just wondering what wattage soldering iron would be good for electronics? My old one died and never seemed hot enough anyway. Iv'e Been looking at the pencil ones and they seem to go from 20 to 60 watts.

Hi can anyone suggest a web site or a book on building a 212 closed back ported cabinet. I'm looking for information on its construction and covering it with tolex also proper woods to use for it. Iv'e got the dovetail jig but want to do it right the first time.

Yes I'm going with set neck tenon. Its a little wide but it looks kind of cool after I cut out plywood a pattern. Its going to be mahogony with a 1/4 quilted maple flat top. Maybe a Tele bridge.

It dosn't look like thats going to be a problem. I mocked up a plywood body and clamped the neck in place today. The fingerboard will only extend 2.5 frets into the body on the horn side. And the heel follows the shape of the body on that side.

I have been working on some new designs. I could use some other opinions on this design. Its a variation of a Washburn idol a Les paul and a Telecaster. The picture isn't the best so hopfully you can make it out. Let me know what you think.

I saw that inlace stuff in Grizzly Industrial it looks like there could be some interesting possibilitys with it. Gibson must of used somthing like that on there voodoo series guitars. The red skull on an ebony fingerboard looks pretty cool.

So far what Iv'e got has been very colorfull and transparent. It looks prety cool.I think Im going to keep adding more on top of the cured epoxy and sand some more.

The colors are so vivid and I want to do alot more on the headstock and fingerboard. I'm planing to do flames up the fingerboard.

Can't use fire on my headstock. I want to router out a design and pour it right into the cavitys. How about a heat gun?

Iv'e been experimenting with clear 2 part epoxy and different color Rit dyes for inlays. I mixed the dye with alcohol and then added it to the epoxy. I must say I have been getting some brilliant colors. The only problem is when it drys and I sand it down it has tiny air bubbles. I can't see any air bubbles in the epoxy as I am mixing it. Does anyone have any experince with this?

I voted for the Mesa. But I love my Budda.

deer antlers are basically an outgrowth of bone so as long as your piece isn't from the center, porous part of the antler it should be just as hard and tough as a bone nut. i didn't see the thread on treating bone and antler but if you like the look of it as it is i'd go for it.

I thought antlers were hair like rhino horn they sure smell bad like burning hair when you cut them.

I read a thread on this forum a while back (but I couldn't find it when I searched) about treating your own bone to make nuts. It seemed quite comprehensive, but also a long process (ie a couple of weeks bleaching in ammonia and naptha). Anyway, bottom line is I have on idea about deer antler, but I think you'll have to treat it a lot to make it usable.

What Is the reason for treating it ? is it for hardning it or for color ? The piece I have is many years old and pretty hard.

jay

I was thinking about trying a piece of deer antler to make a nut out of. I sawed up a nice rough shape the other day. This stuff is very hard and heavy seems alot like bone. I'm thinking maybe even some inlay possibilitys also. I was wondering if anyone has tryed this or if its a bad idea?

jay

heres a picture of my old harmoney archtop. mine was made so cheaply the fingerboard markers were painted on.

Hallo,

I found a picture of an archtop guitar that struck me as curious:

It seems to be an older archtop, by the general look, but the sunburst pattern on the pickguard and the style of sunburst on the body seems to indicate a more recent guitar. The fact that it has no name on the headstock doesn't help...

Can anyone help with identifying this guitar?

thanks,

elynnia

I had guitar stands all over before and my wife complained [ How many guitars do you need anyhow!! ] Now since I built this stand it looks like there are alot fewer guitars down there. Maybe even room for one more.

Jay

This might be of interest to some. Heres a picture of a guitar stand I built out of scrap wood.

Its pretty simple. The bottom rails are 1.25 dowls with foam pipe insulation.The top rail is lined with automotive grade foam tape. The design can be adjusted many different ways. Mine holds 7 guitars and has saved me alot of space.

Jay

Sorry about the Bondo crack 9956 ,I just couldn't resist. These guys really do know what there talking about around here. They just want you to end up with a nice guitar.

Jay

What wood would you suggest for the cavity then? I suppose I could find a piece of basswood to match the body. No, I am doing it on this body, as I explained I am on a tight budget and this combo of body neck and hardware was too good to miss.

Buy a 1 gallon can of BONDO it holds a tone almost as good as MDF!

It worked on my ford!

What's the scale length ?

If it's 24", then it probably sounds a lot like my early 60's Kay

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/soa.../kay12_05_2.jpg

Mine has the 3 bolt neck pattern just like yours. I suspect they were made in the same factory. Mine is also hollow, made of what I think is probably a hard-wood laminate (aka deluxe plywood).

Be damn sure that guitar has a hack-job refinish before taking it off. You probably are not going to add value with a refin anyway. Actually an old hacked finish might be more desirable for many people than a recent properly done job.

These kind of cheap hollow guitars are not heavy metal guitars at all, and no one should try to turn them into that. I've seen these things on ebay where some bozo routed the body for buckers, etc. Thought he/she would turn it into some kind of LP just because of the shape. They're just not built for that kind of sound. I'm not saying that you are in that catagory, because I have no idea. Just accept the guitar for what it is, that's all.

Jay

Specs:

Body:bookmatched Black ash

Neck:Maple/ walnut

Inlays:mammoth Ivory/fingerboard/MOP/headstock

Pickups:Seymour Duncans/distortion bridge/59 neck