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looking good. I am excited to see more. Get to work.

want.

Love pretty much everything but the mustache inlay really makes me want to punch a hipster...

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Pictures might help us give better advice. As of right now I am not sure I am following what you are trying to convey correctly.

And here I was feeling guilty because I have let my most recent project sit for about 3 weeks. Good to see you are planning to finish it. I really like the shape.

I would bet that the frets are aiding in the heat transfer. Looks like it came off easy and clean.

dude, that is sick. I am so excited to see this finished.

I hate to say this. But looking at the grain on the end of your body, it is going to warp no matter what you do here. I think the issue is that you have chambered out large sections of the body, & by doing so you have released a lot of tension in the wood. I personaly would not have made those chambers so open, I would have broken each one into 3 sections with heavy spars between them to lessen the potential for warpage. But I fear that this has not stopped moving just yet & you may have more warpage to come.

If I were to try fix it, I would remove the top. Make an autoclave / steam oven large enough to take the body. Steam the entire body block for at least 6 hours. then clamp it to a level work top, bench or machine table with a load of steel angle or 2 inch steel box section on top & a good number of clamps.

Leave it for about a week. take it out of the clamps & store it for at least 8 weeks in a dry room, away from any windows, radiators, air con units (inside a wardrobe is good). Then test it to see if it has warped again.

If it stays level for 12-16 weeks then re-start your build with your maple top. but use a 12mm thick hard / northern ash back with the grain set to oppose the limba's grain pattern.

But if after 16 weeks it has moved again then I would scrap the sides & use the centre for a multi lam body.

so er. . . .start over?

You have my sympathies.

Very nice work. The guy you fixed it for should be ashamed of himself for taking advantage of you like that.

Nice work. What version of 3ds Max are you using? I have not touched anything newer than 2010 myself. I am looking forward to seeing more pics when you dial in the textures and lighting so the carve stands out more.

Build a physical mock up of the headstock and install the tuners. See how they line up and if you have the space required. Your measurements alone should tell you if you have enough space but sometimes it can be reassuring to see it first hand.

I recently moved to a Markbass head and am looking to add one of their cabs in the near future.

The head has interchangable modules. It comes standard with solid state but can be altered quickly to become a tube amp.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Markbass-MoMark-SD-800-Bass-Amp-Head-With-Frame-105939003-i1528919.gc

This is one of the cabs I am looking at. Weighing in at 56lbs it is much lighter than the 4x10 Hartke Systems cab I am using now.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Markbass-Standard-104HR-Rear-Ported-Neo-4x10-Bass-Speaker-Cabinet-601096-i1396074.gc

Hey Souls. . . .I think you may want to pay attention here. turn has been a member for over 6 months and this is the very first thing he has felt strongly enough about posting. Drunk as I might be, I do feel that this has merit.

Very cool. Never actually seen it done before.

I like the idea of a lam fretboard but am curious how it will hold up with expansion contraction rates of the differing timbers. Are you going to put a finish on it (clear) or are you just using oil?

I would love to try my hand at one but think I need a few more builds under my belt first. Great idea on the home built bending forms.

Neck and pickup angles planed

I know most folks use an orbital sander for this part but aside from not owning one, I feel like I would have a lot more control with a scraper.

A few beers later I end up with this

Still lots of tweaking to do on the carve but that is where she will sit for tonight.

Yessir. I went through one of his build threads a few weeks ago. I chickened out on carving by hand for my first LP.

he will be back. This is probably the longest I have seen him absent in a couple of months actually. Just be patient.

I understand guilt. You need to step back and look at not only the market but what your name has become in the industry. Not saying you should charge 11k for every geet you build but it seems that others think you are underselling yourself which is also an issue.

Thanks. The wenge is a bit heavier than I expected even after chambering but my friend is accustomed to heavier guitars. He used to play a late 60's LP that weighed in around 11 lbs or so.

If they want to pay you 11k for a git then I say go for it man!!!

So I am putting together a LP style guitar for a good friend of mine who is going through a messy divorce. The divorce bit started after this project began. The original name for this guitar was the "Shred Paul" and now it will end up being either "The Ex-Wife" or "The Harpy".

Short story long, I was explaining the toxicity of some of the wood to my friend and he says to me: "So what you're telling me is that the maple can affect your lungs, the wenge can cause sepsis if I get a splinter, if you do not ground it correctly I can be electrocuted, and the finishing is hazardous as well. It reminds me of *'STBEW'"

* - Acronym for "Soon To Be Ex Wife". He pronounces it stooboo.

Specs:

Neck: Wenge/maple 3 piece lam

Allparts truss rod

24 Fret

FB: Ebony with custom inlay. Dots on side only.

Back: Wenge

Top: Flamed maple

PU's: SD Pearly Gates

Tuners: Schaller

Bridge: TOM

Hardware color: Black

Plans:

Neck blank progression:

Body progression:

Screwed up on my wiring channel. May have to open up more of the control cavity to allow wiring to feed to all pots.

Before anyone says anything, more clamps were eventually added. Yes, they really are needed.

Templates for carve. I really hate mdf. The dust makes me itch even thinking about it.

Ready to plane the neck and pickup planes. Need to build a jig.