Guitaraxz

8 hours ago, Prostheta said:

How long did the build take from beginning to end? I guess that this had started a while before the first post!

Oh yeah! I made that guitar December 2014, I just thought that since I'm new at the forum that it was a good idea to start with a finished model. It took three months.

All finished, I could never get a good angle for the pics. She looks much better live.

I used no cover for the springs, the reason is that mwny of us always take it off. IMO it's better that way.

Thanx for watching!

8 hours ago, psikoT said:

Looking at this picture, I can guess why you've lost the gloss... seems like you've polished in a perpendicular way at some point. That's a no-no. I would also suggest to mask the fretboard before doing leveling and crowning next time, to protect it from, you know... incidents. By that way, you don't touch the fretboard between installing the frets and putting the strings.

Yeah, next time I'll use masking tape!

19 hours ago, psikoT said:

Once the fretboard is polished, I don't touch it anymore. And I certainly don't need to touch it to install the frets. 

I don't use glue at all, the tension of the strings is enough to keep them in place.

Yeah, i've thought about not using CA. The mess occurs when I have to clean up the glue, but I don't want a fret to pop up one day.

20 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Unburst? 

Ha ha! I know it sounds dumb, but my wife just sprayed the middle, nothing on the edges. Here's a better view...

Some body work,

cutting the neck pocket, I lost the pics of gluing the birds eye top, sorry

got the electronics, Floyd and belly cut

built the ax before going to the finish room, made sure it all clicked. These are Duncan Blackouts, they are so silent that even without soldering the ground wire it made no noise.

And of she goes to the finish room, that's my wifes' job, making some kinda antiburst

Just now, Guitaraxz said:

Used Stewmacs Jaws 2 to install the frets, with some CA

 

Nope, not CA, on this ocation I tried Gorrila Glue. Absolute garbagge! Don't bother trying, it swells up and f%&s up yor fret levelling. After this stunt I went back to CA.

gave the fretboard 20" radius and sanded it down to 2000 grit. I still have the problem that after the frets are installed I lose all the shine. How do you guys do it?

Used Stewmacs Jaws 2 to install the frets, with some CA

Fret Leveling.......

........and crowning

14 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Indeed! Great to see people hand planing body blanks. That's a good sharp iron you've got there too.

Looking forward to seeing this one progress.

Ha Ha, well I aint got no machine! Any sugestions to a good planner are welcome!...........I guess I should try using my router....dumb dumb

Thank you for your comments! nah aint the first build, although it is the first time I took photos. This was 2 years ago, all finished, just thought I'd share the photos. 

Some of how I made the neck:

gluing an "ear" to the headstock

a veneer of chen chen

gluing Birds Eye

meassuring the tuner holes

some fret markers

Oh that neck looks waaaaaay better (access!) than any Fender or Les Paul!

I can see why, for medical reasons, I have been forbiden to drink or smoke haha!

Sorry, got the wrong pics up there. shouldve been theese:

Planning

A buddy of mine helps by holding the wood whilst I rough cut it 

Forgot to mention the woods:

Body; Korina

Top; Birds Eye maple

Neck; Caobilla arm, Ceder headstock, Granadillo Fretboard.

Here gluing the korina

Planning

A buddy of mine helps by holding the wood whilst I rough cut it 

Then some routing and a small sheet of Chen Chen

......well kinda, I've browsed here a lot but have never posted.

Thought I should introduce myself with pics of a build, so I hope I manage to get the Photobucket thing correctly.