francisk

It's just not worth the hassle. I'm outa here.

I'm sorry, pixel width and height has no bearing on slowing down a download on a 56K dial-up modem, it's the actual size of the image in KB that matters. Moderators should know that. My images download quicker than the two I referred to so if the reason for deleting them is based on download speed, it's simply wrong....period. No chill pills here I'm afraid, just good directions to another forum where moderators understand about file sizes.

It's sad how the smell of "authority" goes to some moderators heads on internet forums such as this. My images which were removed by maiden69 were 123.4K and 127.6K in size, yet on another active thread in this category, there are two images which are 208.8K and 161.1K in size...and they have not been removed? maiden69...how exactly do you measure the size of images on this forum? I would like to know that as I am sure would others. And where are those rules to which you refer? I work with graphics every day and I can tell you that the images which you haven't removed are 118.9K bigger than my images! They were also hosted on my own server, not on the server of this forum...so, it would be interesting to hear your logic in this. I don't have time for this bureacracy so... thanks to you guys who expressed an interest and posted comments but I think you can count this thread as "dead by moderator assassination"!

I really admire your work. My 'Hybrid' progress is on another thread. I wish I had the courage to make a neck but as it's my first ever effort, I think I would make a mess of it a neck and just dump the whole thing. Well done sir, this is going to be a great guitar!

Well, the tree fell about 1990. The owner of the land is actually a fine bass-player himself and he had a few nice slabs cut from the tree. It has been drying since so I assume it's okay. Here's another couple of days work..... PIC DELETED 22: Drilling the holes for two volume and two tone pots. 23: Going deeper into the controls cavity. I have to be extra careful here that I don't 'meet' the back pick-up cavity and that I leave enough depth to take the posts for the stop-bar and the bridge. 24. I hope to make a cover from some mahogony veneer so it's easier to cut a "false top" in the shape of a semi-circle and it should look pretty. 26a: After carving the channel between the pick-up cavities, I cut a diamond shape where I will inlay some mahogony veneer. Lots of work to do yet......whew! Same here! I undestand getting 4 pics together in one file to abide by the rules, but the size is too big

Yep, I agree, the shape is weird but it'll be mine and I don't think anyone will ever copy it! Working with a mallet and a set of wood-chisels is very slow but extremely satisfying. I have a photo of the slab of alder somewhere, I must root it out. I'm an artist/illustrator in 'real life' so I suppose it's a form of art! www.kennedyart.net www.franciskaye.com

I started this in the last century when a storm knocked an old alder tree in my friends field. I don't like copying so I designed a body which ain't too pretty but I like it. I bought the neck on eBay, it came from a Jay Turser guitar. It feels quite nice and I prefer rosewood to maple boards. Here are some photos from my workbench (i.e: the kitchen table!). Don't be too critical or it might never get finished! PIC DELETED I suggest you reformat the pic, it is too big per forum rules! And I suggest you keep your personal political philosiphies to youreslf or you WILL be banned.

It's beautiful. I hope my first effort turns out as well.