Campylobacter

Viilukeskus is in Turku, right ? When/if you get the prices on those, can you let me know too?

Gotta buy some mahogany and maple. Or walnut and maple. Or... or....

And good luck with that wenge neck! It's gonna be hell working with it.

About the guitar... Is there gonna be a problem with using a tune-o-matic (stringthrough) on a neckthrough?

I think I read somewhere that it is too tall. If so, can I just simply do a recess for the bridge?

I added you to my MSN contacts to ease the talking.

Thanks.

TOM needs the neck-angle, but you can also recess it.

@ Campylobacter: about selling the 'test' piece, give me 30€ and it's yours. (the neck and the wings) But how would I give it you? Send it? You wanna come and get it?

Well, I'm kinda "pers'auki" at the moment. I just mailed Viilukeskus for some prices for the woods I'm going to use in my bass. Birdseye maple fretboard, wenge neck, mahogany-walnut-mahogany body..

I could buy it, but not right now.

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@ Campylobacter How much would you be willing to pay? Woods: 15 euros and work... 1 euro?

Something like that.

I've been thinking about the woods on this thing and I have decided to trash this project and start all over again with better materials.

If you decide to trash it I could buy it for some euros.

Looking good!

Great story and awesome guitar!

Some progress again. I reshaped the headstock and unfortunately fretboard took some new shapes too.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/lapajalkeen1.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/lapajalkeen2.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/erkele.jpg

The guitar in the pic you posted is actually Jackson's RR, not flying V.

Very nice! I like it.

Hmmm Agathis?

Probably.

Ok, the moment that everyone, or at least I have been wating for:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/soittimet/hb/kylell%e4%e4n.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/soittimet/hb...l%e4helt%e4.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/soittimet/hb/viisto1.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ttaipale/soittimet/hb/viisto2.jpg

What wood do you guys think that is?

How about that bridge? Is the neck without an angle and how deep is the hole for the bridge?

Damn those woods looks great! And I like the body shape also.

Looks great man! Especially those flamed maple wings.

That's amazing! Can't wait to see it finished!

Pretty darn good looking woods you have there! I like it very much.

I've decided to go with black-green crackled finish on the body, so it would look something like this. I also managed to buy some parts for it. And here's a close up of the abalone knob.

Looks great man!

I don't know if you have seen a Kelly? Because the one on that pic is way out of proportion and shape! My guess is that it is freehanded. I did mine from a drawing and it turned out a few mm apart from a real one (just checked at a local music store here! The owner liked mine better than Jacksons!) Here is a pic of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/DSC02019.jpg

Very nice! How did you finish the top?

That's amazing!! Not helping my bass building fever!

Umm... Pretty old thread.

Has anyone made schematics for this preamp?

I suggest you to link those pictures first: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=11235

Try crackled finish on it.

if you can find ebony stain use that....pretty obvious i guess. you made need a pre-stain primer type thing because rosewood is pretty oily ( if i recall correctly) and with additional finger grease it may be pretty tough for the stain to take evenly. dark walnut works good too but is a little less black then ebony.

Thanks, I'll see what I can find.

I have heard only good things about LMI's fingerboard dye. You might want to give it a try. The link to the webiste is here. Make sure to check the tutorial on how to ebonize wood.

Thanks for the hint, but I won't be ordering it all the way from USA to this project.

nicely done Campylobacter

and welcome to forum

Thanks!

its 1 pic per post unless in the tutorials section.

Oops, sorry. Then I'll link those pictures.