mistermikev

wow, doesn't even look like an engine block anymore... looks more like a kick@a55 guitar.  nice work.

ah... that is an unusual....ly beautiful beast!

3 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

While it is a good product, it's worth remembering that it is quite specialist and really designed for us on light coloured woods.  The whitening in it, although very mild, will accumulate with any thick patches and, on a dark wood, show.  Thin enough, though, it doesn't.  This bass has black ebony in it...and with care, that stayed black.

i think you mean the inlays right?  I imagine you just had to really be careful not to put it on thick. 

6 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Ah...UK. Varnishes, paints and finishes tend not to transfer much between UK and US.  Most of the US products are not available in UK so maybe it's the same with Osmo?  Can you get any of their products over there?

sorry, yeah, after I posted I looked around and found some on amazon uk... but that's about it.  seems like a great product and not sure if there is a us equiv but I will look around and if not it seems like it might be worthwhile to pony up the extra shipping.  thanks again for the tip!

sounds an aweful lot like one of those situations where you need to walk away and get over the emotional aspect of it so you can see it clearly and then decide the best path fwd. 

get a clear head, then assess the situation... can't tell you how many times I've neglected to take my own advice in similar situations! 

wow, that looks really cool.  I'm going to add the osmo to my link list.  def going to try some of that.  very cool look!  thank you for the tip!

seems it is pretty hard to locate the 3044 raw... if you don't mind... where did you aquire?

5 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Hi

I've got a full build on the horizon but have been catching up on a few bits and pieces - some for other folk and some on my own guitars and basses.

As part of that, one thing I do periodically, is remind myself what wood or unused components I have taking up space and which generally irritate MrsAndyjr1515.  Although that is one of the few great pleasures left in life, actually I do need to clear some space for the next load of mess I have planned

And I came across something I'd forgotten about - neck no.1 from the Psilos Bass build

 

 

so this pic here... was wondering if I could ask some questions about.  is this your build?  if so... is it this white in person or just in the photo?  I love how 'white' this piece is.  I'm assuming it's just light wood... wasn't bleached or anything?  beautiful.

also... looking fwd to the crazy acoustic you are going to do!

that's a shame they are pretty sweet looking.  perhaps you can trim em down a bit?  that's the thing about doing things that are innovative and experimental... sometimes you have to do it a few times!  "things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice" billy joel. 

neck.. yes a little relief is required as the strings move the most at their halfway point and if you compensate for that with the neck you can move them a bit closer.  probably not telling you anything you didn't know but honestly, as a younger man i always thought you wanted a straight neck... folks at the music shop always sayin "yup, she's straight as an arrow" kind of misled me!

On 5/7/2019 at 9:37 AM, ihocky2 said:

This is a little late, but minimum you need a respirator with activated charcoal filters. Still not as good as a fresh air system, but better than nothing. If you have a beard, fumes will still get in. At least put a coat of vaseline on the edge to create a better seal.

Nitro is flammable even once dry, but needs a source. Nitro cures by evaporation, so it does not generate it's own heat like linseed oil. But put a match to it and you'll see a nice flame. It's base component is used in gun powder to give an idea. 

i don't get notifications all the time so I missed your post... but wanted to say thanks for the advice!

i keep my guns all locked up... but who knows... she's pretty creative!

hehe... if I told her now it might as well be in my will!

"Just tell your better half " - lemme stop u right there.  in the words of the great "bartleby the scrivener": I'd prefer not to.

10 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

You English speaking people seem to twist the true meaning of most any words or expressions. Handarbeit, hantverk, käsityö... they all translate to hand work. Aren't work and job synonyms any longer?

I'm told... at my work... there is a table where a lot of hand work is done... can't even walk past w/o giggles.

he said hand job lol.

noice.  that third one there is soowheat. 

I just got an email from downhomewoods that they got a bunch more carved tops in.  Some pretty sweet looking stuff too.  Honestly I need to stop collecting wood until my building catches up with my wood pile... but I gotta admit I was kinda thinking about it anyway!  currently I have two carve tops, 4 - 6 quilt tops, figured mahog, figured walnut, birdseye, figured redwood... and then a whole pile of flamed maple that's all 3/4 and some of it is wide enough to be resawn for tops, plus a couple 8' lengths of 8/4 flamed maple for solid body.  must... resist... urge... to... buy.... more... wood!

you never know when those sources will dry up tho!

49 minutes ago, boeba said:

Hey Guys,

It's been a while since my last update but i finally managed to (almost) finish it now.

Yesterday i did the patina of the bronze. Not sure if i want it so dark, but we will see if i do some more touching up on it or not.

The screws who hold the plate to the body should become darker by doing some patinawork on it.

 

 

And that's it for now. In the next update it should be all strung up and finished.

Greetings,

B

that is starting to look pretty cool.  are you going to paint the body?  I could see it beeing really cool with flat black drybrushed with some bronze or some other sort of black/bronze combo.  Is it heavy?  nicely done.  thank you for sharing.

On 5/15/2019 at 11:56 AM, Lwguitar said:

I can’t make up my mind on wether I want to attempt to match up the control cover using the Makore or just make a high contrast cover using Wenge (same material as neck). 

would seem a shame to waste such a big and pretty piece of wood for just a few ctrl cavities.  I think as long as you tie it in by matching with something else... it'll look good, possibly even better.

4 hours ago, Mr Natural said:

excellent!!!

nicely done!  kinda looks like your skull is biting the 14th!

On 5/15/2019 at 1:33 AM, DerMax said:

I took the russian approach: it bent? Put it straight!

I used a piece of wood as support and carefully but firmly bent it with my hands (but first I removed all the moving parts). It's relatively soft, it may very well be Aluminum. First I straighten it out, but after checking on the guitar I saw that it fits better with a slight bend downwards, so I went back and bent it symmetrically. Now it sits very nicely on the curve of the top.

But now I have to find new elastic pins to replace the old ones that I damaged while removing them...

in mother russia... bigsby bend you.

1 hour ago, Mr Natural said:

great job man. looking forward to the blonde.

Thank you Mr Nat!  I'm working on her in the background.  the top if finished, and I'm slowly re-doing the binding.  it's slow going cause I do about 2" in the morning and 2" at night.  any more than that and it will bend away in one spot while you get it tight in another. 

my progress may have just hit a brick wall tho because I bought a mesa triaxis and am going to have to re-arrange my rack to wire it up... which has me thinking... "why not build a nice hardwood studio rack?"  the pine one does the job so... "must... resist... urge... to... build... super-rack"

4 hours ago, FINEFUZZ said:

I picked it especially for the grain showing through.  Unfortunately the clear is ultra-thin and I have worn through to the raw wood on some of the sharp edges.  The wear will look cool over time, I guess.

right on... it probably would look good worn a bit.  now if only we can get goldmember to play it!  hehe.  I love gold stuff, not sure why others hate on it.

there is a line that continues from the fretboard to the body on the purple one... but i don't see that on the green one... not sure due to the color... but I like that feature. 

also... I like the idea of using wormy wood. Idk why... just kind of don't see that a lot, but it looks kewl. 

some nice stuff there... great work. 

6 hours ago, ScottR said:

You could bevel the end of the fretboard, which would tie into the bevels in your V.

SR

nice call.

Sounds really good ad, also some nice playing there.

you have been quick to watch my vids and I appreciate that... will give this a listen at lunch.