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Gogzs

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  1. This is why I keep coming to this forum... I didn't even know how much I love steerheads until I opened this one. Amazing job, damn,
  2. Some mad science going on here, really like it, but the tweed kicks it up a notch further... should have "bookmatched" it to make it in true guitar building fashion.
  3. Nah, I'd still do a lot by hand, I don't fool myself in that regard. But I've seen some amazing stuff by @curtisa @MiKro and now you, that while technically is possible by hand, would take some nerves and masochism to get done. And for those tasks I'd love to have one, I wouldn't even need a big one. As someone here said, it's just a tool in the shed you get to use.
  4. This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to own and learn how to use a CNC. It's those tiny details that will elevate it from normal build, to pure awesomeness, nice!
  5. Ah yeah, the side that was out in the open is really the purpelest of purples, but the side I cut and plained is even after 3 days in the sun a bit bland and wood colorish... I saw online that heat can bring up the purple out, so I will try with some tiny pieces to see how it goes and decide if I'll risk with the big pieces.
  6. So this is how far I came. since I'm still waiting for one more board of dark bamboo, I got going with the light build. Neck core all glued up and did a pass with the router to get it roughly flat. Also cut the purpleheart for both wings and flattened the sides so it's ready to glue on. I just need to rout the trussrod slot before I glue on the wings. Made a template from plywood, a bit rough around the edges, but the shape is roughly there. After the sides are glued on, I'll cover the top with olive slices (6mm thick, will plaster the top and bottom). Small sample how the olive and bamboo should look when I varnish them. Looks good, can't wait to get this done. And scarf joint done as well, put a layer of purpleheart veneer in-between. Should be lovely once the neck takes shape. I need to remove 6-7 mm off of the headstock, it's 21mm thick atm. All in all, I love the looks and feel of the bamboo, I'm really looking forward to the additional board of dark bamboo arriving, so I can continue on the dark build as well.
  7. My brain is pudding, I meant @ScottR ... weekend can't arrive soon enough
  8. As @Bizman62 said, depending on what you get, either individual ferrules or string block, that will be the only place where the strings touch the metal, so if you go with ferrules, your ground wire needs to touch all 6 ferrules for proper grounding. I'll soon be at the point of deciding on a bridge, and I don't mind the tricky height adjustment, once set up I don't plan to change much so a longer setup in exchange for a comfy bridge, I can live with that. But yeah, the 3D-6 is probably the comfiest bridge I had under my hand, feels insanely awesome when palm muting... ahhh, decisions.
  9. Not gonna lie, I'm looking at the same bridge for one of the two builds I'm working on. Only thing possibly holding me back is that it has to be ground on the ferrules and not the bridge itself. We will see, either that or the schaller 3D-6 I used on the last built as well, Love the 3D-6 cause the strings go into the bridge from behind, not trough the body. But yeah, played a guitar with a Hannes, feels comfy, love it.
  10. Looks tiny enough, when you glue it up all together, and rout the cavities etc... it should be pretty much invisible. As for filling it, I will leave that to the experts, but could be that superglue + sanding dust from that maple will fill it really awesome. Also, welcome to the forums
  11. Those color combos are starting to come together really nice. That burst elevates it to another level. Awesome!
  12. Such a nice top, shame the pickups cover half of the front coming along really nice, just a question about the tuners, how do you intonate them? You have to totally losen the strings, readjust them and tighten up again? Otherwise, love them, one friend is asking me to build him a headless travel-friendly bass, and I'll probably go with those or something like them.
  13. So here is what I got done today. First I cut the purpleheart into fitting pieces. The big chunk I had was cut in exactly half, one half will be used for these two builds. The second half will be used sometimes in the future. After cutting it in half, I had to resaw it, but since I don't have a band saw, I ran it lengthwise through the table saw and finished the rest with the hand saw. Here's the result: I also plained them flat with my router, so they are ready for what's coming to them, and this is it: These will be the wings for the black/purple/gold one I designed in paint. It's all ready to be glued together, and seeing it like this, I like it even more than I liked it when it was just in my head This will be the wings for the other build. It's the olive + purpleheart, and the necktrough part will be light bamboo + purpleheart veneer. Since I ordered the wrong amount of dark bamboo (I'm missing one more board) I will be putting in a lot of work on this "second" build in the next days, while waiting for another dark bamboo board. And one more thing got done today, I started gluing the necktrough part of the dark build. Here is a sheet of purpleheart veneer inbetween two stripes of dark bamboo. I miss one additional sandwich like this, and then make the final sandwitch that will consist of B|B|b|B|B (big B is 17mm thick bamboo stripe, small b is 10mm thick bamboo stripe, the vertical lines are purpleheart veneers). Ignore the roughness, it's a bit like that around the edges when it comes out of the table saw, but when I glue it all together, I will go over it with the router so we will see if the purpleheart is actually noticeable inbetween the bamboo. So yeah, that's it for the first proper update. Two parallel builds, and I'm already having twice as much fun as I had last time. But I see so many potential pitfalls this time around, because... bamboo, haha. But if it works out, these should be two rather lovely builds
  14. Well, considering my first build ever, and first proper project working with wood, involved wenge... I don't see things going any worse than that haha. From the wood db for wenge: Very splintery—care must be used when handling unfinished wood with bare hands, as splinters have an increased risk of infection. Also, Wenge splinters tend to take longer to heal and are more likely to go septic (get infected) than splinters from other woods. Bamboo will be an upgrade in regards of not getting septic wounds all jokes aside tho, I do use protection when handling it, should be ok.
  15. So yeah, this thread has been going slow. I finally finished setting up my work area, I now had some additional shelves and roughly 7 more square meters usable on the attic, so some things should be much easier to do than last time. And I'll be tripping over my own feet way less now. I also glued some test pieces together to see how bamboo glues on bamboo and how it glues to the purpleheart veneers. And it went awesome. All the test pieces I had glued couldn't be broken where it was glued. So there we have it, bamboo, even tho it's grass, can be glued like wood. This is dark bamboo glued to light bamboo with purpleheart veneer in between. The red arrow shows the side that will be the backside of the guitar, and the blue arrow shows the front/back edge... I'm actually getting really excited about these builds, the bamboo feels so solid, I'm fairly confident it will be even a good fretboard material
  16. Damn, hope it sounds as good as is looks. Amazing job.
  17. After some thinking how to pick between all these amazing builds, I scrolled a few times up and down and the one that made me stop scrolling the most got my vote wouldn't mind having any of these in my collection, but one does stand out a little for me. Best of luck to all
  18. Yeah, really cool to see where Ola came from and where he is now. He even did an interview (or well, drunk coffee) with Ola Englund, the famous metal guitarist that also has his own guitar brand now (Solar guitars). Quite interesting talk, might help you see one of the paths you can go down with your guitar building career. Both of them even mention Project Guitar at some point in the interview. Really worthy watching. But yeah, in the end, it really depends on you and your personality. I could never see myself becoming master grit 400 sander, I'd rather chase goats trough mountain ranges than sand for a living, but that's me. To you it might be the best job ever. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind building a guitar a month for a customer or two here and there. COFFEE WITH OLA - Ola Strandberg - YouTube
  19. Do you have a cover for the electronics or does he play it this raw and open? Looks really cool tho, awesome build.
  20. I'm always mesmerized when a CNC churns out such a beauty. A nice tool put to awesome use, can't wait to see it completed. Curious how contrastful it'll be when it's varnished.
  21. Can you tag these threads with [NSFW], that's some serious woodporn right there. Looking forward to this one
  22. Hah, that truss rod design is rather interesting, never seen something like it. Fun build, will keep an eye on this
  23. I'd go for a sane job that will eventually drive you insane, and then you balance it out with filing, sanding and routing through wood until you have a guitar. As folks here said, working in a huge factory isn't as romantic as you imagine it. As a student (12 years ago) I worked in an ice cream factory. To this day I am an ice cream addict, but that job almost killed the love I have for ice cream haha. I also used to ride and compete professionally at some of the most amazing skateparks across Europe, had sponsors... did that for two years, and the day I quit my sponsors and went back to college, is the day I remember as the day when riding was fun again. Now I do software engineering form 8-16 and I love my job, but what I love even more is taking a break from it and go to the skatepark to ride for myself, or go to the attic and bring some new guitar ideas to life. I can not imagine riding or guitar building as a full time job, I think it would suffocate the passion I have for those, but as a hobby, they are just the perfect thing to have next to software engineering. EDIT: but then there is also this: Ergonomic Guitar Build - In Progress and Finished Work - ProjectGuitar.com I think these are the beginings of Stranberg Guitars, one of our own. And Look where he is now but he doesn't produce them by himself now, it's a huge operation... so again, probably not the romantic path you have in your head.
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