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  1. If you put clearcoat over it, no matter what kind, it will make it reflect more light for sure, you'll get a less black black as a result. I know that vantablack is super flimsy, Black 3.0 should be a bit more resistant but still... thinking of it now, I'll probably order a bottle, I have an artsy friend whose b-day is coming up, will use that as excuse to get it and see what she does with it and how it'll turn out :D 

  2. Saw this some time ago, the story of the blackest black is actually pretty funny. The folks behind Black 3.0 have a beef with the IP owner of Vanta Black (Kapoor)... even in the terms of use/sale, it's stated that anyone can buy Black 3.0 besides the Kapoor hahaha....

    I was looking into ordering it and painting a few things with it for shits and giggles. But it's extremely fragile, and anything painted with it needs to be handled with care, so it's not a color to paint an everyday item with. I've seen it live, and it's super interesting and bizarre. You paint a contoured item with it, let it dry, and it loses all contours. It ends up looking like a 2D object, and when you rotate it, and it starts changing shape, it's pretty mindf**king. 

    All in all, Black 3.0 can be ordered at: https://culturehustle.com/products/black-3-0-the-worlds-blackest-black-acrylic-paint-150ml?variant=41147281342622 

    I'm now again tempted to order it and paint a few decorating items in my house with it haha...

  3. It's both sad an happy seeing the finished build pictures. Absolutely stunning, but nothing less was expected. The way you approach building tools/jigs you'll use to build this showed early on that this will be absolutely flawless... great build, thanks for posting so many detailed pictures of every step it took to make this.

  4. On 2/4/2022 at 4:05 PM, Dave Higham said:

    Moved the sawn-off piece round the back, inserted the dowel pins and glued it back together. I realise that this makes it the equivalent of a one-piece, Gibson-type neck, but it’s easier than a scarf joint.

    Was confused at first and surprised no-one thought of that before. But once you get it to thickness it'll be basically a scarf join, the kind of join I see less often around here:

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    So basically method 2 just with the comfort of having a loooot of extra material making it easier.  But again, clinical work, with the pins and everything, awesome.

  5. Finally caught up on reading it all. Sorry to hear about the hardships you encountered, but I'm kinda glad it happened and you went all in with the arm bevel with the second top. Interesting read, I'll sound like an ass, but I love reading such stuff and learn from other peoples mistakes :D Nice set up for the sanding block to get the bevel done. I assume the guitar is on a rotating stand or just fixed on a sled you were sliding freehand around?

    All in all, impressive save, and work on the bevel. Godspeed for the rest!

  6. So here is what I have:
    -table saw and a jig saw for rough cuts
    -nokogiri saw (japanese saw) or however it is called for more precise stuff (scarf join on neck, fret slots)
    -router + various drill bits and homemade jigs/templates to get stuff done (truss rod channel, flattening surfaces for joining...)
    -aku drill + various drill bits (don't have a drill press)
    -various rasps for rough and fine contouring
    -a chisel (there is some stuff, like squaring off the truss rod channel, that can be done with a chisel only pretty much)
    -sheet sander and hand sander (would like to get random orbital sander, but I get it done this way as well)
    -glue, clamps and a looong metal ruler

    So yeah, seems like I get away without having some of the tools people listed in here, but I do tend to spend more time on certain tasks I guess (for example setting up the sled to flatten surfaces for joining can take time, and then sliding the router itself across the whole surface instead of having a plainer). 

    And for some, even this list would be too much, and they get away with even less tools/do much more by hand. 

    All in all, depends on your skill set, preferences etc. etc... some here basically have a CNC and not much else :P 

  7. 17 hours ago, mistermikev said:

    inlay = too much.  I kind of feel that... any suggestions to improve?  Perhaps in a few spots where I've got leaves overlapping to remove some?  perhaps just reduce the size of them so they don't take up as much of the fretboard?  I'm gonna take this comment to heart and I very much appreciate it.

    Really no idea, I tried to go with the "tree of life" inlay style but with the leaves you're using, they just don't fit. I don't wanna lose details, because the way you've done them, they do look pretty. But yeah, no idea how to retain details yet not make it look to cluttered. Maybe just use acorn nuts as the fretmarkers and have a branch go all across the fretboard. Best'o'luck mate, can't wait to see what you'll pick :) 

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  8. 38 minutes ago, mistermikev said:

    my fav is the brushmaster.  it is also multiscale.  it's also a great opportunity to learn some things about inlay/marquetry.  Got some feedback suggesting the rosewood leaves on the body would be improved if they were more on the upper bout instead of centered.  

    Brushmaster was my second pick, but the "I'm a simple man" prevailed, inlay on brushmaster is a bit too much for me. As far as "more on the upper bout" goes, I also agree with that, to the point I used my level 9000 paint skills to mock up how I had it in my mind. 

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    Sorry if I touched your designs inappropriately. But yeah, that's where I'd place it as well, in my head it just makes sense that it's up there instead symmetric in the center.

    All in all, I will be honest, I like all the designs to an extend, non of them make me puke a little in my mouth, it's just, some of them I'd like to own more than others :D when I see that you put custom designed knobs on some of these, I know it's gonna be good, whatever you build :D 

  9. If anyone wondered what happened to the ambitious bamboo project. Well, sunny days happened, and I wanted to make use of as many of those as I could. Once rainy/snowy days started setting in, I continued with the build. I guess this is the charming thing about doing this for myself, not for anybody else. No deadlines, no obligations etc. :) 

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    Here is how far I've come. It got pretty much completed last friday night. Varnish is done (minwax satin, no gloss this time around... felt like satin would suit the raw wood look a bit better), frets are leveled, crowned and polished, pickups set up, action adjusted, strings intonated....

    What's missing: possibly truss rod channel cover (not sure if I want a cover), electronics cavity cleanup and proper cover (atm. I have one made from some scrap wood, not even varnished), tone/volume pot knobs (I hate these numbered/labeled knobs), black pickup screws (currently mounted with brass colored screws that don't fit) and possibly thinking about plasti dipping the pickups to get rid of the EMG logos.

    But yeah, it's too much fun to play so I'm not sure when I'll get around to stripping it down to finish these tiny details haha. 

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    Here is a group photo. Title: guitars I wanted to play but couldn't buy, so I built them.

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