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Welcome aboard my friend.....

Mike

Welcome and get ready to roll up your sleves and get busy. I think I can say that everyone here will help in any way we can, so fire away with any questions you have. Don't be afraid to try new things, because this is how we learn and progress to the next level........

Mike

Could even be spaulted cypress???????

Mike

What about trying it again with a bigger inlay? Cover up that one and use clear/amber epoxy this time

I agree you are not going to get that black out of there any other way.

Good luck my friend.

Mike

Very nice - cool design, and nice workmanship.

I'd like to see you bind and mitre joint that little wave on the end of the fretboard - that would look even sharper.

Yes I have thought about binding the end of the fingerboard, and I might do a test on one to see haow I like it. Thanks for the kind words............

Mike

Good luck to all entries everyones stuff is awsome, and I love the puzzle inlay very cool! The cool thing about the guitar I made is the fact that it is in the hands of Richie Sambora of BON JOVI. Flew to anehiem CA last Feb. to deliver the guitar. Very cool time.

Again I wish all luck...................

Mike

Prostheta,

Good luck .......I am sure you will do fine......

Mike

You could try allparts, they have two or three different twelve string bridges.

Godd luck.

Mike

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6257/aut3752hz2.jpg

Mike, that's great. I've never worked with purpleheart and haven't warmed up to it in the projects I've seen on this site, until now. I really like the use of it here, probably because it is integrated into maple and mahogany. Also, I find it very interesting to look at i.e. the thin laminate between the mahogany and the maple, the maple / purpleheart binding. Those details make the more "usual" neckthrough purpleheart laminates much more interesting to me. Me likey very much.

Do you mill you own pieces such as the piece between the mahogany and maple and the binding?

On the image link above, the maple in the neck under the fretboard sits proud of the body. Did you build that in when you made the neck laminates - like a step, or did you route down the neck that runs through the body?

Killer.

Yes I mill all of my own wood much better quality control that way. I buy all of my wood in bulk and mill as needed.

As for your other question I glued my sides on where I wanted them, and then routed the neck section of the body down to match the body.....

Thanks to all for the great feedback!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike

How did you make the purpleheart and maple binding that thin? I'm wondering how to do this myself to be honest, short of relying on the wood binding direct from Stewmac!

Once I have made the final shpe of the neck, and before I radious the fretboard is when I do the binding.

I use the stew mac router base and my dremel, but you can use a regular router as well. I determine how thick I want my binding to be, and then route out the required spce needed. To create th actual binding I glue up the wood that will be the binding, and in this case purpleheart and curly maple. The curly maple piece is 1/4"x3/4" and the purpleheart is 3/4"x3/4". After the glue is dry I square up th piece and the run it through my planer to get the curly maple to thickness I want. Then I cut it in half on the table saw, and glue it in place. Take care to mask off all areas you don't want glu to get on. Also make sure to leave yourself enough room to clean out the clue that will get into the fret kerf. This is very important to do, because trying to do this afterwards is not at all fun not to mention super time consuming. I learned this the hard way!!!!!!!

well this is how I do my bindings if you have any more questions on the subject feel free to send me a mesage.

Mike

I have some thin sheet metal that I want to use as control cavity covers. I can cut it by hand but its a pain and hard to do accurately.

I dont know what metal it is. Its about the same thickness that computer enclosures use (if thats any help).

• I seem to recall that my router can be used to cut aluminium, but I guess I'd need a special cutting bit for it...
  
  I have templates I could use (the old cavity covers that I rejected because they are too thick)
  • I also have a jigsaw (but its on loan at the moment), I know that that can cut wood and plastic; could it cut metal too?
    

  [*]Otherwise I have a hacksaw... I know it works, but it would take me forever

  Whats the best way to approach this?

  Thanks!

  (This should make shielding easy )

  Hi Ben,

  you can use your jig saw in a vise so it sits upside down with the blade pointing up. You need a metal cutting blade with alot of teeth per inch. You will also need to use some type of backer for the metal so it won't jump around on you.( safety first we want you to keep all you fingers ) just draw or trace your design on the metal with the good side up. Then tack glue your piece of metal to your backer ( backer only needs to be about 1/4" ply or so ) and then turn your saw on and lock it on for hands free operation. And cut away my friend then you can clean it up with files or sander. make suee to ease the edge so you don't cut yourself on it ok!

  Good luck

  Mike

Hey man I think you have been stealing my ideas a little bit too much. Just kidding looks good heres some of my similar wood combinations.

MzI

59 V

Flamed Maple top with 1/8" purple heart layer all on top of a mahogany back.

purple soloist back

That one has the purple heart and flamed maple neck in it which looks incredible.

Very nice stuff MzI. I would like to see more of the soloist. Thanks for the kind words.

I have been working with purpleheart wood for 20 years in various woodworking projects that I have done.

I love this wood it's great to work with not to mention it looks awsome!!!!!!!!!

As for the rest of you thanks for the great feed back on my guitar....

Here is another pic........

Mike

Thanks for all the great coments on my guitar when I get further along I will post some more pics.

Mike

I do not like the wave at the botom of the guitar BUT that alone is not enough fo me to dislike this axe

the work is really really clean and the wood combo looks wicked, I do like the wave on the fret board

Good work man

!!METAL MATT!!

Thanks matt For the coments I too love the wood combo. I have another on sold to a guy in N.J.

Mike

That's a mighty hot guitar you've got going there. I LOVE the way a little purpleheart stripe looks over mahagany! Ever since Soul Mate guitars's doug did that with the buckeye top I've been in love with it!

Chris

PS: Beware, they'll bi**ch about the number of pics. Should be one per post, then the rest as links or thumbnails.

Oh I thought you could put in 4 pics, but I will only put in 1 and some links from now on.

Thanks for your kind coments.

Mike

Here is the latest project I am working on. This is going to J. A. Allen of Vampire of Vaudville in N.Y.

fun project I love the contrast in the woods. The finish will be natural.

specs are:

5 piece curly maple and purple heart neck

purple heart fingerboard

purple heart & curly maple binding

25 1/2" scale

12" radious

mohogany body with purple heart accent,

and curly maple cap

My original body design

as far as the rest I am waiting for specs from Allen.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1374/aut3747xx4.jpg

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6257/aut3752hz2.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8337/aut3740oy7.jpg

all coments welcome

Mike

Rocksmith Guitars

Hi all here is my first ever entry for guitar of the mounth. I hope you like it. All coments welcome. Good luck to all enrties.

Specs. are :Body

maple with 5/16" curly maple cap

Neck,

nine piece laminated with curly maple and blood wood

curly maple face on head stock

bacote fingerboard with culey maple and blood wood binding

inlay my logo in green abalone on 12th fret

stew macs jumbo fret wire

hot rod truss rod

graphite rods along truss rod

slip stone nut

standard sperzel tunner in satin chrome

25 1/2" scale

12" neck radious

Elctronics,

screemin demon pickup

volume

electosocket input jack chrome

Hardware,

gotoh TOM bridge

string through ferrules chrome

Thanks for taking a look there ar more pics at :

http://pub45.bravenet.com/photocenter/albu...amp;album=34658

Mike

Rocksmith Guitars

more power to you man. I bought a violin kit from stew mac for my wife. And I have a friend who is a violin builder so I can pic his brain for tips on building this thing. Iwould have made it from scratch but time is a major factor since I want it done for a christmas present....

I wish you all the best on your quest......

Mike

very nice looking stuff love the look of the grain.....

Mike

it's nice to see people thinking out side of the box when it comes finishing, hell and building too for that matter. very nice looking finish. keep up the good work.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike

I have yet to use one but I just got one to put in a neck through that I am building. I thing that it is going to be very nice to have a little more diversity in my guitar. I didn't buy the x-control deal, I was going to do a custom wire job with it. Want to have every other string split sides, so that E,D,B are on the left and A,G,E will be on the right for a awesome stereo efect.

I think it is worth it if you want to have an acoustic sound from your electric guitar.GOOD LUCK on whatever you decide to do..

you do need to know that the radious of the bridge is 14"

Mike

Watco natural danish oil is a great product for this kind of thing. I am doing a Purple heart neck through that will be finished natural but i want the grain to stand out a bit more than just with lacquer.

Mike

Your guitar is looking great so far do you have any updated photos.....

Mike

No I am not some company!!! I was just wanting a list of parts needed for this thing. Stew Mac wants $355 for their neck jig. I said no way and built my own for $60 in parts. the wood I already had. Just trying to save a few $$$$$$$$$.

Mike

anyone have a parts list and any idea on what the hardware runs for this??????????

Mike