Reverend Buck Nekkid
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Yup, those are good pics...thanks krazyd. I toldya you was tha man.
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oh, ok Krazyd...it is by electric sander...I thought Wes mean't carving with bladed handtools..I got to check out that video tour....thanks man.
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Wes , I hope they are paying him (them) well. I say thank God for Thomas Edison and electricity.
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Hey, Frenzy....speaking of Driskill....Joe Driskill is undoubtedly the king of finishers. I have not seen anybody beat him at finishing a guitar. They are immaculate. When one thinks he is the big man at finishes, one needs to go check out Driskill's guitars. Humbling. The deepest finishes I have ever seen. Back to sanding the body contours....I have it figured out how to carve the lines with a sander without relying on a steady hand. Freehanding can get me into trouble. Got to get to a machine shop. If Hamer is doing it with a sander, then my idea has to be on the same principal. I know they aren't paying some tech to hand sand each blank..it's automated.
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Thanks Rhoads, that's a killer job on that guitar. Very nice work. And I am with you on the relaxing and soothing. If I want to relax and soothe I get a six pack of beer and turn on the History Channel.
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Yeah Wes, really it is a starting point. The first part of the book was informative. When he actually started building the guitars is when I got the "ripped off by the price" feeling. One thing about being an old fart is that over the years you learn patience. So if I had to , I could carve a top with bladed handtools. I just don't won't to. LOL. By the way , I saw the guitar you made... really nice my man. I would be proud of that sucker.
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Thanks krazyd. I've done some shaping with sanders on gunstocks in the past, just really wanted to hear that someone has done it in the forum on guitar body blanks. I figured with all the talent in this forum that somebody had figured out a way to devise a template or jig of some sort to use with a sander that would consistently sand down to a set line or depth and contour. And could be reused for the same body style/design. Sittin' on a stool, humped over a blank, carving for endless hours....got to be a better way. Krazyd...I think you are the man to come up with the tool to accomplish this. I am starting on my body next week, don't let me down.
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Besides carving with hand planes, has anybody done any serious body shaping with sanders? I figure the big boys use cnc routers for shaping and there has got to be a poor boys way using sanders. maybe. I bought Melvin's book and he talks of spokeshaves and surforms for carving tops. Then I saw where some dude said in the forum spokeshaves and surforms werent worth a crap for guitar making..By the way, Melvins book aint what its cracked up to be..all that crap about inspiring u to use your own imagination..bull ****. That book is passed off as an instructional book..he glosses over a lot of stuff.
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muchas gracias.
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Hello forum, I am a newbie and don't know **** from shinola about building a guitar but gonna try and I got a truckload of ignorant questions to ask..might as well start with the first one and that is what is the best way to carve a guitar top and the best tool(s) or technique to use. Thanks for your help guys and patience with a newbie.
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in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat
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hey frenzy,,, you may be on to something about that neck angle on gibsons. I have experience with les pauls, sg's, and an es333 and I have never personally seen a neck angle of over 4 degrees on mine. They may be out there but I haven't seen one yet. 7 degrees is getting into headstock angle areas. I would like to see a neck angle of 7 degrees though. If you get your protractor out and see what 7 looks like at the neck, it is one jacked up sumbitch. Some waterhead must have designed that one.