low end fuzz

looks like a Martin headstock from the 1800s

by any chance; does the combo look cool??

what about masking off and painting it?

i think it looks cool;

that a string looks a little close tothe first post; but it does clear it;

love it. I would buy one.

maybe he will 'duracell' it!!!!

i made a mahogany semi hollo bass with a spruce top that sounds pleasant;

but are you talking about the 'meat' of the body being spruce?

and what kind of spruce? home depot grade spruce, or sitka/engelman?

thanx; next time!

i have no pics, but it looked like most of my glue ups; a table with 1,000 clamps pointing straight up;

if your curious about how i glued the inlay, i just used a mellimine caul with wax paper between that and the body; and used epoxy;

good-eye;

thats what they are;

the 'pickguard' is curly basswood; it was the only 'white/interesting' wood i had as one piece i didnt mind giving up for this;

the neck is maple/bloodwood/ebony/bw/mpl with a curly maple scarf with ebony bloodwood padauk and purpleheart accents; indin rosewood fb.

i was planning on documenting this build for my gallery, but my batteries in my camera wore out, and i was in the finishing stages before i actually got around to changing them

so heres is the body with some sealing coats brushed on, and some shots of the neck ready for final sanding;

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i23/lowe...zz/IMG_0604.jpg

im building this for myself; in the process i origanaaly planned on having a lower bottom horn for the alder blank; i changed my mind after i made up the 'pickguard' templates and when i started cutting i remembered about this when there wasnt any alder under the top part of the horn; ah well, thats why its a little tight to the top and what not, its my fav so far of inlaid guards ive done

grant

if i had to have a painted guitar, id want it to look like that!

blow it out your ass dude. i did more work than most anyone there, i got a lot out of it, but a guy like jon wouldn't. you've got the worst reading comprehension of anyone on the entire internet. its not worth dumping over 10 grand into, especially if you only learn one thing. the scope of the course is so limited, anything you learn beyond it is things you have to figure out on your own. 30 people in one class, and there is only 3 construction methods for electrics, and only 1 for acoustic, you don't get to try anything, its carefully controlled, thats why all the guitars you tend to see on the RV site are standard fender/gibson/prs type stuff, thats what they teach. you're entire post irked me, you're entirely ignorant on the subject, and it was all just subjective garbage. get real.

Elaysian; I'm gonna go ahead and appolagize for the 'critique' of your post, because it sounds like im attacking you,

but that wasnt the point, i was pissed off that someone would discount a 'real' education as opose to doing whatever you want; i wasnt calling you lazy or stupid etc. but if your not getting what you paid for, you have to be smart enough to leave;

you have to learn how to build the classics so you understand the basics of solid body instruments; just because it dosent have pointy horns with blood splatter paint job doesent mean the setup or boundries of hardware changes;

and when you graduate anyhting to do with instruments ,stores and shops do care,

but since you told me to blow it out my ass, im sure that will blow over your head;

sorry jon for hijacking;

but go to school if you can afford it; research by visiting and talking to current and graduate students; and when they have negative things to say, make sure you check out the work they are producing. good luck

that was probbally the worst advise ive read;

i only got about half way thru;

if you got nothing out of a course, you must not be a very good student;

even if you only learn one thing in an entire semester it was worth it;

learning others methods and history in a practical setting is only positive;

aswell going to a chool with info and techniques to share profit everyone , plus in a setting that could help you elaborate on ideas with tools and materials you might not have a chance to come into contact with on your own;

aswell as, you could try out everything youve ever seen or ''learned'' on the internet in an attempt to debunk methods and myths, but to be in a class with 8-12 or whatever amount of people trying all sorts of things, you get the hands on/first person experience without doing ALL the work;

if you think the school your in is a rip-off and they cant show you anything, drop out and find another school; if they cant teach you anything, drop out and start your own school; cause anyone with that much information can be the most powerful man in luthiery!

not trying to be tooo serious, but that irked me

between you (Daniel) and frovanni, im inspired to actually try an acoustic;

all your stuff has good ''character''

keep it up fur sure

looks cool!

...........i guess you like padauk?

grizzly wont sell to canada;

they have a deal with busy bee; not to sell to each others countries; which means you guys in the states ,cant buy busy bee;

.....i think we got screwed on that one.

when i did a small project (a clock) i bookmatched a veneer top like this;

(it was already a bookmatched set with 'sort of straight edges, that matched)

i stacked them on top each other, and hung them a mm or two over the edge of my bench; basically enough so that all the 'unstraight' stuff was hanging over(bad explaination)

then clamped a long straight wood block across the top, flush with the bench;

then sanded with a block until i was sanding against the block and the table;

i dont know if thats clear, i had two beers and am in the fogginess before bed;

basically your sanding them straight but clamped tight so your veneer dosent chip;

and then yeah, veneer tape.

i'll say its nice!

what kinda fingerboard is that?

i absolutly HATE this bass!

yet, i am so jelous of your talent and creativity;

and the craftsmanship looks amazing.

the copper is cut away from the pot itself ,enough that i can see the wood around the whole pot;

when i drop them into the cavity i put a il piece of cardboard with electrical tape under the tags, to avoid grounding out

im gonna search 'defeated' right now; but for the chance of coming up empty can you explain this;

to me that sounds like something im doing is bypassing the pots job; which seems what is exactly happening!

i guess its kinda jumbled, as im trying to explain all this crap;

im gonna plug away a little and think of smaller ;more precise problems to hurdle , buy process of elimation and see what happens;

and i dont ground to a 'piece' of copper; i have a setup for wiring thats a block of wood with holes for the pot shafts to sit with copper tape over the entire face to ground to ,to simulate the inside of the cavity.

so; preamps are by far my favorite thing ever invented, but in this situation, a lil over the top;

im wiring one jazz pup to vol tone;

i wire it all up and i get sound and what not; but there is no change( besides the amount of hum )when i turn the knobs;

the volume stays at one consistant level with a small hum, when i crank it 'full' the hum clears up; same thing with the tone, it does nothing;

theres not one 2 pot diagram that does anything i havent tried and its the same result; i switched around through alot of pots;

i got these a while back in bulk from allparts; is this my problem?

i have both 500 and 250 and its all the same story;

now most of you are gonna first say the hum is from improper grounding; which is technically true; because im doing the 'pre'wiring in a harness to drop in when its done; and im grounding to a common piece of copper stuck on my block; its like looking into a sheilded cavity; but the hum isnt the problem ; its the not changing anyhting thats driving me nuts!! (just to clarify)

the 500 and 250 are different in the respect one are linear and the other audio taper; i cant remember which is which; but neither are doing anything so who cares!

is this an allparts issue or a me being stupid issue; its ok, ican take it; i just want them to work!

thanx

i know its long, im frustrated

grant

looks like a cheetah burst!

its grain filler with an assortment of analine dyes (everything was waterbased)

i thought i already had a thread on the go but..............

its almost done?

swamp ash w/ padauk inaly and accents;

5piece neck of padauk and maple(s)

grain filled with ''matching'' colour;

of coarse i make an all 'red' guitar then throw on la bellas with freakin blue wrapping ont the ends......idiot

those switches sound pretty cool!

i wont be changing these specs, but that is something i might consider for a 'retro throwback' type project

thats what pops in my head when i think of those sliding switches;

and for the record; no sunbursts.