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  1. Prostheta
    Excellent work Ben - that design is looking a lot more streamlined and contemporary! The previous headstock design was quite large and pre-CBSey. Balance look right also - are you mounting the button on the end or behind on the top?
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    A 24-fret instrument will require the bridge being moved forward or the scale length changing....the fret access isn't too hot on Explorers above 19th! Changing the scale from 24.75" to 25.5" AND moving the bridge can be a decent compromise I guess, but your instrument balance will become worse than Explorers are already in standard trim, plus you probably still won't reach the 24th! :-D
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    That is by far the best application of fanned frets, seven strings and acoustic-ness I have seen yet. A very good blend of traditional and contemporary stylings - how does the bass-side of the instrument project compared to the treble-side? My wife would go ape over this beauty!
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    They're not too dissimilar to the Gibson Explorer specs really (I have an ESP and an Edwards Explorer) so I would go down those lines of pursuit....unless there is something in those relatively minor differences that you would want to exploit? The back wing on the ESP is more in line with the bottom horn angle which streamlines it a bit more, but otherwise the build procedure is the same really. Depth of body? 37mm Bottom horn aligns with 13th fret Neck widens into the body at 19th fret Heel swells from gradually from 13th and terminates between 17th and 18th at about 40° Neck tenon is around 39-40mm wide into the neck pickup cavity terminating about 5mm from the back of the cavity. Otherwise, it's pretty much as a Gibson Explorer but I don't have one here to compare at the moment :-D
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    I'm using a 4x4 tilted back headstock, but as long as the string pull is fairly even across the nut, there's no reason you can't use any other configuration I guess. I presume you've bought enough tuners to mix and match?
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    I'm definitely a metaller, to answer your original question ;-D Search for user "chguitars" on eBay - that's where I get a lot of my general tuners and hardware from. Very good prices, but probably the same as Axesrus overall.
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    You'll have a hell of time doing that...the speakers are usually "voiced" in combo amps to colour the sound and add character. You'd be better off with a keyboard amp!
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    From Chris at CHGuitars on eBay perchance? :-D
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    In that case you could probably scale the width of the body say 10-15% wider and not ruin the aesthetics - that would help you resolve any neck joining point/access issues.... I'm six foot, but i'm not a skinny guy so I tend to make five-string basses almost look small! It's made me consider the issues of bridge placement and balance on the eight-string 30"!
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    I would guess any wood that holds fret tangs well and isn't going to pop splinters in your fingers! Soft woods like say, spalted might need a lot of stabilising before it could hold frets in. This is a guess, but one based on practicality....acoustics are a different remit!
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    Or perhaps a more elongated top horn an inch or two and increasing lower fret access? I guess the access depends on whether you'll actually use those frets! An inch back on the neck and an inch on the top horn would make a huge difference. As you say Ben, it's a mockup at this stage :-D
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    That'll be sealer - what finish are you considering using (first of all)?
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    Nice inventive look - the headstock looks a bit "heavy" though. Perhaps the top angle comes down too much or the bottom bit near the B is too weighty?
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    I'm over here in the UK also Mike....I have two eight-string builds in the pipeline, both of which I want to make a little bit special. Well, all self-built guitars are special I guess....but you know....
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    Agreed - it's definitely putting me off donating as I would love to put something back into the board other than my inane commentary.
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    That sounds like a good plan Mike, unless you're considering fanned frets of course :-D
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    I snaffled me a set of EMG Jazzers for a five! </evil laugh> 100% homegrown Zion bidder my friend!
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    Wow. Definitely giantamightous tenon for sure! Nice looking neck BF. I did the same thin accent on one of my headstocks (black between maple and flame maple) then sanded it around the edge to bring it "off the edges". Boy did that make me happy. Is that a full-on rosewood neck? You crazy man! I would love cackobanana neck but given that just sanding a fretboard made of deathwood makes me sneeze and hack like Albert Steptoe I just daren't. That tenon is so full on....you're not hiding it then I take it?
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    Obviously ebony isn't lead-dead, but perhaps not as warm or round-sounding something like rosewood etc. That's where I was coming from. I've used ebony in neck laminates and apart from the inhuman stiffness, it does seem to impart a tight "close" sound if you see what I mean.
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    The specs for my eight-string project are a 55mm nut and a 30" scale. I decided to relieve the string gauge slightly by having a scale halfway between guitar and bass (playing both as I do!). As for fanned frets, I think it's cool and it looks like you can work a 27-30" scale on the bass side down to something more "guitar-y" on the high strings. Have you considered under-saddle transducers? That's an idea i've been playing with. Oops, i've let the cat out of the bag. Worms everywhere!
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    Well, given that we're bassists Jon.... *cough*
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    IIRC, ebony is actually a fairly "dead" wood compared to most.... Density doesn't necessarily translate to sustain, and realistically why iterate wood choice so much when sustain is purely an acoustic phenomenon? I can't see anyone holding a LP up in the air and telling you it'll sustain for weeks. Or you'd hear it if it was being played. Maple is a better choice for sure, but sustain is a pointless goal when a compressor and/or a little feedback achieves that aim much better than an instrument will. Unless you want to hold a note for a day out of pure aesthetic minimalism :-D Just me being silly here. One-piece would make for infinite bragging rights, as mentioned previously, but would be a huge case of diminished returns on the acoustic properties.
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    Fire extinguisher size, in fact. That said - it's now his baby and a decent one given a good setup.
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    Not for much longer - Will is winding up his selling activity! If you're implying that Will is pushing his trade in some obscure way, he isn't. I agree, the idea sounds a bit "too much" but hell - so did the Steinberger headless and the Parker Fly. I don't see why an independant luthier couldn't concoct and manage this idea :-D I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole because it's a huge-ass waste of wood, but imagine the bragging rights (etc) :-D
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    Like a balloon :-D Sorry - I could just imagine the mess a water-balloon filled with Tru-oil would cause! The perils of an imagination eh?
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