ElysianGuitars

it started out like this, i built this frame with the shower curtain, mainly to protect my car while i painted my mirrors. the next day, i took it all down, and started working on a real enclosure. continued in the next post.

i've got a thing for red myself well i guess red and black, as 2 of the 4 guitars i've built were red/black burst dark reds are most definitely as metal as it gets.

look at my avatar if you think i don't like pointy guitars i agree, the photoshop makes it look exactly how i feel it would look best. if your next build looked like that i'd be sold.

i love the design of this guitar, and the finish. it looks spectacular so far.

i'm personally not feeling it, it seems off balance to my eyes. and i'm really not feeling the top jack, or the carbon fiber overlay on the headstock... i love the finish though, and the quality of workmanship is definitely there.

its pretty different, i like it a lot. that x2n is a sick pup i love it! Troy sent some pics to kahler hopefully ill get to be in one of their news letters. have you seen the D-Activator X? it looks like an X2N, with slightly lower output, and even has a lower output neck pickup version, i'm probably going to be replacing the dual x2n's in my 6 with the d-activators, see how i like them. blasphemy! lower output i want more, MORE, MORE!!!! jk.. they might be a nice different flavor, i like that they make a specified neck pup tho. I almost painted the tele Neon Green to appease the need for a racer xish guitar*spandex not required*. But, I didn't because someone pointed out that it had a very Jason Becker (peavy) vibe. It's just a schaller roller TOM/Gotoh Stop tail, they sell em at Stew Mac, nothing fancy. As for the Kahler its a sweet trem for, sure just different than a Floyd, I like them both. but out of familiarity I would still probably go with Floyd. We'll see as I'm really digging the tele it may convert me! the bridge d-activator x is only 10mV lower than the x2n, and the neck version only puts out 300mV, should be pretty nice sounding.

its pretty different, i like it a lot. that x2n is a sick pup i love it! Troy sent some pics to kahler hopefully ill get to be in one of their news letters. have you seen the D-Activator X? it looks like an X2N, with slightly lower output, and even has a lower output neck pickup version, i'm probably going to be replacing the dual x2n's in my 6 with the d-activators, see how i like them.

wow, that tele is awesome. a kahler, and an x2n, and scalloped, i'm in love.

wow, thats nuts. and you're absurdly close to me.

kind of looks like a different take on this i like the OP's interpretation a lot though.

yeah there are only a few that are actually building dedicated 3rds(not just finishing the tele form the tool seminar). if i had the cash id build my self a pair of neckthru king vees; one neon green w/ black bevels and one red w/ black bevels. thats the 3rd neckthru i've built and i will agree they are quick and easy to build. that one only took me 5 days to build and get into paint, on Monday ill be putting the final coats on and hanging it up to cure. how deep did you scallop? i was thinking 3/32 for mine, but, I have only played one scallop(fender YJM) before and its was brief. honestly, i don't remember, it was either 3/32(sounds most likely) or 1/16. i only did 12-24 on my V, thats my favorite scallop. scallop the frets i don't really riff on, it works out really well, don't push too hard down low when i'm playing some gnarly riffs. edit: and yeah, when i went we weren't doing a tele during the tool seminar, there was a tool box, but i didn't even take the tool seminar, as i already had a pretty good understanding of tools. any ideas what you'll be doing after RV? going back to utah? working for a manufacturer? any of that?

looks like kris is still sporting the VW pickup i actually talked to kris 2 weeks ago i think. i graduated spring 06. still not building yet though but i did 4 guitars while i was there as well, though i didn't do amp class. awesome to see someone doing so much building, when i went there were some who did 3 and 4, but not many, and it looks like subsequent classes didn't have as many do even a 3rd... if i had the money, i honestly would have done a 5th. i did do A LOT of repair work though to keep my busy, way more than was required, including a full rebuild of an Ibanez RG7421. that explorer looks sick. and how do you like the neck through? i found it to be the easiest kind to build, my 2 neck through builds went WAY faster than the acoustic or the set neck build i did. i also scalloped my V, i dunno if anyones given you any suggestions on setting the depth of your scallop, but i used the dremel router setup to do a strip down the middle of each fret, then used rat tail files and sandpaper wrapped around dowels to get final shaping done, did the final shaping after i fretted it.

i'm batman! nice axe, i dig.

only thing i personally would have done different on this build is pickup covers, those pickups look so odd to me. otherwise, another amazing mike sherman creation.

man this thing looks great. i love the paint, and i love the reverse headstock, it works so well with the Rhoads V body.

ahh i missed that picture, and you're right, it does only go to the bridge pickup... looks like a regular 25.5" scale neck....

the reason i ask is, though its hard to tell cause the shot isn't straight on, in the first picture, it looks like the distance from the nut to the 12th fret is shorter than the distance from the 12th fret to the bridge... maybe its just the angle messing with me, but thats what i see when i look at that picture...

where'd you find a 27" scale tele neck?

did you make the neck?

wow, almost identical to my first build... looks good, though i'm not really sure what a whamola is

i have a spokeshave on the way, got one on ebay just to mess around with, can't wait to try it out.

cool build, 2 of my favorite things together, 7 strings, and V's.

small compressor? i have a porter cable 6hp 20g 135psi compressor, i figure itd keep up, though i don't how how it rates when it comes to CFM... For the small guitar woro it shouldn't be a big deal, but I had in mind painting a few body parts and motorcycles, so I wanted to match the CFMs as close as possible. This is my compressor. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=prod...&lpage=none nice. funny enough, i'd also likely wind up painting car parts, or possibly my car, with it.

wow! nice build! love the wiring too, looks very pro!

where?