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    my favorite carve to do is definitely this by far. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0528.jpg this is basically the same thing but deeper.
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    It's not cedar actually, It's spanish cedar which is basically a species of mahogany.. I've used golden age humbuckers 3 times before, they sound great, and they are good value.
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    What'd you do to rust the hardware? Is it just old, or did you go through some process?
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    Definitely with a spoke shave or a rasp. If your inexperienced with spoke shaves use rasps, any one is capable of rasping.
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    pictures of the hardware, the Spanish cedar for the fretboard inlays, the possible fretboard I'll be using, and the scarf joint. Fretboard http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0773.jpg Hardware Scarf Spanish Cedar inlay material http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0772.jpg
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    ahh okay, definitely agree with that. I think I'll go with a small white pickguard (i'll cut black and white out and see what looks best.)
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    ^ That was my plan actually. I'm not going to do the standard SG routes so that I have the option of choosing no pickguard at the end. This is a hard choice. I think it would look a little bland without a pickguard, but with a pickguard I'd be covering up wood.
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    Thanks for the tips, I glued the blanks together and ordered all of the parts. I ordered nickel parts because I like the look with the spanish cedar top. I'm still debating on weather or not i should use a pickguard, I kind of want to show off the wood.
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    neck lams not glued together yet. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st.../Picture001.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st.../Picture003.jpg shape routed and sanded.
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    To seal the deal on the SG shape I cut it out (I don't think I mentioned on this forum I was considering making it a LP.)
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    heh thats pretty funny. I think I joined this site like midway through my first build if I remember correctly. Thats a pretty good deal I'm definitely gonna order that. I've never really seen tru oil besides in pictures on this site, how does it feel?
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    ahh okay, I used a waterbased poly before from target coatings. I didn't really get as good of results as i did with acrylic lacquer so I switched back.
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    thanks for the tip, who's the manufacturer of the tru oil you buy and what is the site?
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    thanks, Ive been collecting wood recently so i had t ofind something to use it on. I have tons more exactly like it. I just did this today. Also I have a question, is the one pic per post rule gone, I've seen a lot of threads recently with more than one pic per post. If it's not gone ill edit this post.
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    What exactly is ktm9 and where can i get it, and read about it? Thats a pretty good idea to for the side dots, I think I'm gonna do something similar but with white plastic dust that ill sand down from pickguard blank scrap.
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    I got bored of not having any builds going on so I decided to start on an SG. I'm pretty much building a standard SG with a curly spanish cedar top curly maple back and a walnut pinstripe in the middle to contrast the two and to add a cool effect with the bevels. It's gonna have a set neck (first time I'm gonna be doing a set neck) and rosewood fingerboard. This one is gonna be a righty (second righty I'll have built.) It's definitely gonna have a true oil finish because 1) lI like the look of tru oil. 2) I want an oil finish to show off the grain 3) I want to try something new. bonus) Its not gonna be as hard to apply as lacquer. I most likely will be selling this thing when it's finished on ebay or to someone locally. Anyway here are some pics of the woods. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSC00384.jpg
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    I always make templates for everything I route. They make your work look clean and professional, and prevent you from making routing errors. http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0338.jpg http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r191/st...17/DSCN0341.jpg
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    This is a pretty cool project. I wanna do something like this one of these days to make one of my first guitars a better player.
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    Well, I guess I'll just give this a shot for once... My entry is a semi-hollow body firebird with a curly cherry top and poplar back. The neck is zebrawood with a firebird inlay on the 12th fret. This was just a project I did for fun in about a 2 week span when I had a broken arm. I cant really think of a nickname for it unfortunately .
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    no idea about the name, but i really like the paint! di you build the body yourself or is that the bc rich body??
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    masking tape has worked great for me, i do use that reinforced tape on the horns though (I believe its under the masking tape on this picture so its not visible.)
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    he probably bid like 10 or 20 bucks on it just for the heck of it and thought that he'd definitely be outbid but ended up not being outbid
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    I really like this! I think you did a great job on it for your first build.
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    I don't think I've commented on this build on UG, but I love it! I love the rosewood, I hope to one day do something like this (if I have enough rosewood)
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    I LOVE the look of spanish cedar. Recently I was at the lumber yard and I saw a piece of curly spanish cedar, I bought 2 boards of it (all they had) and decided to make tops and other things with it. It's pretty much exactly like mahogany. Here it is can't wait to use it.
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