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i dunno if this will get deleted or not, but this is the only forum i belong to, so i figured i would try to show a build thats a bit different. i know there are plenty of craftsman on here who would appreciate this.
The plan is for a neck thru one off electric solidbody, built for mainly metal guitar playing. ive done a few, including a guitar for tony from JFAC.
Ill start with building the neck, which i will do a 5 piece laminate of hardrock/purpleheart/curly maple. the hardrock maple is salvaged from a local school that was torn down. they were handrails, which are extremely straight, and just need to be planed a bit. the center section is some nicely figured maple i found at home depot. believe it or not, sometimes if you dig, you can find a piece or two like this.
the body will be mahogany and maple. here is what i have to start with.
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Make-a-Wake
09-02-2012, 05:29 PM
I'm a Guitarist and Bassist, got a pretty sweet collection myself................and those are VERY nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks! wish i had some better pics of the older ones… but at the time my camera was terrible, and theyve gone to new homes since. whatcha got?
Make-a-Wake
09-02-2012, 06:06 PM
To name some classics, a 1976 Alvarez acoustic and a 1984 Gretsch Solidbody "Commitee" Bass...............and then an assortment of acoustics(Bass too) and a couple electrics. Made a few myself too out of bits and pieces, I'll post pics later.
chief3452
09-02-2012, 06:20 PM
I've been playing guitar for 34 years and have always thought making one would be a cool project. I must admit, making a neck is way beyond my skill level though. Lately, I have been considering one of the Grizzly tele kits with an upgrade to a genuine Fender neck. Thanks for showing your build, looking forward to following your progress.
JrValente
09-02-2012, 06:39 PM
Absolutely beautiful work! From someone that has worked with wood for about 20 years that is stunning work! Wish I could play guitar. I am a huge fan of it, just never had the time to go and learn to play.
Thanks jr -)
Chief, look at some of the warmoth stuff,their necks are extremely nice quality.
RIPFENCE
09-04-2012, 08:53 PM
subscribing...nice work!!!!!! makes assembling boats look really elementary in a sense
Thanks rip...metal for life!
detox
09-05-2012, 10:12 AM
I have a friend that just built a cigar box guitar. It has 3 strings, fretless, and smoke detector pickup (Radio Shack). Lots of video on youtube about these simple, but verynice sounding homemade guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9m7TzlJj-o&feature=related
That's kinda cool... A friend of my sons, father made one, but I've never actually played it. It actually sounds decent....
Looks pretty easy too
You can hear the green strat pictured above here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1TkSFJznRY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Solo at 2:20
detox
09-05-2012, 10:41 AM
That sounded nice, chaotic, and complicated. Did you make that guitar?
Ya dood. It's the green one with red knob in the pic above.
Alfa Spirit
09-05-2012, 01:20 PM
I don' t like so much BCRich, Dean, .... style guitars. I have 3 guitars, 1957 French jazz guitar, an €piphone with P90 pickups and my favorite is my Gibson SG Standard Ltd Edition full stock year 2000
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I don' t like so much BCRich, Dean, .... style guitars. I have 3 guitars, 1957 French jazz guitar, an €piphone with P90 pickups and my favorite is my Gibson SG Standard Ltd Edition full stock year 2000
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Well then my guitars wouldn't suit you, but they play and sound awesome. Different strokes for different folks man. I am not a fan of Gibson or epiphone really. Theyre machined pieces, mine are hand carved necks and bodies, and the routing and machining is done by hand too... They have their own personalities.
siberianhusky
09-06-2012, 08:10 AM
Nice build! Currently rebuilding a Neopolitain Bent top mandolin from the late 1800's. Quite the piece, real tortoise shell pickguard, mother of pearl butterfly inlay..
I'm with you on the Gibsons, unless it's a pre '72 acoustic, my studio acoustic is an old J-45. Inherited a early 70's SG that just a dust collecting decoration.
Current main electric is an 83 american standard strat body with a custom Birdseye/spalted maple neck loaded with a set of real 1963 pickups, not the reissues, real ones!
The neck for that one was a barter deal with a guy who has worked for Furlinetto for about 20 years. Pre CBS headstock, brazillian rosewood board.
On stage I generally play about 700$ guitars, lol playing in bars it makes no difference to sound, as long as it plays nice and has good sustain I don't care what the headstock says. Too many guitars get stolen for me to risk it anymore, had a really nice strat swiped in Whistler about 20 years ago!
LOL you should hear our hillbilly cover of Number of the Beast, Upright bass, guitar and I play lead on Mandolin! Actually most of our stuff has some pretty strange arrangements, washboard percussion for jazz standards?
Going back into the studio this weekend, after I get some stuff back I'll post a couple tunes.
http://www.baertracs.ca/bio.html
This is who is doing our recording, LOL also our bass player. Great guy!
LOL kinda hard to miss when you have somebody in your band with that history and the number of contacts he has.
Plus he also has 3 huskies! Actually it was the huskies that did the introduction! I had mine at a pub and he showed up with his at the same pub! The rest was history.
Kind of place I live in, you find out the drunk guy wanting to get on stage and do a tune is Ron Sexsmith, Neil Young shows up after hours at your favorite guitar shop, you run into Ronnie Hawkins at the beer store. You find out the place next to where you're working is owned by Alana Miles. You meet Shania Twain visiting her horse at the leahey farm.........
Small sh*t hole town that is loaded full of musical talent!
Alfa Spirit
09-06-2012, 09:23 AM
Your 70's SG was build during Norlin area, not the best Gibson....
siberianhusky
09-06-2012, 12:08 PM
I've played a real flying v owned by a buddy of mine (not a reissue, was in his shop one day when he turned down 100k US for it!), a pile of ES's, real gold top les pauls, les paul Jr's, customs, standards and studio and don't like any of them for electric guitars!
The newer they are the worse they are! At least the old ones were hand built, not like the CAM based crap the have been turning out for about 20 years. Some might claim some hand assembly but 95% of the guitar is a basic off the line machine made guitar that might have a nice top and hand rubbed paint job. Still just a parts bin guitar. Same as Fender, even their "custom shop" stuff is just selected parts bin stuff. Nobody is hand carving the necks and bodies. Both companies are relying on the name to sell mid grade guitars at inflated prices. At least you can get an American strat for well under a grand.
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2011/07/20/eds-music-to-close
This is the guy who owned the V, that day in august I was in there when Neil bought the martin!
he has closed his shop but still deals vintage stuff, he has a world class Gretsch collection you wouldn't believe!
The V might still be in Capsule Music in Toronto, he loaned it to them for a while.
I've played a lot of high end very rare stuff I could never afford in a million years, Never met a Gibson electric I liked enough to buy. They are nowhere near what the old acoustics and mandolins are.
The only reason I play a Strat is they are cheap, play well and I can play everything from metal to country on the same guitar. And I can repair anything that breaks including a neck in about half an hour. Built for the stage and road!
Every Gibson I've played is a one trick pony, you get that Les Paul sound (or whatever) and nothing else. Not going to spend that kind of money to sound like Slash or Angus young! The whole reason I never play that SG (Aside from the fact it is uncomfortable, heavy and the knobs have a *!***!***!***!**ty layout)
Want a real guitar check out these http://duesenberg.de Good chance one of the hollow bodies will be my next guitar.
Siberian, I agree with you 100%. You've nailed it. Although there are still some luthiers out there who are still carving necks by hand like myself, and more notably Neil Moser,who has his own line of guitars now, but designed and built for bc rich and some others over his years. He still carves every neck by hand. Very cool. They just feel better. Gibsons don't stay in tune well due to their inferior, yet unchanged, abr-1 bridge. You would think they would have made a change, but no. Just silly if you ask me.
Siberian, feel free to post pics of you axes man.guitar and Rc boats are my two favorite pastimes
Alfa Spirit
09-06-2012, 12:53 PM
siberianhusky. you are a Strat guy. Dues' are great guitars and they have very good sounding pickups. I played a vintage Gretsch, if I remamber it was a Duo Jet, awesome guitar
What' s wrong with this one? http://www.gretschguitars.org/gretsch-duo-jet-1964-double-cutaway-not-reissue/
siberianhusky
09-06-2012, 02:15 PM
Like the old gretsches, not big on the double cut away models but I wouldn't turn one down. A buddy of mine Yves has a nice old Country Gentleman.
I'm not a strat guy, just a guitar player who demands versatilty and quite a few styles of guitar don't offer that. I think both Gibson and Fender have gone downhill badly since the early 70's or before that.
Gretsch since the were bought by Fender are not the guitars they once were. I'm not a fan of anything post CBS. With the exception of the original tele deluxe. The reissue custom shop ones blow!
Basically for me it has to pretty much be pre 1970 or built by a luthier. Pre 70 is mostly a collector thing as they will appreciate in value.
I'm even worse when it comes to amps, I must have dragged 15 home before I found one I liked, that doesn't include the number I played in store and didn't bother with.
I didn't even buy the first Traynor GuitarMate I brought home. For about a week I had a Mesa Boogie that almost made the cut, then got a call about another Traynor, ended up with that one then retubed it with about a grand worth of vintage Mullards.
Can't describe it, kinda sounds like fender and marshall had a baby that got the best of both sounds.
Tons of good old amps out there, some made by some odd companies. If you ever get a chance try playing through a mid 50's supro, hopefully with a better speaker. 5 watts of pure tone! SOme of them were sold under the SIlvertone label through Simpson Sears in the 50's and 60's.
Alfa Spirit
09-06-2012, 05:03 PM
I like the Gibson SG, SG Standard and SG Custom, this guitar is light, sound incredible, easy neck for me and what a beauty!! Very good vibrations. I played some SG Custom different feeling with ebony fretboard, Classic '57 HB s sound is magic! I' m very satisfied with my Gibson SG Standard Ltd Edition (2000), if I have to buy a new solid body it will be an Ivory SG Custom
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Alfa Spirit
09-06-2012, 05:35 PM
Yes, Sg was a Les Paul during 2 years 1961 and 1962
indeed. again, different stroke for different folks. its funny, alot of people think just because a guitar is custom, that everyone is gonna like it. couldnt be further from the truth… i know what i like, and share that with many others. then there are plenty of guys who dont like my stuff, and opt for guitars i dont care for. all a matter of taste )
Make-a-Wake
09-06-2012, 07:29 PM
Les paul hated the SG.
Dont tell Angus young and Tony Iommi that.......................... they made that guitar scream............and it made them alot of $$
Some guy named Clapton used one in Cream starting in 1967
Make-a-Wake
09-06-2012, 07:34 PM
This is some neat info...........
The SG has a thinner body than the Les Paul, and is much lighter as a result. However, owing to the body's light weight, the SG is infamous for being "neck heavy". The lighter, thinner, one layer body means the SG, unlike the Les Paul, is particularly applicable for harmonic feedback playing techniques. The SG's neck profile is typically shallower than that of the Les Paul, though this varies between production years and individual guitars. The SG also lacks the carved maple top and body binding of the Les Paul. Unlike the Les Paul's neck, which joins the body at the 16th fret, the SG's neck joins the body at the 19th fret, which allows easier access to higher frets. Despite the differences in body design, both models share similar electronics and controls. In terms of sound, the SG is often described as having more "bite" than a Les Paul, but lacking in low end.
made some progress today. got the handrails planed down, got the mahogany planed down to sandwich between all the maple. heres a few pics. ill glue with gorilla glue tomorrow
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Dont tell Angus young and Tony Iommi that.......................... they made that guitar scream............and it made them alot of $$
Some guy named Clapton used one in Cream starting in 1967
angus makes it scream for sure…
tony iommi is just a terrible guitar player imo.
clapton is also great
i was able to get the wood glued up today. wet the wood, then a generous amount of gorilla glue and used a crappy brush to smear it around, then clamp. you can see the glue foaming up and coming out the seams. this is how it should look.
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heres how the neck looks all planed down and ready to start routing for truss rod and other stuff. also a paper template i made for the body idea.
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sundog
10-04-2012, 11:29 AM
Another guitarist/bassist here. Sure is an interesting thread, Dana, I'll be watching with much interest. :popcorn2: Do you do the fretwork yourself? My current go-to axe is a 2006 Ravenwest 6 string bass. Walnut/maple neck-through. I've since disable the preamp - I'd always forget to unplug the cord, thus went through a sh*tload of 9v battieries. I just boil my strings every now and then to brighten the sound back up. Has a beautiful sound in passive mode - crunchy and growly, or smooth like pudding and all in-between. I'm an Ampeg man, but lately I've been using a vintage Eden combo for smaller venues. Nice, clean BIG sound, and easy to transport.
The old boiling strings trick lol. Bass strings are expensive!!!! I'm getting ready to order up some wood for the fretboard, yes everything is hand done. Including frets.... Glad to see more interest in my build thanks.
P.s. I'm trying to come up with headstock design, but I haven't had any luck. It's tough!!! Ideas??
egneg
10-04-2012, 11:49 AM
The old boiling strings trick lol. Bass strings are expensive!!!! I'm getting ready to order up some wood for the fretboard, yes everything is hand done. Including frets.... Glad to see more interest in my build thanks.
P.s. I'm trying to come up with headstock design, but I haven't had any luck. It's tough!!! Ideas??
I know it's a acoustic guitar but I have always liked the look of the Ovation.
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Well, tonight I ordered ebony for fretboard, and some curly maple for the top of the body. Got a two way truss rod and some pearl for inlays.
back at it today. i cut the fretboard and trimmed to size, 1 11/16 nut width. also routed for two way truss rod
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ok ive been busy with it. got fretboard mostly finished, mahogany sides, and curly maple top. rought cut neck and glued ears on headstock then rough shaped.
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srislash
10-22-2012, 10:20 PM
Mad skills Dana,Mad skills
Darin Jordan
10-22-2012, 10:22 PM
Mad skills Dana,Mad skills
We are not worthy! What a fun project!
Thanks Shaun and darrin!. Appreciate the interest -)
srislash
10-23-2012, 09:07 AM
Thanks Shaun and darrin!. Appreciate the interest -)
All the close buddies when I was younger were in bands so I still like to remember the wild times (hehe) and still love my music.A couple of them friends made it.
I hear ya man. Music is my first love... Any of your friends I might recognize Shaun?
srislash
10-23-2012, 10:19 AM
Well from the old,old crowd Ray&Brian from Trooper(I try to see them at least once a year),there was some shenanagens with Chad from Nickleback(too big for old friends now,I didn't even see him when I worked on his house),Neil from 5440 is a good guy and I still see Duane from Default around now and again.I used to host alot of pig roasts and such so it made for a good jam.
Well from the old,old crowd Ray&Brian from Trooper(I try to see them at least once a year),there was some shenanagens with Chad from Nickleback(too big for old friends now,I didn't even see him when I worked on his house),Neil from 5440 is a good guy and I still see Duane from Default around now and again.I used to host alot of pig roasts and such so it made for a good jam.
Right on man. Yes I def recognize some of those names.... Pig roasts are great aren't they? Rock on brutha
tlandauer
10-24-2012, 12:04 PM
That is talent! Looking at all these fabulous photos just reaffirms my belief that one has to be a true artist inorder to make an instrument.
Man, I wish I have some knowledge how a cello is made, alas, i don't, and may be it is a good thing that I don't... lol
Building a boat is much easier than building a guitar lol
tlandauer
10-24-2012, 09:07 PM
I know, and I think I should be in depression since I can barely build a boat! :roflol:
Lol naw dude gotta start somewhere
more. got the top on, frets done the old fashion way, and neck hand shaped. pics
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srislash
10-29-2012, 11:11 PM
That is so wicked,you'll have to get vid of it running.
Absolutely Shawn.... \m/ M \m/
sundog
10-29-2012, 11:46 PM
Dana, do you use a template to get the fret spacing, or is there a formula? And how do you radius the fretboard? I've wondered about these things in the past. What an informative post - I'm thoroughly impressed. Good looking job, Dewd!
tlandauer
10-30-2012, 02:42 AM
Dana, this is simply buautiful! Love it!
Dana, do you use a template to get the fret spacing, or is there a formula? And how do you radius the fretboard? I've wondered about these things in the past. What an informative post - I'm thoroughly impressed. Good looking job, Dewd!
My first guitars I just measured using a known scale of measurments. I've since bought a template that makes it easier. As far as radius, I also bought a sanding block with 12 degree radius machined into it, being that I like 12 the best. Another way would be to sand it in manually and constantly check with a radius gauge, which I also purchased, but in the beginning I would just make paper radius gauges by using a 12 inch string pinned at one point and a pencil at the other. A giant compass basically, then draw the line and cut it. There's the radius. Thanks again guys!
well its just about ready for paint. i routed the body cavity, did some shaping with hand files and laminated carbon fiber onto the headstock. just a final sand, then time to start the dye8853088531885328853388534
tlandauer
11-13-2012, 10:43 PM
This is so unbelieveably beautiful! I have so much admiration and respect for the workmanship and knowledge you have! Loving it!
Hey dude thanks for the interest -) much appreciated bro
egneg
11-14-2012, 07:35 AM
CF on the headstock is a great idea.
Thanks man. Something a little different, and gotta love the strenth it adds
back at it today. got it all sanded down to 220 grit paper, then applied the first coat of green dye. here it is 8855688557885588855988560
detox
11-14-2012, 06:28 PM
That maple is purdy. What clear is most durable?
In the past I've used several different urethane clears, but for this one I'm going with a nitrocellulose lacquer. Seems like the nitro is very durable, just takes much longer to cure
srislash
11-14-2012, 07:18 PM
Looks good Dana,nice job.
ive got the color done and now im onto clearcoats of nitrocellulose. ill do 8-10 topcoats on top of the 4 tinted color coats ive done already. got my logo onto the headstock as well
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detox
11-18-2012, 07:01 PM
I like the Green tiger maple next to the dark rosewood...very nice work. I hope it sounds just as wicked as it looks.
Thanks bro, it's actually ebony fretboard. Should sound killer. I process the crap outta it anyways ,so the pickup will determine the sound more so. Thinking emg 81 18v or Gus g Seymour's.
tlandauer
11-18-2012, 09:09 PM
Every step looks fab! :rockon2: I am enjoying and learning something meaningful here, thanks for this thread!
What is the interval you need for the nitrocellulose to cure?
Every step looks fab! :rockon2: I am enjoying and learning something meaningful here, thanks for this thread!
What is the interval you need for the nitrocellulose to cure?
thanks bro. the nitrocellulose is put on 2-3 coats per day, 1-2 hours apart. the nice thing about nitro is you dont need to sand between coats or even after the next day, just spray. after i get all my coats on, i will sand it level, and apply a final coat thinned about 50/50 then wait about two weeks to sand with 1000 and 1500 grit paper, let that sit for couple of days, then buff to a nice high gloss shine.
tlandauer
11-18-2012, 09:54 PM
Thanks!
Sorry Dana, I really don't mean to spoil this wonderful thread but I am just too curious: What do you use to thin it? Also when you mentioned "spray", you mean that you are using a professional sprayer, right? They don't come in a can. lol... You see, I wanted to know what I canuse to safely remove rosin and gunk on my cello's varnish, they used to sell xylene ( Goof Off), but that stuff is banned and the current product smells like pure acetone to me now. ( acetone is a no-no, in this case) I can't use alcohol, it will take away the varnish. Wonder Turpentine is good?
I apologize for drifting off topic once more!
Oh dude you aren't spoiling it man. Yes I use hvlp gun and thin with lacquer thinner of course. Yes you can get nitro in a can, but I don't need to luckily. Spraycan paint is thinned so much to make it spray able, it becomes very costly to get the same film build.
The first thing you should use is water. Most of your dirt is from your hands, and what are humans mainly consisted of? Water. Use water to clean water. Also naphtha is a great cleaner or even lighter fluid. Test spot first tho
tlandauer
11-18-2012, 10:12 PM
Oh dude you aren't spoiling it man. Yes I use hvlp gun and thin with lacquer thinner of course. Yes you can get nitro in a can, but I don't need to luckily. Spraycan paint is thinned so much to make it spray able, it becomes very costly to get the same film build.
The first thing you should use is water. Most of your dirt is from your hands, and what are humans mainly consisted of? Water. Use water to clean water. Also naphtha is a great cleaner or even lighter fluid. Test spot first tho
Thanks Man! yeah, water is good, but i will def look into naphtha tho.
siberianhusky
11-19-2012, 06:02 PM
Looks sweet! Was just at The Guitar Boutique drooling over Dusenburgs. Ordered up a 3 position switch for a my Strat, back to '63 spec, don't like the phased position sounds and they don't suit what I play anyway.
I'll ask my bass player what he uses to clean the rosin off, not sure he does more than wipe it with a micro fiber cloth.
If it's a real varnish you don't want to use turpentine or anything like that, it will dissolve a real non urethane varnish. I have a 110+ year old mandolin I just put the top back on, no idea what I can use to touch up that finish.
Gotta love a real thin nitro finish, especially after 30 or 40 years of use.
Do you use a sanding sealer or just shoot a coat of thinned nitro to seal the grain?
Also was looking at the specs on some new TV Jones pickups, going in a hot rod rockabilly tele style thing. Going to be a real frankentele, left handed post CBS maple neck, gold Bigsby and tune o matic bridge with a pair or TV Jones Filter Trons. Going to have to route the top to lower the bridge and tremolo.
Thinking chambered mahogany body (already have 2 blanks) with a maple top. Black stain on the top.
Probably use a 3 position gibson style switch and a standard volume/tone setup with a treble bleed on the volume. No pick guard, all access through the back, gold pickup bezels of course.
Picked up enough padouk a while back to make half a dozen fingerboards, be great for a bass not so sure about a guitar. Also scored some mahogany neck blanks thick enough to do a mortise and tenon joint.
I need to take some pictures some time, I never do, not even of my boats! Just not much of a picture guy.
I just used 50/50 nitro thinned mixture to seal the grain. 3 coats, then went to color coats. Now I'm blasting clear coats on.
detox
11-27-2012, 10:32 AM
Sometimes it takes awhile to get the paint perfect. I would imagine guitars are like painting hydros. Lots of corners create lots of overspray. Sanding and Buffing is a must if you want that mirror finsh.
Indeed. A guitar is quite a bit tougher than a boat. Wood sucks paint into the grain, and there's no room for error here. Not to mention its lacquer.... Takes more coats and only 2-3 per day. Almost finished tho
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Here it is with lacquer done. Now just needs to be sanded and buffed. Almost there
tlandauer
12-01-2012, 04:56 PM
That looks really good, :rockon2: of course from seeing these photos from day one I expected as such, none the less, I just admire the whole deal.
Thanks man, it's been a long process in paint. I'll have it finished by the new year then I'll make a video of me hacking up some riffs. Cheers!
tlandauer
12-01-2012, 05:03 PM
Thanks man, it's been a long process in paint. I'll have it finished by the new year then I'll make a video of me hacking up some riffs. Cheers!
Sounds good! can't wait!
Cheers!
srislash
12-01-2012, 09:23 PM
Thanks man, it's been a long process in paint. I'll have it finished by the new year then I'll make a video of me hacking up some riffs. Cheers!:popcorn2::popcorn2::rockon2:
Started buffing a little bit to see how buffs. Took me a couple of days wet sanding with soft block, some 800, then 1200 grit. Pays off so far...8970489705
tlandauer
12-06-2012, 01:43 PM
Looks good, patience is a virtue.
I really can't wait to see the finished instrument.
I just found this thread and I say ,,Hell ya,DANA ,,Hell ya,,This make's me want to throw in my old //kill them all// CD and jam,whats the price on one of your bad a$$ Guitas bud,,I really like that one:w00t:
Thanks man.... The guitars run in the range of 1500-2500 bux depending on what I do.... Like cars, they're not all the same
Very nice dana ,Alittle over my price range but well worth the money bud , My hat's off to you, and your skill's, :rockon2:
If anyone still gives a *!***!***!***!** about this, I *!***!***!***!**ed it up and burned thru in a small spot so I had to reclear the whole *!***!***!***!**ing thing today. Lacquer is a bitch. Giant step back. Being a perfectionist suxs.
The sad part is, I could have just gone to guitar center and bought a brand new shiny guitar for less than it cost me to do all this work. Sometimesiwonderwhyievenbother
srislash
12-13-2012, 09:50 PM
The sad part is, I could have just gone to guitar center and bought a brand new shiny guitar for less than it cost me to do all this work. SometimesiwonderwhyievenbotherThat sux Dana. But if you must know,building it is for personal satisfaction and simply knowing that YOU CAN!!!
And I feel for you,you wanna know how many times I have cleared one of my paint jobs just to have some colour wrinkle:doh: Do-over time.:doh:
tlandauer
12-13-2012, 10:14 PM
The sad part is, I could have just gone to guitar center and bought a brand new shiny guitar for less than it cost me to do all this work. Sometimesiwonderwhyievenbother
You choose not to, because you can do a job that is a whole world better! I know how you feel, although I can't make anything in this league, when it comes to my own playing, even for a live -performance, the slightest flaw would make me upset for days!
Your guitar has been admired here very much! It will be beautiful when you finally finish it!:rockon2:
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