Members larryguitar Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Or the 'Why I Can't Play Worth a Damn' thread. If I spend as long playing as I do making dust, I'd be....well, I'd still suck....but I might be better. A little. Specs- 25 1/2" scale, 24 fret Set neck Ash body (two piece from one board) Hard maple neck (scarf and heel block from same piece as neck) Pau Ferro fingerboard Brass dot fingerboard inlays Long tenon (a bit shorter than it could have been, ultimately; I was contemplating routing for a P90 in the neck) Thinking of a simple gun oil on the neck and either tung or shellac on the body. It's never going to travel, so I can go for 'feel' rather than protection. Pix- Rough Routing Test fitting neck After Neck Set I'm hoping the ash/maple combo gets a bright, sort of 'ringing' tone with a nice medium hot humbucker in the bridge. I'm going for a nice, 80's superstrat rock sound; any pickup suggestions would be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajcoholic Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 :thu::thu::thu::thu: Looking good! Ash and maple will sound awesome! I would get a set of pickups from Brian - just been playing the "smoke stacks" I got about 6 weeks ago... they sound great but I wanted to play them a while before I made up my mind. Nail the 70's rock tone. If you want hotter (you did say 80's?) just get him to overwind them some more.. I love watching a bunch of wood come together to make a guitar. Awesome! AJC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Cool for the thread, man!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted April 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 :thu: :thu: :thu: :thu: Looking good! Ash and maple will sound awesome! I would get a set of pickups from Brian - just been playing the "smoke stacks" I got about 6 weeks ago... they sound great but I wanted to play them a while before I made up my mind. Nail the 70's rock tone. If you want hotter (you did say 80's?) just get him to overwind them some more.. I love watching a bunch of wood come together to make a guitar. Awesome! AJC Wow, AJ, from you that's very, very cool. Thanks! I'd like to get a set from BG-gotta' check with the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklechutz Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 that Fretboard is BEEEUUUUTEEEFULLL!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted April 22, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 that Fretboard is BEEEUUUUTEEEFULLL!!!!! The wood for that fretboard cost me...wait for it... $8. And thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 That's looking awesome Larry! I love the fretboard markers - so tiny! Also - do you plan on shaving down the countour of that neck further or is it pretty much done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Yeah that fretboard is badass! Love that wall o windows too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members washburndean Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Good job so far. I really like how it went from really rough to really clean looking. Can't wait to see the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oryan Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 great thread! For 80's rock, I'd throw in a Dimarzio Super Distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Oh man, you're making me want to drop everything and get into my shop to start building! That is going to be one very nice guitar! Nice work so far. Keep us posted. Did you slot and radius the fretboard yourself? (it looks almost flat) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members atrox Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 amazing as always. Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 So far...looking gorgeous! Maybe a SD Custom Custom in the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Looks great so far! Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Very cool! I want to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Sweet, looking great so far! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EMG_GUY Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 wow great workmanship so far. Subscribed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nevermind Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 outstanding work Very well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members go cat go Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 awesome build!!! Goreous work and gorgeous wood!!!! For a hot 80's tone check out the SD JB. Think Warren DiMartini's tone on Lay it Down. His Charvel's were ash too if I remember correctly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqA55ynPoU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zerkalo Posted April 23, 2008 Members Share Posted April 23, 2008 Very nice, Lawrence. Looks like a PRS, me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted April 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 24, 2008 Thanks for the kind comments. I did the fretboard myself. It's a 16" radius; I'm starting to enjoy flatter fretboards, I think. Now that I have a system set up to do them (it's homemade, but pretty cool, IMHO) it takes me about twenty minutes for a board. Not my favorite part of the process, but it lets you choose the wood you'll use, rather than being limited to what you can buy pre-slotted and radiused. Hoping to get some more done tonight, if work ever lets up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted April 24, 2008 Members Share Posted April 24, 2008 Looking great so far! Man, I love build threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zerkalo Posted April 24, 2008 Members Share Posted April 24, 2008 How does the Pau Ferro compare to Rosewood? Is it less porous? Does it compare to Ebony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larryguitar Posted April 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 25, 2008 How does the Pau Ferro compare to Rosewood? Is it less porous? Does it compare to Ebony? Pau Ferro is sold locally to me as 'Bolivian Rosewood', but it's not a true rosewood (IOW, it's not in the Dalbergia family.) The stuff I've seen is a bit harder and closer grained than most of the rosewood (generally Indian) that's available. It feels just a bit slicker, like ebony does, and it's a dream to finish and fret. I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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