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8th August 2010, 04:24 PM #1Apprentice
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....new homebrew electric guitar....Styx
body: Australian Mountain Ash - figured and one-piece - wipe/on poly
neck: all African Blackwood -no truss rod - 24.7" scale (LP) ; ZERO fretboard radius (flat) ...no finish but polished ...
p/u: Pearly Gates (bridge), Dimarzio Cool Rails (neck)
SSfrets
weight: 7 lbs 7 ozsLooking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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8th August 2010, 04:49 PM #2Intermediate Member
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Wow, she's a beauty!
Sound samples?
Mountain Ash? Where did you get it?
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8th August 2010, 04:52 PM #3Intermediate Member
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For that matter, no truss rod? Is blackwood strong enough?
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8th August 2010, 06:23 PM #4Apprentice
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cheers student
sounds samples might be a possibility in the future if the opportunity arises...
i got the mountain ash a looong time ago ...prob around early to mid 90's ...it came from Victoria
yes indeed...NO truss rod...no steel/metal/carbon fiber reinforcement of any kind and definitely no artificial finsh on neck surface
African Blackwood is the strongest and more importantly ...inert (impervious to atmospheric/seasonal variation) ....of all rosewoods imo
this is my 8th homebrew with necks without truss rod
the first one i built was last August...and it was cocobolo (also a very strong rosewood) which was a longer scale length to boot
it has not deviated one iota from wht it was when first built (i use strings gauge 10's tuned to standard pitch) ....the same goes for all my homebrews with necks without truss rodLooking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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8th August 2010, 09:04 PM #5
beautiful man, your pumping out some awesome stuff...
i also love that headstock, looks heaps better on the double cut
is this one mine?
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8th August 2010, 09:10 PM #6Apprentice
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8th August 2010, 10:05 PM #7New Member
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I like it. great idea, simplistic approch with a great look & as for the flat board, another great idea. well done. wouldnt walk past that on a hook, love the natural finish, is it a black stain sanded ? You say that no8 keen to know what your asking price is ?
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8th August 2010, 10:22 PM #8Member
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8th August 2010, 11:48 PM #9Apprentice
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8th August 2010, 11:49 PM #10Apprentice
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9th August 2010, 02:13 PM #11Member
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???....if what happened to me happened on a guitar with no truss rod.....how would I adjust it??
A guitar I had that always had strings on it and therefore tension on the neck, had the strings taken off and it was left that way for about a month, after re-stringing, the neck was out, I guess the neck 'relaxed' a little having no tension on it for so long, or maybe it was that it was during summer and the heat helped the process, not sure. But anyway...if it hadn't had a truss rod to adjust and therefore pull it back into line, so to speak, what would I have done???
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9th August 2010, 02:15 PM #12Apprentice
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i wish u well in yer addressing of yer problems
which u prob would not have if yer guitar neck was entirely made of AFRICAN BLACKWOOD
http://www.arkive.org/african-blackw...ylon/info.html
http://www.allbusiness.com/furniture.../506142-1.html
http://www.guitarbench.com/2008/10/3...wood-database/
Physical properties
The heartwood is dark brown to purplish black and sharply demarcated from the yellowish white sapwood. It has a straight grain, and very fine texture with an oily surface.It has a high tolerance to climate fluctuations.
It has a Janka rating of around 3500 and a specific gravity of 1.8. It contains quinonoid constituents which may be the cause of an allergic contact dermatitis in woodworkers exposed to African Blackwood.
btw...maple janka rating ~1500Looking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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9th August 2010, 03:13 PM #13Intermediate Member
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I wouldn't be surprised if you could make bullets out of it...
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9th August 2010, 03:36 PM #14Apprentice
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dunno bout bullets
but there is this....
Woodall's Custom Workshop
African Blackwood can probably be considered the king of Nunchaku wood considering that it also is absolutely black (with a hint of purple grain beneath the surface), weighs a heavy 22.5 oz (80% heavier that Black Walnut) and has an absolute glass-like surface.Looking for
1. fiddleback mulga - 1" thick, 3"wide, 26" long
PM if you have for sale!
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9th August 2010, 05:22 PM #15GOLD MEMBER
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Another beauty R3R. Man u pump them out quick and great quality. Keep it up man
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