Thread: ....new homebrew electric guitar....Styx

Wow, she's a beauty!
Sound samples?
Mountain Ash? Where did you get it?

For that matter, no truss rod? Is blackwood strong enough?

Originally Posted by Student

Wow, she's a beauty!
Sound samples?
Mountain Ash? Where did you get it?

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

Originally Posted by Student

For that matter, no truss rod? Is blackwood strong enough?

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 rod

beautiful man, your pumping out some awesome stuff...

i also love that headstock, looks heaps better on the double cut

is this one mine?

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

beautiful man, your pumping out some awesome stuff...

i also love that headstock, looks heaps better on the double cut

is this one mine?

cheers Andrew B

tryin to keep busy .....i have been attempting to keep myself out of trouble ....





with little success ...


...and no ....

...not this one....

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 ?

Originally Posted by R3R

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 ozs

No truss rod???....what about neck adjustments if and when needed????

Originally Posted by GhostGuitarist

No truss rod???....what about neck adjustments if and when needed????

yup ...no truss rod

no adjustments needed

Originally Posted by Tim C

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 ?

cheers Tim C

it is Hadish black stained ...for the body only

nothing on neck watsoever



...no askin price as all my homebrews are for personal pleasure....

Originally Posted by R3R

yup ...no truss rod

no adjustments needed

???....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???

Originally Posted by GhostGuitarist

???....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???

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 ~1500

I wouldn't be surprised if you could make bullets out of it...

Originally Posted by Student

I wouldn't be surprised if you could make bullets out of it...

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.

Another beauty R3R. Man u pump them out quick and great quality. Keep it up man