Thread: Challenging the challenged

Heres what ive been over the last 2 days.
I did take more pics, but they are still on my mobile,,, cause I didnt have the proper camera handy.
Started on the binding and its looking pretty good. All I have to do now is fill in the channel with pearl. Thats more time consuming than it sounds,,,, bugger.



I have been thinking about adding some sort of design in pearl too, but just not sure what. I was thinking about a "part" pentagram comming off the arm rest area,,, or inside the scratchplate.
I'll see what happens when i get to that. Nothings decided yet.



Oh and no ones noticed just how sloped my bridge was on the design.
Maybe the fretboard might give you a better idea?



So thats what ive been up to so far. Might have to fill in that binding channel tomorrow.
And I do hate the smell of pearl while cutting it. Blahhhhhh
Or i might just cut the fret board out and slot it. I think I have a pretty cool idea for the dot markers too,, so im keen on doing that some time soon.

i still reckon you should have slimmed out the body

did you measure out the fanfrets like i told you?
and did you finish reading the literature i sent you in regards to it?

i got my magnets from frenergy dude....
i am looking for alnico bar magnets.... but i thought i would screw around wth the polepiece magnets and see if i could get it to sound any good....

ooh multiscale!! nice one. So when is the finish date for this challenge?

lol

yea we never did decide on a finish date did we?

oh well....

all my projects are on hold till i get some $$


and my triton got wet today

i HATE random downpours!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

i still reckon you should have slimmed out the body

did you measure out the fanfrets like i told you?
and did you finish reading the literature i sent you in regards to it?

Oh you are a pedantic tart Andrew.
I like a little resonance to my solid bodies thanks, thinning down New Guinea Rosewood would just kill that off.

Did I measure them like you told me to?,,,,,as you are well aware,,,,no!
Did I finish reading the litrature you sent,,,,,,, no! I'm winging it.
And besides, the neck is gonna be a bolt on, so no real drama if I f*%k something up.
Oh and ill be setting the intonation before I glue the bridge down.

Hey im about to order my trussrod. Getting a martin style electric rod from als
They have two sizes. 460mm and 440mm. My scale is 25.5" so do i get the 460mm?

Originally Posted by floody_85

ooh multiscale!! nice one. So when is the finish date for this challenge?

Well, I wanted it to be a month, but everyone got pissy about that so we made it 2 months.
Being that it started at the first of this month, that would mean it will finish on the 30 or 31st of June.
Thats why ive been really slow at it,,,and decided to add a bit of pearl,,,,, plenty of time.

Originally Posted by floody_85

Hey im about to order my trussrod. Getting a martin style electric rod from als
They have two sizes. 460mm and 440mm. My scale is 25.5" so do i get the 460mm?

If its for an electric neck, get the long one,,,, 46cm

Well, I didnt really do much today. Or at least it doesnt look like it.
I leveled off the back of the body, cleaned up the neck, thought about shaping the fretboard (but didnt), then I went on to do a tiny bit of pearl inlaying.



Doesnt look too flash just yet, but should come up pretty good when cleaned up.

Originally Posted by AussieOzBorn

Oh you are a pedantic tart Andrew.
I like a little resonance to my solid bodies thanks, thinning down New Guinea Rosewood would just kill that off.

Did I measure them like you told me to?,,,,,as you are well aware,,,,no!
Did I finish reading the litrature you sent,,,,,,, no! I'm winging it.
And besides, the neck is gonna be a bolt on, so no real drama if I f*%k something up.
Oh and ill be setting the intonation before I glue the bridge down.

lol idiot!

oh well, you will learn your lesson i guess

hmm maybe i should do a fanfret just to annoy you

thats an idea actually thats one i can cut decently by hand lol

hmmm i shall have a think about this....

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

lol idiot!

oh well, you will learn your lesson i guess

hmm maybe i should do a fanfret just to annoy you

thats an idea actually thats one i can cut decently by hand lol

hmmm i shall have a think about this....

Finally, I get someone to try new things
Now I just have to try and subliminally evoke some originality.
Your still a pedantic tart though



Oh I do like these smileys.

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

oh yea....

whats the go with wax potting?

Well the imprtant thing is to make sure youre wearing waxproof underpants when you jump in the pot.

Originally Posted by AussieOzBorn

If you don't mind me asking Oz what's the story behind the Terminator style left leg? It kinda looks nice alongside the Terminator style fan bracing

in his spare time he is bionical man