Thread: Challenging the challenged

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

heres my new pile......


lol naa just joking

Aussie is having internet troubles, so he asked if i could throw up a pic of his pile untill he gets back online......
(dont know why he cant just wait... lazy b*atch.... lol)



so yea that Aussies pile (of crap)

and he offered to send me a nice rosewood fingerboard for my troubles...
Thanks Aussie

lol

Hey THANKS Andrew for keeping me in my own game,,, all good now though.
Ive gotten a shiney new PC and am having a hell of a time trying to reinstall everything,,, bugger. Its amazing how many links ya lose when ya PC goes belly up.
Maybe fates way of saying i need a clean up?
Anyway, thanks mate, i can send you some of that rosewood, but its total crap for fretboards.

Originally Posted by AussieOzBorn

Maybe fates way of saying i need a clean up?

yes i can smell you from here

Originally Posted by AussieOzBorn

Anyway, thanks mate, i can send you some of that rosewood, but its total crap for fretboards.

send me the ebony if you want




OHH OHH!!!!!!!!!!!
i spot some cheating!!!!!!!! looks like aussie already did his truss rod slot and started roughing out the neck..... cheater!!!! :P

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

OHH OHH!!!!!!!!!!!
i spot some cheating!!!!!!!! looks like aussie already did his truss rod slot and started roughing out the neck..... cheater!!!! :P

If I join in this crazy exercise you will see heaps of cheating. I'm thinking of dragging out the V body that we started ages back and got wrong, and salvaging that. I have necks, pups and other bits lying around ... but there's a few parts I'll need order.

So I might tag along to make up the numbers ... and I'm more than happy for you to deduct points for all the cheating.

The challenge part for me will be the finish ... I have a couple of ideas that I'm keen to try out there.

I'll see what I have and maybe take some pics tomorrow.

If I join in this crazy exercise you will see heaps of cheating. I'm thinking of dragging out the V body that we started ages back and got wrong, and salvaging that. I have necks, pups and other bits lying around ... but there's a few parts I'll need order.

Now there's a thought,Ive got a half wrecked strat clone in the boys room......

I think Aussies orginal point was to see creative ways of building and creative solutions to the "play Smoke on the Water at 3:00am to annoy the neighbours" problem.

As for me, Ive changed my mind and am going to carve two spoons

Originally Posted by dadovfor

If I join in this crazy exercise you will see heaps of cheating. I'm thinking of dragging out the V body that we started ages back and got wrong, and salvaging that. I have necks, pups and other bits lying around ... but there's a few parts I'll need order.

oooooo dads doing a V.... we already went through the V stage dad..... get with the program

but thats ok.... we could do with seeing a pink V

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

Now there's a thought,Ive got a half wrecked strat clone in the boys room......

As for me, Ive changed my mind and am going to carve two spoons

a strat re construction could be fun .....
but the spoons could be fun to watch you play too... hahahaha

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

oooooo dads doing a V.... we already went through the V stage dad..... get with the program
but thats ok.... we could do with seeing a pink V

Hey!!! Who told you it was going to be pink?!?

Well now that you've ruined the surprise, I may as well not bother!!

awwwww

i just thought about your personality and pink seemed to suite

lol

It's actually going to be for my daughter. The first guitar I made for her (fairly standard strat shape) I was going to do pink but she told me her favourite colour was blue ... so sky/aqua blue it was ... a bit like this

This time round I was thinking of pink as a starting point with a bit of interesting stuff added in

So no smart guy, it's got nothing to do with my personality !!!!!!

Having said that ... I've just noticed that the shirt I'm currently wearing happens to have vertical pink stripes

HAHAHA so this is wat i miss out on while im at work...well i havent been at work since 1:30.... Pink would really go with your eyes dad

So did we decide if people can start late? I really wanna join this but still have a few more parts to get

we have heard the daughter, pink, change mind to, blue, story before old man

lol


black with pink bevels...
vertical bevels to match your shirt? hahaha



yea floody start late... who cares....

its gonna be a very long, dragged out 2 months hahaha (how many motnhs is the contest meant to be? i dont even remember lol)


hey floody....
iv been playing my ibanez all day... and had my first real attempt at finger tapping....
needless to say i suck quite bad at the moment LOL

help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Lemee see, there are about 10 posts a day going on this thread, that means 600 to go...

Seriously, Floody join in the fun. I cant wait for the jam session when we are finished. May I recommend;

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs"]YouTube - Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower Live! Isle Of Wight[/ame]

haha andy finger tapping is a bitch!!
I can sort of do it on my rg but not my other guitars...Ya gotta have the right action otherwise it just sounds like mud!!!
Ive been playing my ex lately..its got the lowest quickest action ever!!!!

Im happy to join.. I been researching neck building all arvo and trying to find where to get my fret slotting done lol

anyone got any references for necks? ( andy old pal???)

lol yea my ibanez needs a set up (over haul)

lol.... the action is pretty high... needs a fret level i guess...
those jumbos have worn away over the years....
but im so scared to get it leveled or refretted because ITS MY BABY!!! and i dont want some nitwit wrecking my beautiful maple board
i think trust is the issue here...

what do you mean by neck references?

send me the ex thanks

i was busy doing this the last 2 days
my second baby....
a rusty one at that.....






the A saddle had a grub screw rusted in it... so i had to get it out with pliers....
so its no good...
and i need another one! lol

where the hell do i get a single black saddle height adjustment screw to fit?????
or a set of them.....
the springs are rusted too... so i wouldnt mind replacing all the birdge screws and spriings lol.....

anyone would think i play guitar for an under water circus band

man thats such a nice looking strat!
I try to do setups on mine every 6 months...(usually once a year but lol)

Ill go take pics of my babys and post them in my thread lol

I meant any links or pics or files you might have to help with building a neck..

Gilet do slotting for $22....but if ya want custom scales or frets, its an extra $50
I think ill go with them... Ill prob go with a 27" scale and 27 frets