Thread: ...new homebrew electric guitar in Hadish Black .....

Beautiful as always mate!!
Where do you get all your timber from?

Nice one! I DO like HADISH black

Tas Oak Top, QLD Maple body, Rosewood FB(??hard to tell), and the neck???? Whoa.....2 tone neck looks unlike anything I have seen before!!! Do tell .

3.6kgs is an excellent outcome with these timbers/build style.

Good job R3R.

Jon

nice one man

thank u ma frens!!

floody: believe it or not ...all timbers used in this guitar was purchased locally to me in Perth

jon: great guesses....top is mountain ash/tassie oak...the back is actually DURIAN !! from da big B and the neck is African Blackwood no-truss-rod ...no finish but buffed/polished to glassy finish......

the african blackwood neck is something special and this is 2nd i made...
it has half inch heel ...and one ear ...the torchlight at the headstock...which is gonna be ma signature ...from now on heheh

this one i added extra artistry (i think ) cos i wanted TWO torch lights in da dark...both going opposite directions ...was lucky in gettin it close to wht i wanted(the lil strip down the bass side of the neck)

and anything under 8 lbs in this sort of style is lucky indeed heh...i was pleased...
and yes HADISH black is way awesome!!!

andrewb...cheers!

the transition from light to dark in the neck an marker dots is awesome!

how thick is it? looks beefy

hows it gonna go in Drop A# when i get my hands on it?

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

the transition from light to dark in the neck an marker dots is awesome!

how thick is it? looks beefy

hows it gonna go in Drop A# when i get my hands on it?

cheers!

the neck thickness is around 22 mm at 12th and around 20 mm at 1st...i would call it slimm-ish...not particularly beefy

the heel goes all the way up to 38mm


the body is 48 mm at full thickness



and err....u can keep yer greasy lil mits away bucko!!!

not too bad aye, good stuff

Originally Posted by R3R

and err....u can keep yer greasy lil mits away bucko!!!

mean

hehe

i should have added tht the durian wood is around 1/3rd lighter in weight relative to honduras mahogany ...but looks and acts tonally similar ...a great wood for guitar bodies imo


it is also a WHOLE LOT CHEAPER

Originally Posted by R3R

hehe

i should have added tht the durian wood is around 1/3rd lighter in weight relative to honduras mahogany ...but looks and acts tonally similar ...a great wood for guitar bodies imo


it is also a WHOLE LOT CHEAPER

And u say it came from Big B????? I will have to see that to believe it...How much did they charge for it?

Originally Posted by floody_85

And u say it came from Big B????? I will have to see that to believe it...How much did they charge for it?

yup

i got my durian timber from the local big B

from memory it was about 1/3rd cheaper than the tassie oak and a bit more relative to the jarrah aisle

it is unmistakably lightweight and iirc the big B calls it DAR

Kinda looks like the Bunnies variety Meranti?

It's certainly come up nice!

Originally Posted by stevemc32

Kinda looks like the Bunnies variety Meranti?

It's certainly come up nice!

u r not wrong there

but the local big B did call it specifically 'durian'

cheers steve

(the finish on body -top and back- is a couple coats of wipe on poly ...it does require grain filling like typical mahogany but i have come to terms with non grain filled finish ...

which this guitar body exhibits...

no grain fillin on mountain ash side either, ...though it does require it for super smooth finish)

Nice work there Runner. The neck looks a treat and the body is very tasty.

Originally Posted by mannym

Nice work there Runner. The neck looks a treat and the body is very tasty.

cheers mannym

i wish i could teleport da guitar through the internet (like an email) so tht others can get a feel of the neck



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