Thread: Recent build

mmm tasty
whats the body finished in??

Hi,

Welcome to the forum. Definitely an improvement I think. Would love to see some of your other builds.

Peter

It was finished in Tru oil, which I found out is great to use. It built up to a sheen really quickly but Niff wanted it to be a matt finish so when it was completely dry we used 50% nitro over teh top. I wasnt sure of teh compatabilty of the 2 so we tested on scraps we had applied finishes to earlier and they worked fine together.

Here are a few of my other builds, not all but some. I dont have an y pics of my earlier ones, pre digital camera Im afraid.

Luke

Very nice , Nekul.
The V looks great as does the RG. Sometimes simplicity in the body department really makes something special, and such is the case with the RG.

Good builds.

You're a member of PG as well aren't you, Nekul ?
The name sounds oddly familiar


cheers, Stu

That is impressive, building a guitar in 3 days.

What are you working on now?

Hi Nekul,

ahhhh 3 days for a body, set up etc, that makes for about 2 per week, thats a lot of posting you're going to be up for.........

Seriously, looking good. The V has caught my 9yo's eye,

Sebastiaan

THanks for all the positive comments. Like I said, I started years ago but havent had much time the last few years to get done everything I want.

Oz Tradie, I totally agree about simplicity of design. I built a Jem once and not only was it a pain to make it was a pain to finish. I felt compelled to put every bell and whistle on it and it did my head in. I am really liking simple, clean designs and getting away from 80s paint jobs (although I still have a few of those I want to try). And yes, Im on PG, as Nekul. Dont post much though.

As for Sebastiaan's comments re posting, my wife and I just had our first baby. There is no chance Im getting that much done. In fact, more likely there will be only 1 more before holidays finish.

Which brings me to Scally's question about what Im doing now. I have about 5 more of these bodies rough cut in silky oak. Unfortunately the timber is not the prettiest, it has a few imperfections Im not happy about but you cant complain about free timber too much, right?

I also have one of these bodies stained red and cleared with a 25" neck/bound ebony fretboard and 25 frets. I am just finishing the back of the neck. It has a Schaller, SD JB and Hot rails and one volume/pickup selector knob. Its pretty simple but I dont particularly like the finish so I am thinking about scrapping it and just doing another body similar to the Ibanez one in my first post. Once I get this design down I have a nice piece of Zebrano for a body.

But, after seeing all the timbers you guys use I think Ill be sticking to Aussie timbers from now on.

But, after seeing all the timbers you guys use I think Ill be sticking to Aussie timbers from now on.

Way to go!. Congrats on the baby

Sebastiaan

good looking instruments here, like the look of that v alot

Yeah, the Vee is a lot of fun. I didnt make the neck on that one though. It was an Ebay job. My wife needed to get me a birthday present a few years ago and I couldnt think of anything so I got that neck. Its not bad but like all those necks it needed dressing badly.