Thread: recent progress- post yours

yeah, i just went silent when it happened. it happened as the drill bit clipped the edge of the bench as it came out the other side. i just stood there for a while, just waiting. somehow i didnt get too worried/ stressed about it. now that ive sanded it you cant even tell it happened. the open grained wenge doesnt show cracks very well.

that body shape looks great oz tradie, i like the rounded butt and nicely proportioned horns. interested to see what it looks like with a neck. what are you capping it with? is that headstock for the guitar body were looking at?

Some progress from Stu

Here is a quick mock-up drawing of a project to be started:



The drawing is modified from a 59 gibson V, changed the wings a bit and shrunk the headstock size.

So far the timbers gathered: Mahogany body wings, Vic Ash, Jarrah, Vic Ash neck through. Unfortunately my single cut is on hold, few mistakes that I'm unhappy with

Never mind the other neck, thats another project.

just sawa yours etheral, you must have posted while i was writing mine up. those look great. love those single cuts. the shape of that v looks nice rgm, whats wrong with the singlecut?

Thanks black_labb,

The main reason the single cut is on hold is because my mate is over seas for a few months and hasn't contacted me to tell me what headstock design, pickups, finish, fretboard material, size frets etc... (obviously it's a guitar I'm building for him, he's paying for hardware as the wood is old mahogany i got for free).

The mistakes are very minor, such as a little tear out and a few little dents here and there, nothing i can't fix..i just hate mistakes!

Jeez RG, thanks for rummaging through my photobucket pics and pulling out a few favourites for me. I guess I asked for it.
BTW. This officially makes you a pic-pocket (thieving bastard)

Nice V man. Good to see natives getting a try out too.
The best way to evaluate which timbers work and which don't is to
build with them, so I'll look forward to your thoughts on the through neck
once you complete it.
I've got a through neck in the works too, but you wouldn't know about that one, due to the fact you couldn't find any pics of it in my account !!!!

cheers, Stu

???? guys!! There is some seriously nice stuff coming out!.
EtherealGuitars: Nice Qld maple double cutaway, I noticed there Is not a pickup selector on that axe. Whats the configuration?. Please post post some pics from your other builds!.

Stu, Good to see some new pics, even if you didn't post them.


Deano

Stu, Good to see some new pics, even if you didn't post them.

There's nothing in my photobucket stuff that hasn't been posted somewhere or other
RG's good for a laugh

And Deano. Now you're without a current build in progress, what's next?

This one hot onto the clamps ( 10 mins. ago)
This will go with on the chambered blackwood body.






cheers, Stu

that is some really nice looking sheoak (i think its sheoak, i may be mixed up with names).

i cant believe how many great looking guitars are coming out of the woodwork.





couldnt resist that one

ive just test strung up the bass after making the nut (it does need 2 of the slots deeper, but im having too much fun playng the bass without any electronics atm) its feeling great. that crack is holding up perfectly, i was going to tune it and used the tuner because i thought id see what it felt like when tuned to the right tuning, but i didnt know that the tuner plays the octave above (ie guitar frequency), which is fine when tuning in most cases. i however knew i was most likely off. i started winding the tuners to get to that note, and then thought i would check to see what a guitars frequency was, as this sounded very close to guitar frequencies. i didnt quite get to the guitars E but i was probably half way there, so i know that the crack is going to be perfectly fine. the bass is nice and loud with some nice sustain without the electronics. very happy with its sound (but thats not going to stop me from fitting electronics)

And Deano. Now you're without a current build in progress, what's next?

Stu, I have about 5 planned. Been making jigs, also with chambered body's. Slowly gathering timber, some flamed and quilted maple coming from the states, got 25mm caps coming from tassie (burled, and fiddleback) and fretboards from woop woop.. I'm all over the place!!. But 4 out of 5 of these builds will be all Aussie timbers.
Also trying to fill the workshop with tools.

dean

Correctimundo black_labb , lace she-oak it is. Another generous carvetop too.

Well done with the repair and more so, the whole build
If it sounds great without amplification, you're kicking goals.

Deano, seems someone's in a buying frenzy !!!!!
Good to see you're trying to fill up every second of spare time.
What are the shape variations?

l


cheers, Stu

Looks like I'll have to get some photo's done tonight then. Everyones posting away, it's looking great. Good stuff for the enthusiams anyway.

I am slowly drawing up and gathering timber for my first 'real' project at the moment, but while that is happening, I've decided to finish something I started 10 years ago.

It's a Fender Jazzmaster type body in Vic Ash, which I have hand carved with a rasp, so its almost like a carved top, except its carved top and back. I was 15 when I did this, and not wise to things like scaled length, so back then I had installed a Gotoh stop tail and bridge which wans't really suitable, and about an inch too far from the nut anyway. I've pull that out now, and will plug the holes and install a basic trem. I also have to re-route the neck pocket (it was done a little dodgy, but I am confident it can be recovered). I have a 70's Suzuki neck (from a Supersonic model or something like that). It's an amazingly nice neck, so I might as well use it. I also have a humbucker from a '77 Ibanez Les Paul copy which I'll put in it, and an EMG Select single coil somewhere that I might throw in as well. It's already routed for it anyway.

I'll try and put some pix up tonight.

Thanks for the positive comments folks and sorry for double posting this! I think because I signed up and posted on the one night, I couldn't see my posts???? Anyway, I can see them now!

Dean, the double cutaway QLD Maple build has a PRS style 5 Way Rotary switch and a Volume and Tone switch (3 all up). The 5 way allows split coil options on both neck and bridge buckers. I love the options it produces and don't mind the rotary dial selection method....you can achieve the same options though with a 3 way toggle and push/pull pots on the volume and tone as I understand it....in fact my new builds will trial out these methods.

Will post more pics when I get the chance next

Originally Posted by oz tradie

Jeez RG, thanks for rummaging through my photobucket pics and pulling out a few favourites for me. I guess I asked for it.
BTW. This officially makes you a pic-pocket (thieving bastard)

Ask an ye shall receive, i guess

Originally Posted by oz tradie

Nice V man. Good to see natives getting a try out too.
The best way to evaluate which timbers work and which don't is to
build with them, so I'll look forward to your thoughts on the through neck
once you complete it.
I've got a through neck in the works too, but you wouldn't know about that one, due to the fact you couldn't find any pics of it in my account !!!!

Yeah, I'm slowly introducing the good ol' natives (the timber kind...) into the woodworks, i have also been gathering a lot of natives for other fully aussie timbers builds (figured QLD Maple, Blackwood, Vic Ash, desert acacia's for the fretboard etc...just waiting to put them to use)

The V should see the last of my mahogany/any foreign tone wood.

Hmmmm...i will find those pictures Stu...even if i have to fly to Victoria and take them myself!

Cheers!