Thanks for your advices man! But i have only the black stain, i just make il like this : much of black stain, sanding, black again, sanding, stain with some water, and thats all, made a scrap, worked very well =) Anyway, home sweet home, whole family! =D (and a little d-activator) Damn...
Hello guys! thanx for yours comments! I must wait 1 month now for finish the thig, cause of my least university's project, then I will be architect I hope lol I will put some water based black tint on the top for pop up waves (i will leave the natural binding on it, just love this thing! =D) and...
Thanks very much people =) Munch : good luck for the top binding, you can do it! =) BlackMastodon : yeah it's the epoxy bi-component, like araldite whatever, really usefull everywhere and rock solid too =) but it's not precise at all it's just two big holes, epoxy flow out on the whatever...
so I could work just this morning... less wood for the neck, side dots, repared chips on the fretboard, everything is good, tomorrow I wanna finish the neck
Thanx man! some little reparations and works for today : some epoxy + ebony to the fretboard chips and unwanted holes, also i glued up the head maple and made a hole in it for the truss rod access =) More bigger works on the neck tomorrow (hope i could make some shaping)
Hello guys! Pikka Bird : Thanx man! It says made in france by alexander combarelle =D It's just the hottest tap water, liberal amounts, yes, i cant tell you exactly how much, just enough to wet the wood Munch : I bend it just for see if it can bends when the glue applied, so i make this, wait...
Thanx for your comment! The result is better in his way, but this is a professional and i'm just an amateur =) He put some water before binding the wood too
Thanx man, both tops are 7mm thick so it's still quite thin, I think you can make it with like 1cm thick tops but not shure about it, think it's possible! =) Firsly you must make it slowly like 3 steps of 15 minutes between each, on the both tops i bended i just put some hot water on it and heat...
Thank you! =) Actually he plays a cheap LTD SC207, I just brought my second handmade 6-string to him, he said that he loved the look of it and he wanna the same but 7 strings, ebony fretboard and black see-thru finish on the top... Esp horizon is the other guy's. Now he have ltd sc607... This...
Hello guys! I'm new here =) Just decided to show you my actual 7-string project for the guitarist of Weaksaw, french metal band. SO here we go! This will be ibanez/dinky inspired flattop solidbody, cuban mahogany for the body with flamed maple top and plain maple neck with ebony fingerboard...