Been listening to a lot of 90s to 2010ish thrash and doom, and it reminded me of how cool dudes like Peter Steele looked with those ESP Forest basses (although Pete's main axes were an Esh and a Washburn). Also bass riffs in general have just been standing out a lot in my recent listening...
I feel bad for bouncing between projects on various threads, so I hope in the future to keep it more simple here.
Currently going through the unfinished projects in the garage, and making some good progress on a few at a time.
Here are the main ones that I hope to get done with my side time in...
Ok, officially not "starting" this build until I've left my crappy work environment (early May), but I did have the boards lying around already, so Saturday night I started whipping the rough shape together.
What's decided so far:
Elongated single cut style, 24(+) frets
Multiscale 28"-26.5"...
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a16758876/chemical-treated-super-wood-steel/
Imagine building guitars from this stuff. I've read a bunch of articles on the topic, although all of them date back to February 2018, and since then there has been no new info on the process or if...
I know they aren't very popular. Thinking about building an 8-string LP-esque guitar.
I saw you can order a bridge + tailpiece from ABM for ~277USD --too much money. Also they don't come with studs.
Anyone know of cheap alternatives?
Sorry in advance for the word dump, if you scroll down there is a TL;DR and pics. Soon my bro's V will be done. I was hoping to finish it this last weekend, but I couldn't get access to it in storage (a friend is storing it for me but he was attending a funeral). Moving to Woodstock put a major...
Let's have a thread (mostly video tutorials if possible!) of life hacks that make our lives easier.
Two I'm pretty excited about so far:
I've already verified I can get good results with this, as my band saw is too small to do resawing in general. Super handy method.
And then this one...
Pics first:
Big mail delay happened on this one, but got it safe and sound. $225 was a steal of a deal for it though.
As you can see from the family pic, I already have a black guitar, so this one is getting a blue fabric top. With dragons!
I may switch out the neck pickup...
But it's really expensive. I'm curious if anyone who has tried it would say it's worth the cost (or not!).
On the Padalka thread, I saw a side-by-side comparison of Tru-Oil, Mineral Oil, and bare wood.
In my own experience, tung and linseed oil tints wood a bit darker, whereas I know Tru-Oil...
Just picked up a used rg8 for the cost of its pickups. Decided to go with a fabric top on this one. What do you guys think?
Currently I'm leaning toward the phoenix feather pattern.
The guitar, currently in the mail. Oh and likely I am keeping the black hardware. Duncan Sentient/Pegasus set...
I have a friend very sentimentally attached to this old Washburn guitar and he would like me to 'make it better'. His budget is not very big, probably can't spare more than a few hundred dollars, so I think we may need a vote to see what the popular choice would be.
A few notes, the guitar is...
I'm a fan of bolt-necks, but more often find myself taking the option of a set or thru neck construction because the heel can be almost non-existent. I have noticed that some builders, i.e. Ken Parker and Ulrich Teuffel, can build a bolt neck joint that is radiused allllll the way down the neck...
Pic dump to follow but words first:
So my little bro has been asking about this V design since I started a little project almost three years ago. Originally, there were two of these 'Valkyrie' V's that I was building as sisters: i.e. the same boards went into both guitars. Well they've been...
I get a little OCD when ordering a guitar online, just wondering if any other e-tailer stores post the same kind of details as Sweetwater does.
I see a lot of stores on eBay post detailed photos, but what about the weight? I like to have my guitars on the light side.
I recently had an...
Are there any dark-colored woods native to the USA, other than Walnut and Ironwood?
That's my question, here's the explanation. My little bro has been creeping on sevenstring and wants me to build him a guitar with three colors of wood--a whitish one, which we settled on maple already; a...
I'm looking to buy a large hand plane. Specifically a long length, 'smoothing' plane, for molding fretboard radiuses and squaring up joinery.
Does anyone have a sizeable collection of hand planes, who could impart some wisdom? My budget would be up to the $200-$250 range.
Many thanks!
SO, I have been working towards a total custom build, at this point it's probably still a year off from being actually done, but I have the design and the woods I plan to use ready to go. Behold the butter-wood!
This is the neck/body grain up close. Actually it looks a bit pale in this...
My little boy just turned 1 a month ago, and I've been shopping around for a mini guitar he could learn on. Most of the results I've turned up are disappointing, so I decided to just build one.
My goal is to do this on the cheap--at his current age he seems to be more into drums :rolleyes: ...
I have envied this two-step drill bit from afar for some time now:
http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Tools_for_Tuner_Installation/1-step_Peghole_Drill_Bit.html
But always thought it was STUPID expensive for only serving a select few tuner types. Has anyone seen a set of 2-step...
So I grew up loving the sound that made Peavey famous. Think of the classic Peavey amps, such as the 5150, and XXX (mudflap amp). As I became more tech-savvy I realized this particular sound mostly had to do with the power section being composed of 6L6 tubes. If you can get ahold of one of these...