daemon barbeque
Banned
What should I say Tim! This design is just kickin' my balls everytime I see it. If the build quality do justice, you might have a perfect instrument there. I would like to play it
My 2nd Guitar build... Fanned Fret 8 string
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halsinden
it's a british thing
in fairness, tim, i think the least we could do is arrange that whenever you use this, you have at least 5 of us from the forum also playing it at the same time. dealing with the limelight on your own for having such a nice looking mega-banjo can be extremely taxing.
we're here for you, man.
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we're here for you, man.
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phaeded0ut
droooooneeeeeeeee!
Serious LOLz!
its love like this that makes me adore this forum
Have to admit that I'm not into pointy instruments, but what you're planning is very pretty looking. Looking forward to seeing more pictures as get bits of it finished up.
Pauly
Not so local lefty
See, I was thinking less of an actual horn and more just a curve/angle that implies one without actually being a traditional horn. I didn't think the massing needed much of a change and I liked the extreme assymmetry, so it was more of a little mod than a whole horn.
guitarplayerone
Well-Known Member
love the design
but i feel like the body should be a bit bigger and/or wider. With 8 strings on that it will look like a deliberately 'small' body imo
but i feel like the body should be a bit bigger and/or wider. With 8 strings on that it will look like a deliberately 'small' body imo
Pauly
Not so local lefty
Too add, I think that first curve on what would be the lower horn area is too straight (although the bevel isn't) and I'd like a bit more commitment lol, either curving one way (ala an allusion to a horn) or something more like that picture of the bass.
damigu
stay tuned
my traben bass has a smaller body than is typical for a 5 string and it actually looks particularly cool, i think. it's a subtly different look that really works. i actually prefer it to a "normal" sized 5 string.
rto666
Well-Known Member
Its kind of weird but it looks cool! Samaller body/more strings! I based on a death kelly on my custom 7 and I shorten the body a little bit, and I love it..!
UPDATE: (Not really)
So i still have no money to get this beast underway which is LAAAME! BUT i have changed what im goin to do slightly... Mostly woods
I will still be using swamp ash or alder for the base body wood, but i will have a Flamed maple veneer ontop of it (trans black for the met0lz
) Then the top will now be spalted maple.
All black hardware.
And the fingerboard will now be Ziricote I might put a TF (like in my avatar) inlay at 12th fret but not sure if i will or what with... altho i really wanna use abalone on something but not sure if itd fit in or stick out like a sore thumb.
But yes, this thing is still waiting to be started BUT WILL HAPPEN!
im going to do a really crappy photoshop mockup attempt so people can understand what i mean about the wood tops for the body.
My photoshop skillz are shit so itl look shit tho
So i still have no money to get this beast underway which is LAAAME! BUT i have changed what im goin to do slightly... Mostly woods
I will still be using swamp ash or alder for the base body wood, but i will have a Flamed maple veneer ontop of it (trans black for the met0lz
) Then the top will now be spalted maple.All black hardware.
And the fingerboard will now be Ziricote
I might put a TF (like in my avatar) inlay at 12th fret but not sure if i will or what with... altho i really wanna use abalone on something but not sure if itd fit in or stick out like a sore thumb.But yes, this thing is still waiting to be started BUT WILL HAPPEN!
im going to do a really crappy photoshop mockup attempt so people can understand what i mean about the wood tops for the body.
My photoshop skillz are shit so itl look shit tho
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
I will still be using swamp ash or alder for the base body wood, but i will have a Flamed maple veneer ontop of it (trans black for the met0lz
Wait, so you'll have an ash/alder body, flamed maple veneer, and the spalt on top of that?
Or do you mean the top will be a spalted flamed maple veneer? Cuz I didn't think spalted maple could be stained.
It can...just a bitch to do...its like a sponge
Erik Hauri
Lumber -> Guitars
Toner coats are a much better approach to putting a transparent color over spalted maple - you seal, clear and level so you have a smooth clear coat over the spalt, then shoot dyed finish over that, then clear over that. Way more uniform result than directly staining the wood.
^^^ if i was dying the spalt, thats what i would be doing but the spalt isnt being dyed.
Here are some crappy mockups of what i mean.
altho, now seeing it infront of me, im not 100% convinced but the spalt... seemed nicer in my head.
My first idea what this which seems to fit a bit better:
I like green alot ... what do you guys think?
I really wanna use an exotic wood for the fingerboard like Ziricote or maybe cocobolo. But want it all to fit together and not seem randomly placed on the guitar
Here are some crappy mockups of what i mean.
altho, now seeing it infront of me, im not 100% convinced but the spalt... seemed nicer in my head.
My first idea what this which seems to fit a bit better:
I like green alot ... what do you guys think?
I really wanna use an exotic wood for the fingerboard like Ziricote or maybe cocobolo. But want it all to fit together and not seem randomly placed on the guitar
synrgy
Ya ya ya I am Lorde
This is just my personal taste, but I think spalted tops = sex.
...actually...
I do like the spalt version with the black edges... With an ebony board tho so it blends nicly. matching headstock (black flamed maple edge and spalt maple top)
And a maple inlay at 12th fret!
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I do like the spalt version with the black edges... With an ebony board tho so it blends nicly. matching headstock (black flamed maple edge and spalt maple top)
And a maple inlay at 12th fret!
? Erik Hauri
Lumber -> Guitars
When I'm dying the wood directly I use waterbased dyes, and then I wipe on rather than spraying. I feel like I have more control over the evenness of the color, and I'd rather not have to clean up the gun to get all the color out unless I absolutely have to (like for the toner coats mentioned above).
I would not dye spalted wood directly, because the punky parts will absorb more than the firm parts.
metallidude3
Well-Known Member
yes!
maple and ebony are probably my favorite combo but im kinda diggin that spalt top... looks sick w the black bevels
