New Skervesen Astilla 8str building process :)

[krismaciejewski]

Hey guys. I am quite new to the forums and this is my first thread, but i hope you will enjoy it

A while a go i ordered my first 8string guitar from Skervesen. First idea was to order SWAN model, but just so it happened i bought 7string SWAN frol Lothar, fellow forum member. So after seeing this picture

i decided to go with Astilla, Skervesens headles design

Basic specs were

Ash body
Rosewood/Ebony neck
Aftermath pickups

Since i always loved buckeye burl wood on guitars i started looking for nice piece and eventually bought this

To be continued....

 

[schwiz]

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[krismaciejewski]

Pics aren't working

Fixed

 

[Daf57]

Looks like a cool project! Subbed for updates!

 

[krismaciejewski]

So here is 2 pieces of ash chambered...

 

[krismaciejewski]

And here we have all 3 layers glued together.

Originally Astilla suppose to have just ash body with buckey burl top, but good people at Skervesen figured it out that buckeye is not hard and strong enough to hold ABM bridge saddles. So they made a decision to put extra layer of bubbinga between ash and buckeye. All thumbs up from me I have that done in my SWAN and it looks and sounds awesome.

 

[krismaciejewski]

Not much interest there i see
Well, i will continue anyway.

So here is already shaped (not completely) body.
Front:

And back:

 

[TIBrent]

Not feeling that half-a-head-stock, but besides that, it really is stunning. Amazing build, materials & design!

 

[krismaciejewski]

Not feeling that half-a-head-stock, but besides that, it really is stunning. Amazing build, materials & design!

I actually dig the mini headstock. First i like to hang my guitars on the wall
Second it gives me that stop for my hand so it doesn't run out of the neck.
And third it gives me a bit of balance in the design. I could have had it Strandberg style but i'm not big fan of no headstock at all. But i totally understand it is a matter of personal taste

 

[Maggai]

Looks fantastic! Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[Dommak89]

I'm not to fond on headless guitars, but this one really looks nice. And I love the wood!

 

[Robrecht]

Finally, another Astilla! My favourite Skervesen shape. It'll look amazing with that wood.

 

[krismaciejewski]

Here you can see something new for Astilla. When i found out that in my axe there will be one more layer of wood (bubbinga) i asked guys at Skervesen if they could cut a bit edges of the body to make them a bit slanted and show up all the layers (like in my SKervesen Swan). No problemo they said so we got something like that:

 

[XxJoshxX]

Im diggin the half headstock thing!

 

[MF_Kitten]

Only thing I dislike about this design is the huge angled cutout on the butt end of the instrument. It's not really needed, and it doesn't work with my taste. But as a whole, these things look badass. Good call on the beveled edges too, it really made the guitar look way more badass!

 

[Pikka Bird]

Only thing I dislike about this design is the huge angled cutout on the butt end of the instrument. It's not really needed, and it doesn't work with my taste. But as a whole, these things look badass. Good call on the beveled edges too, it really made the guitar look way more badass!

+1 on all counts!

 

[krismaciejewski]

Only thing I dislike about this design is the huge angled cutout on the butt end of the instrument. It's not really needed, and it doesn't work with my taste. But as a whole, these things look badass. Good call on the beveled edges too, it really made the guitar look way more badass!

Well it kinda is needed. If you look at it shape of the cutout is determined by scales of separate strings. If there was no cutout then minituners would be "on top" of the wood and it would be difficult to use it. But i understand the aesthetical issues

PS. More pictures coming soon

 

[Pikka Bird]

^Yeah, but I personally think they could've made the transition from the body outline a little bit more organic.

 

[Robrecht]

I love the design. The cutout sets it apart from the usual superstrat fare and it looks very "form follows function" to me with the angled bridge and tuners.

Also:

(from the Skervesen Facebook page)

 

[aMetalProducer]

The contours you've added should be stock!

Very nice.

However, I agree that the cutout at the bridge could change a bit.