theo
Got Hype(machine)?
so... no updates yet?
NWD!! (56k ehhhhh. maybe)
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adrock
long ball larry!
haha, not really. i did get some indian rosewood neck blanks, and a couple of really nice ebony fretboards. it's just sitting here getting used to the weather
i guess i'll take some pictures of those tomorrow. i also had to make some changes to the above mentioned guitars, and i will only be building two guitars for right now. numbers one and two from above got scrapped. here's the new situation:guitars #1 & #2
six string
right handed
neck through
25.5" scale length
24 frets
JPM neck dimensions
white limba/wenge five piece necks (three pieces of white limba, two "stingers" of wenge
blank ebony fretboards, side markers only
reversed inline headstocks
fully bound fretboard, headstock, and body
satin oil finish
schaller hannes bridges
hipshot locking tuners
rear mounted pickups
one vol, three way toggle
recessed strap locks
guitar #1 -
mahogany wings
redwood burl top
all black hardware
probably bare knuckle pickups
guitar #2 -
swamp ash wings
flamed koa top
maybe gold hardware for this one
dimarzio pickups, crunchlab/liquidfire, black on black
toiletstand
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great pics. one of these days i hope to purchase one of your builds!
Still kicking myself for not grabbing one of those ziricote boards 
Those just look fantastic.
Those just look fantastic.
if you do, you won't regret it! He's a stand up guy and I've put my trust in him and I'm not even looking back
Miek
POSTING ON INTERNET
Those both sound amazing. Koa on top of swamp ash =haha, not really. i did get some indian rosewood neck blanks, and a couple of really nice ebony fretboards. it's just sitting here getting used to the weather
guitars #1 & #2
six string
right handed
neck through
25.5" scale length
24 frets
JPM neck dimensions
white limba/wenge five piece necks (three pieces of white limba, two "stingers" of wenge
blank ebony fretboards, side markers only
reversed inline headstocks
fully bound fretboard, headstock, and body
satin oil finish
schaller hannes bridges
hipshot locking tuners
rear mounted pickups
one vol, three way toggle
recessed strap locks
guitar #1 -
mahogany wings
redwood burl top
all black hardware
probably bare knuckle pickups
guitar #2 -
swamp ash wings
flamed koa top
maybe gold hardware for this one
dimarzio pickups, crunchlab/liquidfire, black on black
theo
Got Hype(machine)?
*drools* how much do your builds sell for? I realise this is a pretty variable thing, but ballpark kinda figure?
TemjinStrife
Power Metal Cellist
How deep is that knot in the mahogany blank? That might end up causing issues....
adrock
long ball larry!
yeah, pickups and tops can change things quite a bit. i'll have a website up eventually with more specific prices. but for a bolt on, probably looking around $1,100. neck throughs are around $1,300 - $1,400. keep in mind, these prices are only for the moment, as i'm just starting out. i'm only doing them cheap so that i can get a few guitars in my portfolio to display. i only have two guitars that have been "sold" so far, as in deposit paid. the two recently mentioned neck throughs. i'm talking to a few others, and if they put deposits down, prices may start to go up...
i honestly haven't checked to see if it goes through the blank. i'll probably do that today. i need to take pictures of the other wood anyways...
ivancic1al
Probrem?
Dat burl....
Dat birdseye....
Dat birdseye....
I'd like to add, since I'm the guy, that the cost will vary with different pick ups, bridges, tuners and woods like Adam said. I'm also sure that if you want a custom body or something like that, the cost could move up.
This is all IMHO...Adam could clarify!
scherzo1928
has wood for you
Indeed you do, especially the koa
did you end up selling him that nice piece of koa you had?
adrock
long ball larry!
hahaha, i haven't actually purchased the koa yet. still on the hunt. if anyone knows of any sickly figured koa tops, let me knowNope, I just want to see what he bought
but, i do have a few more pictures of my wood...
some nice first grade madagascar ebony fretboards.
some indian rosewood neck blanks.
and finally some wenge neck laminate stock. 1/4" thick.
Here I was thinking there was going to be koa pics
adrock
long ball larry!
hahahaha, sorry to disappoint steve. sell me your beautiful koa top???Here I was thinking there was going to be koa pics
hahahaha, sorry to disappoint steve. sell me your beautiful koa top???
Actually most of that is being used now... I'm hooking a friend up on his next KxK order and I have 2 koa topped guitars planned and that's pretty much it for the piece.
adrock
long ball larry!
so a bit of an update. the figured koa is in transit, and should be absolutely fabulous once it arrives. and supposedly very dry. i will take pics. otherwise lots of fun stuff has been going on...
i lied. it's really no fun at all. pretty much this...
basically just letting the wood sit and get dry. that's a dehumidifier, sucking all of the moisture out of the air/wood. here's my hygrometer. though cheap, combined with another cheapo, i have a decent idea of the RH of the room. good enough for solid body guitar building anyways. a 7% swing isn't bad at all, some days it only swings 5%...
i could check the wood with a moisture content meter. but they're expensive, and the cheap ones can be hit or miss. you also have to poke holes in the wood to get measurements, and are only measuring that one spot of the piece of wood. the most important thing in the end is that the wood has adjusted to your "climate", and stops moving and shifting. a good, cheap, way to measure the water content is to weigh it. the amount of wood doesn't change, so the water held in the wood will show up in weight. here you can see that in one week, this piece of swamp ash lost 26 grams of water...
so now we wait until all of the wood stops losing weight/water, then the real fun begins...
i lied. it's really no fun at all. pretty much this...
basically just letting the wood sit and get dry. that's a dehumidifier, sucking all of the moisture out of the air/wood. here's my hygrometer. though cheap, combined with another cheapo, i have a decent idea of the RH of the room. good enough for solid body guitar building anyways. a 7% swing isn't bad at all, some days it only swings 5%...
i could check the wood with a moisture content meter. but they're expensive, and the cheap ones can be hit or miss. you also have to poke holes in the wood to get measurements, and are only measuring that one spot of the piece of wood. the most important thing in the end is that the wood has adjusted to your "climate", and stops moving and shifting. a good, cheap, way to measure the water content is to weigh it. the amount of wood doesn't change, so the water held in the wood will show up in weight. here you can see that in one week, this piece of swamp ash lost 26 grams of water...
so now we wait until all of the wood stops losing weight/water, then the real fun begins...
Ah yes, waiting for the wood to dry... the part that sucks
I've got a maple burl slab and a camphor burl slab both sitting in the KxK shop doing that
I've got a maple burl slab and a camphor burl slab both sitting in the KxK shop doing that
