Official Bowes Guitars Thread - Works In Progress

[canuck brian]

I am in LOVE with that neck. The flame is unreal

I used the wood cut from the same log in yours.

 

[Sepultorture]

the flame on the neck and body matches so well, but god damn that neck is pure porn, giggidy

 

[canuck brian]

Just waiting on the hardware for Mike's 6 string to pass it off to him now. Need to re-do Pry's finish on the front and back because of a deep scratch that only really became visible when i went out into the sun with it. Grr....

I've got most of the neck blanks prepped now and should be cutting the scarfs tomorrow and this weekend. Also received all the nifty figured redwood, grafted walnut and figured myrtlewood from Oregon Wild Wood today.

I've done up most of the fretboards as well - just did up one in macassar ebony that turned out really nice too.

Pics coming tomorrow!

 

[Valennic]

My child behaving still?

 

[canuck brian]

My child behaving still?

Yep! there will be pics tonight. I've got the thickness calipers at the ready with yours. The main carve is all done on the neck, i'm just getting the measurements down with 80 grit and should be moving onto getting all the scratches out later this weekend.

I usually dont' mention it on here because it's a jinx!

 

[Valennic]

Them thickness calipers will be our savior at this point . I have much in the way of excite .

Yeah good point, now I gotta go knock on some guitars for luck.

 

[wizbit81]

Foaming to see where we are with mine now

Mine's the grafted walnut top I picked out from Oregon,

thanks,

Chris.

 

[canuck brian]

Foaming to see where we are with mine now

Mine's the grafted walnut top I picked out from Oregon,

thanks,

Chris.

I unwrapped the wood last night from Oregon Wild Wood - it's clamped up right now. Hoping to snap some pics Saturday. I've also got your neck blank glued up as well and your fretboard cut. Pics Saturday!

Here's a pile of pics anyways - kinda unsorted right now.

Couple of really nice rosewood fretboards...

cocobolo fretboard

ebony fretboard

macassar ebony fretboard

cocobolo fretboard

limba body core

figured euro ash top for an SFLx

1 piece ash SFLx

1 piece ash SLx

1 piece figured shedua on walnut

mahogany w cocobolo stringers

roasted maple with cocobolo stringers

roasted figured maple with ebony stringers

figured roasted maple with cocobolo stringers

one piece quartersawn rosewood neck blank

roasted figured maple with zirocote stringers

need more outdoor pics.....

More on Saturday!

 

[Tom Drinkwater]

Those are some great looking neck blanks!!

 

[Sepultorture]

i almost wish that chunk of ash below mine was mine, that grain patern is tits

and that figured neck with ebony, so can't wait

 

[canuck brian]

Strung up Mike's guitar - didn't have the black hardware yet, but i did have gold...which actually looks pretty nice.

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Mmm juicy.

 

[ECGuitars]

Looks fantastic! Love that Eng Ash on there

 

[Valennic]

You need to find some places with better lighting man

 

[theoctopus]

Big fan of the stained couch photo box.

But seriously, I want one of these guitars.

 

[canuck brian]

You need to find some places with better lighting man

This was done outside in direct sunlight! That couch sits on my balcony.

I blame research in motion for such a crappy camera.... grr.

In other news - got all the black hardware onto Mikes guitar, Pry's guitar is just getting polished up and ready for hardware, nicks guitar is almost done sanding. Just gotta finish up the fretwork and it's into the rack for finish!

This weekend i'll be doing up a lot of headstocks and scarfs to the necks. I've already got 3 headstocks glued on so i'll probably have fretboards attached for at least 2 by Saturday evening too....

 

[Valennic]

This was done outside in direct sunlight! That couch sits on my balcony.

I blame research in motion for such a crappy camera.... grr.

In other news - got all the black hardware onto Mikes guitar, Pry's guitar is just getting polished up and ready for hardware, nicks guitar is almost done sanding. Just gotta finish up the fretwork and it's into the rack for finish!

This weekend i'll be doing up a lot of headstocks and scarfs to the necks. I've already got 3 headstocks glued on so i'll probably have fretboards attached for at least 2 by Saturday evening too....

Get better sunlight then .

Stoked to see it all oiled up

 

[Hollowway]

Sweet FB, as usual, Brian.
And lol at the stained couch. "How metal are Bowes guitars? Dude, they're STAINED COUCH metal, that's how metal they are!"

 

[Fiction]

Get better sunlight then

It's Canada, what do you expect.

 

[theoctopus]

It's Canada, what do you expect.

That's not very nice of you, eh. You don't know the first thing aboot living in Canada.