Rusti's first 7 string :)

[ECGuitars]

Aboslutely stunning!

 

[thedarkoceans]

sta venendo davvero una figata,non vedo l'ora di vederla finita.anzi,se c'è la possibilità quando è finita vengo a vederla dal vivo,se mi dici dov'è il tuo studio della follia.i hope the mods dont ban me for a little italian post

 

[sk3ks1s]

Dude...
Seriously...
Fuck me...
Seriously.......

 

[BlackMastodon]

Dat top carve! Must be nice having a CNC machine

 

[scherzo1928]

We are worms!

 

[sytraxiplague]

Ugh... That is freaking gorgeous. That hollow body top was perfection though

 

[Watty]

That looks awesome, you do great work.

The one thing I don't dig is how "busy" it got when you added all of those knobs and switches. I think less is definitely more when it comes to the controls and placement, adding too much makes it look like your sound is more about what knobs you tweak rather than how you actually play...Doug and PRS have it down to a Science IMHO.

 

[Rusti]

sta venendo davvero una figata,non vedo l'ora di vederla finita.anzi,se c'è la possibilità quando è finita vengo a vederla dal vivo,se mi dici dov'è il tuo studio della follia.i hope the mods dont ban me for a little italian post

Si quando ho finito te la faccio provare

Dat top carve! Must be nice having a CNC machine

The carve is done by hand with a grinder, check page 3

That looks awesome, you do great work.

The one thing I don't dig is how "busy" it got when you added all of those knobs and switches. I think less is definitely more when it comes to the controls and placement, adding too much makes it look like your sound is more about what knobs you tweak rather than how you actually play...Doug and PRS have it down to a Science IMHO.

Yeah there are a lot of switches but since it has a piezo pickup and it needs 1 volume and 1 switch just for it. the other vol and switch are for pickups and the last one is a tone push pull that splits pup.
Anyway i never used so many of them and i guess this is the last time

Incoming more pics

 

[Rusti]

Glueing the neck on the body

Glueing the top

Building clamps

Glueing fretboard

 

[FrancescoFiligoi]

STUPENDA!!! Go Rusti Go

 

[vansinn]

Gorgeous stuff! me like a lot..
Those fretboard clamps are really cool; reminds me of the traditional Swizz ones Huf is using.
Looking forward to the finish

 

[AChRush1349]

THIS BUILD!!!!!!

 

[Ruins]

damn it this turns out so fucking sexy!!!!!

 

[BlackMastodon]

I can't find the right words to describe how I'm feeling. Massive amounts of jealousy, envy, and admiration are involved though. Awesome that you made your own clamps, and the build looks even better now that it's really coming together. The icing on the cake is definitely that string retainer that you made on the back of the guitar (I assume it's from your neck?).

 

[vampiregenocide]

This is looking seriously gorgeous. You thinking of becoming a luthier?

 

[thewildturkey]

Cant believe I missed this thread...

This build looks fantastic, loving the headstock design!

I also really like the fretboard glueing Jig, thats a really clever trick!

 

[Rusti]

I can't find the right words to describe how I'm feeling. Massive amounts of jealousy, envy, and admiration are involved though. Awesome that you made your own clamps, and the build looks even better now that it's really coming together. The icing on the cake is definitely that string retainer that you made on the back of the guitar (I assume it's from your neck?).

yep

This is looking seriously gorgeous. You thinking of becoming a luthier?

yeah at the moment im doing it in my free time but id love to do it as a job, so i wont stop here

If i will be completely happy on how this guitar will turn out and sound, i will put if for sale. I will keep it for myself if i will not be 100% satisfied.

 

[Rusti]

Frets!

 

[thedarkoceans]

long scale for the win!

 

[project25_01]

My God man! That Baby is...
is...
My God!

One of the sexiest tops I've seen, EVER!