Siggery guitars

[F0rte]

So, in case you are wondering what Marty and I have been up to, expect good things...
We have you covered in the porn area.

 

[Lorcan Ward]

^Nice! Koa right? It looks a little like flamed Myrtlewood.

 

[Deadnightshade]

The pussy on your top cannot be unseen

 

[Pearson0110]

Oh... My... Sh*t! DAT TOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

 

[F0rte]

The pussy on your top cannot be unseen

Told you.
Pr0n.

PS. a planning/build thread for this will be going up later today.
I need help in deciding on what I want for the neck. The build is going to be meant to show how good of a builder Marty is, so we want to make it as nice as possible.
IE lots of figured woods.
Playability factor doesn't worry me

 

[Deadnightshade]

I need help in deciding on what I want for the neck. The build is going to be meant to show how good of a builder Marty is, so we want to make it as nice as possible.

IMO,figured woods mean shit about workmanship.Get a good quality simple hard maple plank,shave it to the shape of a neck profile,and drool over the figures that look cool because you cut the wood in 3 dimensions.

Since it appears you don't have a budget problem,opt for a multi-laminate neck consisting of quartersawn wood,a 2 piece bookmatched fretboard (by doing that you're essentially sacrificing 1 fretboard for another instrument),pronounced headstock angle,zero fret and a good quality nut.

As neck/fretboard woods,you can't go wrong with wenge,purpleheart,hard maple,ebony etc.Even hard ash (agressive) and tulipwood (commonly used in basses for the low mids it provides) can work for the neck (as long as they are paired with other wood laminates to compensate for weight etc)

 

[F0rte]

IMO,figured woods mean shit about workmanship.Get a good quality simple hard maple plank,shave it to the shape of a neck profile,and drool over the figures that look cool because you cut the wood in 3 dimensions.

Since it appears you don't have a budget problem,opt for a multi-laminate neck consisting of quartersawn wood,a 2 piece bookmatched fretboard (by doing that you're essentially sacrificing 1 fretboard for another instrument),pronounced headstock angle,zero fret and a good quality nut.

As neck/fretboard woods,you can't go wrong with wenge,purpleheart,hard maple,ebony etc.Even hard ash (agressive) and tulipwood (commonly used in basses for the low mids it provides) can work for the neck (as long as they are paired with other wood laminates to compensate for weight etc)

Figured woods react much differently when being cut in comparison to their normal counterparts. Some are very brittle, and difficult to work with and cut when figured. As far as headstock angle goes, I trust Marty's judgement. And the nut is a self lubricated. Neck will be multi-laminate no matter what. We're considering a 5-piece to a 9 piece. Still deciding.

Wenge is such a pain to work with as well, and i'm not particularly interested in it as far as feel goes. Plus it's pretty heavy.
Right now i'm stuck on Honduran Rosewood and Ebony.
I'm considering Curly Maple.

Weight doesn't bother me, it will be pretty light considering it's chambered Sapelle and the bridge material is relatively light.

 

[Deadnightshade]

Figured woods react much differently when being cut in comparison to their normal counterparts. Some are very brittle, and difficult to work with and cut when figured. As far as headstock angle goes, I trust Marty's judgement. And the nut is a self lubricated. Neck will be multi-laminate no matter what. We're considering a 5-piece to a 9 piece. Still deciding.

Wenge is such a pain to work with as well, and i'm not particularly interested in it as far as feel goes. Plus it's pretty heavy.
Right now i'm stuck on Honduran Rosewood and Ebony.
I'm considering Curly Maple.

Weight doesn't bother me, it will be pretty light considering it's chambered Sapelle and the bridge material is relatively light.

I stand corrected,I didn't know that they were harder to work with.But still,them being brittle doesn't sound like a good idea.I mean,wood is chosen because it's "easy" to work with,elastic and hard.I doubt there's gonna be any real danger,but since you're still in the design stage I won't sway away from the recommendation to make them at least quartersawn.

Wenge works great as a neck laminate (as well as a fretboard).A pure wenge neck is indeed heavy,unless it's thin to the point of design mistake (ask me,I had a Roter once ).Funny thing,hard ash is even more dense but that's rarely mentioned.Also rarely used in necks

Ebony and Honduran Mahogany seem to be good options.What about purpleheart for fretboard?Unless you don't like its aesthetics,it performs well and is rarely seen on guitar fretboards.

Also what do you think about a bookmatched fretboard?Even if you don't want a quartersawn fretboard with straight figures parallel to the guitar's centre line ,a bookmatched wood of one of your figured choises would look unique (and may be a bit more stable)

 

[UnderTheSign]

^ wengé might be heavy but I'm pretty sure ebony and rose wood are just as heavy/heavier.

Wouldn't use purpleheart for a fretboard simply because 5 years from now it'll be brown (it does then when exposed to UV).

 

[Deadnightshade]

because 5 years from now it'll be brown (it does then when exposed to UV).

A luthier I know has made a "beater" bass for him that has purpleheart neck and fretboard.He has it for more than 5 years and it's not brown.It's not bright purple either,but definitely not brown

 

[chinzilla1984]

my NGD dudes.. its a bit messy as ive not had enough coffee

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lu...tions/252238-ngd-siggery-6-string-custom.html

 

[animalwithin]

Emailed Marty a couple weeks ago, didn't get a reply. Perhaps it didn't go through, my guitar should be done.

 

[geofreesun]

mine should be complete too, according to the last email. just waiting on payment info and pix.

 

[Homer3005]

Emailed Marty a couple weeks ago, didn't get a reply. Perhaps it didn't go through, my guitar should be done.

Yes i have the same "problem", emailed him some weeks ago but didn't get a reply.

But, i think he does his best to get the guitars done, so it's not a big thing for me.
How long have you been waiting, Animal?

 

[animalwithin]

Its been about 14 months now, mine definitely should be done, there's been a slew of guitars completed in the last couple months and last I heard from Marty he said he's just got a few to complete before he gets to mine. He's always answered my emails, it could just be his email acting up again.

 

[Deadnightshade]

Its been about 14 months now, mine definitely should be done, there's been a slew of guitars completed in the last couple months and last I heard from Marty he said he's just got a few to complete before he gets to mine. He's always answered my emails, it could just be his email acting up again.

Do you happen to have gmail?I have gmail and I don't know but sometimes it's Marty's email acting up,sometimes it's mine (happened to me one more time not to receive an email from another person).Email him again it's no shame.He usually gets back to you within a matter of few days.

If i understand correctly,he is finishing guitars in "batches".Next "batch" is for the end of this month,supposedly.

 

[animalwithin]

Yup, it was his email haha. I have AOL too so I understand how it can be sketchy at times. Guitar is done, just needs some quick assembly and hopefully I'll get pics soon!!

 

[Mr_Metal_575]

I've emailed Marty to try to change hardware colour and pickpus. I will give you a clue.
Someone said this...

and this...?

 

[Adrian-XI]

Anyone struggling to get in contact with Marty lately?

 

[tmfrank]

Anyone struggling to get in contact with Marty lately?

I've had no problem getting word from him directly through his email. Granted, it was for a possible inquiry about a week ago.