Troy's New Build (Inspiration Returns)

[Adam]

Well I took it apart this afternoon and did a bunch of sanding in addition to finally gluing on the last little body piece. Tomorrow I'll be doing a bunch more sanding and hopefully the first coat of tung oil!

The extra glue there is to cover up some really crappy seams

Looks waaaay better with that last piece glued on, I like it Great job man

 

[troyguitar]

Today was a day of sanding and outdoor photos. Enjoy:

Here we are totally done sanding and awaiting out first coat of tung oil:

My awesome Sharpie headstock logo

Look at that smooth forearm contour!

Weapon of choice:

Looks fucking awesome!

I kind of gave up on making the neck heel area look nice. Oh well

Once the fretboard is cleaned up too everything will look even better, right now the fretboard is pretty dry and blah looking.

Anyway that is probably the last update for the next few days as I now have to do several coats of tung oil with a day in between them. Expect a finished guitar next weekend!

 

[Wi77iam]

Looks good, but I wish that horn didn't look somewhat like a penis, otherwise i'd be drooling all over it.. Remember to post video of you playing the whole thing, not just low end chugs. (I mean, ERG means you have range right? we wanna see some solo wankery shit that runs all the way up and down the thing )

 

[Empryrean]

Does that beast have a truss rod? O.O

 

[courtney2018]

This is pretty cool even though the body shape looks like a penis. To be able to say all the wood is from Home Depot is impressive. I wish I had learned of this contest when it first started. This would've been fun to do. Your project looks great. Can't wait to see it in action!

 

[ralphy1976]

This is pretty cool even though the body shape looks like a penis. To be able to say all the wood is from Home Depot is impressive. I wish I had learned of this contest when it first started. This would've been fun to do. Your project looks great. Can't wait to see it in action!

courtney, the contest is an on-going thing, you start when you want and anyone and everyone can enter...

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/home-depot-build-challenge/

 

[courtney2018]

Thanks, but doesn't it end on Nov. 30, which is in 15 days? Doesn't give me enough time really. Maybe next time. Would be pretty fun.

 

[ralphy1976]

apologies courtney i did not read all the way to the date!!!

i am sure there will be another one soon!!!

 

[TomParenteau]

I'll check out anybody's build, Home Depot or not, no matter when it gets worked on.

 

[courtney2018]

Well, I have a prototype neck I've been working on made out of Poplar bought at Home Depot, but it's done on the CNC. Probably not appropriate for this contest, or so I've already read concerning the use of CNCs.

Regardless, I'll probably post it up but not on this thread.

 

[troyguitar]

Does that beast have a truss rod? O.O

Yeah you can see the access hole to it at the headstock.

And there will be plenty of meedley meedley high notes in any clips I make, I'm not a rhythm guitarist

update: I lied about no updates for a few days. Today after seeing that the first coat was dry I decided to clean up the fretboard and take a few (unfortunately overcast) outdoor pics:

 

[Janiator]

I don't like the body shape, but it looks kinda cool anyway.

 

[troyguitar]

BONUS! The Formby's stuff dries super fast (dry to the touch in a couple of hours) so I put the 4th coat on late last night and am calling it good to go as of this morning. It's overcast again, but expect photos of a complete guitar later this afternoon!

And after doing some research, I learned that Formby's "Tung Oil Finish" is really more or less a thinned varnish - not at all an actual oil finish. Oh well, that just means it took a few days instead of a few weeks to complete the finishing process

It's DONE! Well everything except for the cavity covers but I'm calling that done

I'm also still waiting on octave4plus high A strings so it's just got a D'Addario .007 string on there tuned to G. Sadly the sun won't come out and let me take nice pics, but here's some overcast pics of the final product:

 

[gatesofcarnage]

That is really awesome! Wish i wouldve made my avenger 9 i might take a stab at it after christmas if i got the cash this has inspired me

 

[Empryrean]

you could kill someone with that headstock

 

[darren]

It's wangtastic!

 

[Nightside]

but you still have space for more frets on the end of the fretboard!

 

[troyguitar]

So November 30th came and went without me posting a video of this. The truth is I still really suck at playing it but I made a crappy video anyway this afternoon. With my connection it will take forever to upload it, so I'll post the link when I get home tonight. In the meantime, here's my expense list:

EMG 45DC pickup: $110
9 ESP-logoed tuners: ~$75
2 6-string bridges hacked together for a 9-string bridge: $25
bloodwood fretboard: $20
set of strings from juststrings: $20
truss rod: $15
knobs, jackplate, nut blank: $15?
fretwire: $12?
4 feet of 1x6 oak: $8

total: ~$300 yeah I spent too much

Also while we wait for the video to upload, here are a pile of photos taken with a slightly less than overcast sky...

 

[Customisbetter]

that thing is manly.

 

[troyguitar]

video evidence of its functionality (and the fact that I don't know how to play it )