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maliciousteve

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« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2006, 01:04:33 PM »
I heard boiled linseed oil is surposed to be quite good for sealing wood but not making it glossy or sticky
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Miracle Man Matt

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« Reply #16 on: September 28, 2006, 07:45:47 PM »
Right well the neck is sanded to 600grit and I have solved the problem about using rear bolt lock-nuts.  Also it has had one coat of Danish oil dilute with 20% white spirt to help it penatrate.



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/mcmeat51/misc_0393.jpg     back of neck

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/mcmeat51/misc_0392.jpg     fretboard

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/mcmeat51/misc_0391.jpg     headstock

Im afraid the piccy's are rubbish as

a) our camara is cr@p
b) Half the lights have just blown in the workshop
c) Im not very good a taking photo's :blush

Can't wait till I finish this!!!!!



Thanks

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Davey

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« Reply #17 on: September 28, 2006, 09:13:19 PM »
looks way nice
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« Reply #18 on: September 28, 2006, 09:59:00 PM »
ooooh schmexy, are you putting any inlays into the fretboard??
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« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2006, 02:23:14 PM »
No I like the look of plain ebony fretboards with no markers. nice and clean looking I think.
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JamesHealey

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« Reply #20 on: October 06, 2006, 08:46:12 PM »
looks really nice.. keep us updated and tell us what it plays/sounds like when it's finished dude!
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« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2007, 04:17:34 PM »
Ah HA (jumps out from behind a curtain).

Well Ive done a bit more to my hallowed guitar.  Thanks to Feline guitars for the fret wire.  

Unfortunatley my fretwork is not perfect as I had already oiled the neck before i started putting the frets in...bad idea.  So I will probably make a neck again that will be accurate to a gnats wots'it.

Also as you can see the body is nearly finished, but Im gonna make myself a scratchplate similar to the headstock as standard ones cost an arm and a leg.









Then Im building a Les Paul Junior for someone.  
Chambered Mahogany body, similar neck to the one above except purpleheart stripe,
Semi neck-thru (not visable from the front)
SD Jazz neck and BKP RY for the bridge.



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« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2007, 09:26:27 PM »
that purple heart looks tasty - is it a fairly soft wood like mahogany?

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« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2007, 09:49:25 PM »
FAIK purpleheart is hard as steel :P
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« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2007, 10:39:25 PM »
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haha yea couldn't be more right... someone described it as 'maple on steroids' and thats probably the best description of it, it also splinters easily as well, and I kept taking chunks out when carving it.... it ok now tho.
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« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2007, 03:55:49 PM »
Its lokking good, but i never understood why people want a handle in their guitar. I'll never understand...

Joe
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« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2007, 03:59:07 PM »
i guess you don't necessarily need a case?
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« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2007, 04:14:42 PM »
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i guess you don't necessarily need a case?


HAHA! Nice, I just don't understand why you would want to look wood on something with a tremolo as well, theres hardly any wood left  :D

Joe
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« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2007, 05:24:16 PM »
watching 'Bad Horsie' played live I'd say it's integral to Vai's stage persona and sound, as is an expensive wireless kit and a few grands worth of rackmount effects...
It seems humbling that Matteus Eklundh can produce even crazier noises in his music with just a Caparison, a Laney and a rifle through his childhood toybox...
Although I don't want to imagine what he did with most of it...
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« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2007, 07:10:42 AM »
Dude, that looks AWESOME!

Please PLEASE don't paint the body tho, it'd look amazing w/ a natural finish.

Oh, and how does it sound?
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