Author Topic: Wez venables guitar build - Done and dusted!! (Read 165345 times)

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #240 on:** August 09, 2007, 05:43:51 PM »

Quote from: _tom_

Don't worry wez your headstock looks loads better, I cant stand that Washburn headstock!

+1.

It's amazing how similar the two guitars are out of pure coincidence - It proves that almost everything this side of sanity has been done on guitars now.

Although the inverse V really does tip the scale.

Ratrod · « **Reply #241 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:29:27 PM »

How about on the other side of sanity?

I once saw a guitar that was made of concrete. Good sustain but a bit heavy on the strap. And does anyone remember that carbon fibre guitar with a twisted neck? The twisted neck made it very comfortable to play but it never caught on.

WezV · « **Reply #242 on:** August 09, 2007, 06:50:19 PM »

thats the problem aint it - loads of good ideas that should work but people need to want to play them.

there are lots of original shapes that i could make guitars but its the same story - somebody needs to want to play them!

And to be honest i make guitars because i love guitars. I want to make them better and i want to put my stamp on it but i am not trying to re-invent the instrument!

WezV · « **Reply #243 on:** August 10, 2007, 08:59:23 AM »

Thats it for now folks! I am going away for the weekend today so progress will resume on monday. hopefully the spalt will be stabilised enough to let me get all the woodworking done and get it ready for a finish next week.

see you soon!!

WezV · « **Reply #244 on:** August 10, 2007, 09:00:06 AM »

OK - one more post to get my number of posts up to 666.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Ratrod · « **Reply #245 on:** August 10, 2007, 04:33:36 PM »

Have a nice weekend. In the meantime we'll be drooling over the pics on your website.

dave_mc · « **Reply #246 on:** August 10, 2007, 07:20:33 PM »

thanks for the info about the maple skunk stripe, wez.

WezV · « **Reply #247 on:** August 13, 2007, 12:37:35 PM »

right time to age the hardware!

I have asked Tim to take some nickel pickup covers and do the war torn effect on them. then i want him to do the ageing treatment to get something somehwere between the aged nickle and the camo effects. with the extreme distressing of the war torn effect the base metal should go blackish with the plating more aged.

Anyway i wanted to do something similar to the hardware - although the wartorn effect would be impractical on a bridge so its not quite that distressed:

The certainly couldnt be called relicing and doesnt represent natural wear.

I had a bit of trouble getting nickel plated tuners to get the same kind of wear but came accross some wilkinson antiguity tuners that are aged nickel so brought them. the wear is a bit disneyfied so i removed the buttons and aged them a bit more:

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #248 on:** August 13, 2007, 12:46:31 PM »

Looking great!

Has the wood firmed up nicely?

WezV · « **Reply #249 on:** August 13, 2007, 12:49:03 PM »

yeah, its definately more solid now - i just have lots of sanding to do to get it tidied up

WezV · « **Reply #250 on:** August 13, 2007, 02:15:27 PM »

lots of the sanding done - the front of the guitar is just about there!!

I have wiped it with spirits in the photo which has dried in some areas more than others making it a little patchy looking but hopefully it gives you a good idea of how i have shaped it.

its having one more coat of epoxy now its at its final shape and then i will start work on the neck join and back contours!!

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #251 on:** August 13, 2007, 02:22:14 PM »

That is gorgeous!

How are you going to do the neck joint?

A standard SG Block style one?

Or some other sort of smooth all access one?

I used to think that set neck joints allways blocked together like they do on traditional Les Pauls but after seeing that Feline LP and the neck joint on my Viper ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/noodleplugerine/100_0510.jpg ) etc it seems that swooping neck joints are just as possible on set neck.

That being said - Getting one of those super smooth all access joints will require alot of cutting down considering the amount of wood in that pic won't it?

WezV · « **Reply #252 on:** August 13, 2007, 02:30:04 PM »

i reckon i will round off the heel section then route that section of the body thinner like on an ibanex AANJ, then possibly angle it slightly as well. It will be ferrules rather than a neck plate.

hopefully it should all look nice and organic and feel comfier than the average strat.

I have left the body at 2" thick because the body is quite light and i want to keep a bit of bulk in the body so it feels sturdy- but expect to see a large amount of contouring on the back for comfort

opprobrium_9 · « **Reply #253 on:** August 13, 2007, 02:32:59 PM »

absolutely sick man! i am so glad you picked the woods, shape, and otherwise mentioned materials you did, IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE! If i had the money, i would buy it, o wait... i could make one myself :twisted:

WezV · « **Reply #254 on:** August 13, 2007, 02:33:22 PM »

remember we ditched the set neck idea!!

I do like swooping neck joins like you have described - thats what the through neck LP i am having sprayed at the moment has. Its quite possible to do guitars that way - no need for the bulk of a gibson with a set neck. Even worse is those PRS's with a really large uncarved heel section