aeli Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Here are the last two guitras that I have made, one is not completely done yet. The finished one: Wenge body, Mahogany top( ) and Maple neck, neckthrough construction Ebony fingerboard EMG SA and 85 Hipshot hardtail bridge Grover tuners A traditional Turkish finish called "Gomalak", similar to French Polish... Line inlays that are done by myself The articulation in this guitar is amazing, although it needs some neck adjustement and proper intonation, it is the guitar that I play with. I have never played with the humbucker yet, it is not even soldered. I had a prejudice against EMG pickups but that changed after I played with this guitar. the unfinished one Limba body with Padouk top and back, Brown Ebony fingerboard, Rosewood-Padouk horizontally laminated neck homemade Brown Ebony bridge with tusq saddles 7 strings gotoh non-locking tuners Blaze humbucker I built this for the guitarist of my band, where I play the bass. I haven't tested t yet, but my first impression was that I have to re-do the fingerboard and the bridge in order for this to be my masterpiece (out of 5 guitars ) back&neck bridge close-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Wow, i REALY like that top one, it looks brilliant. Nice work man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Cavanaugh Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Those both are really impressive looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 How does the first one play? And do you have any close up pics of the headstock? It looks almost like that on my first build (all mahogany). The headstock on mine is also arrowhead w/ "straight thru the nut" strings and staggered 3/3 tuners but no headstock angle. I went for a Fender side profile and used 3 string trees. The interesting thing is that string bending is much easier than on most other guitars I've played. Have you experienced/noticed similar with yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Awesome looking guitars! Is the top of the first guitar handcarved, or is that how the wood was? And speaking of the first guitar... Is it just me, or does the bridge look crooked? It looks like it's closer to the neck on the treble side, and all the saddles are pulled all the way back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 That's what I thought, too. I think the top guitar looks great, but with different hardware selection it could be KILLER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 There is a headstock angle, no string trees whatsoever. Well, I told you guys about the small intonation problem and slightly twisting the bridge and pulling the saddles way back was the only possible solution I have a pic of the headstock from teh back, the machines are totally absurdly alligned, I know, but I have a tendendy to make the headstocks way too small. The wood is hand carved like that, then it was stained red, then black over red, finally it was sanded so that the red would show between the blacks. It plays great regardless the high action. It is no problem anyway, because I don't play very complicated things, I usually write songs with this one. Also, the Wenge is chambered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 I might aswell throw my new projects in: 6 string fretless bass Neckthrough construction Semihollow Turkish Walnut wings Figured Walnut top and back Wenge-Rosewood-Padouk neck Bartolini pickups Tuners yet to be chosen Homemade wooden bridge Ebonby fingerboard PRS replica African Mahogany body, Ash neck, Ebony fingerboard, PRS Artist pickups, Wilkinsson Trem, Tuners? Semihollow guitar Walnut body&neck Some exotic wood top EMG 60, SA, 89 pickups Wilkinsson trem Schaller locking tuners? Macassar Ebony fingerboard This will be built as endorsement, actually a gift for a great guitarist friend of mine. He will be going to study in some music school next year, he was accepted to Berklee last week, perheps he will go there. I just wanted him to take there something that I made for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Ash neck, I don't know if ash is the best wood for a neck. Might try to use mahogany like on the body. Someone else might want to chime in here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 Should be fine. Ash is a lot like maple with open grain from my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted April 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 (edited) It seems strong and stable enough, but I will laminate it with something harder to be sure. Edit: forgot to say that I now make two guitars, the ash neck goes to a new ash body and the mahogany body gets a new mahogany neck. Perhaps it will be better Edited April 9, 2005 by aeli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 9, 2005 Report Share Posted April 9, 2005 If Ash is good for the major league baseball bats, it should be good for a neck, the only consideration will be tone and finish, other than that, I don't see much of a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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