Dirge for november Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) Hi everyone. I decided to join the corvus build of. The rules are as of yet: a budget (probably set at 200$ excl. pups) and a deadline at 31 june. I haven't got anything on paper yet, but here are some specs I'm looking at. (most likely) mahogany neck through with carbon reinforcements mahogany wings 6 in line (normal) tuners in the rear cutaway of the body (think bc rich bich 10 string, but then with 6 strings and all tuners in the rear) TOM bridge Two tonerider h-90 pups (soapbar) Ergonomic neck/body heel (for fret acces) Ebony fretboard (probably no inlays, maybe black dot) A small headstock shape with string ferrules All hardware black Mat black finish A corvus logo in blood red (and probably dripping) all along the back of the neck. An extra bevel on the belly side, accentuating the reference to an axe. @ the normal tuners in the rear cutaway, I had this idea ever since I saw the corvus. i didn't rip it from one of the comments in the buildoff topic. Edited March 12, 2009 by Dirge for november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 And I'm getting rid of that butt ugly scratchplate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I have started drawing the template, it's a slow process as this is only my second build and my first template. I'm changing the name of the guitar to something with Varney in it. It's going to be vampire themed and if I have time left I think I'll try inlays. @Varney, It's from the book: Varney the Vampyre. It's basically the first fiction written on Vampyres. Long before Dracula was invented. I haven't finished the book yet because it's slow as **** and it's in old fashioned English. The Vampire in the book is called sir Francis Varney. That's where the name comes from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddW Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 An extra bevel on the belly side, accentuating the reference to an axe. @ the normal tuners in the rear cutaway, I had this idea ever since I saw the corvus. i didn't rip it from one of the comments in the buildoff topic. Hey, if I thought of it too, it was very obvious. Gibson must have thought of it too, but been too lazy to impliment it. Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Haha, I agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I found a problem on the "six in a row on the rear end" idea. Basically for them to fit right I would need lefty tuners. Because I wan't my guitar all black and I still have some black tuners, I wanted to use them. In the case of ordering new tuners (lefty) the black isn't actually black as somehow the paint used to make hardware seriously black is banned in Europe. (correct me if i'm wrong, I hope I am.) The now available tuners are a more shiny metal black. Less usefull in my case. A cheap solution I think I'll work out is 5 in the rear and 1 in the headstock. It looks a bit funny initially, but saves me 40 euros and I have cooler tuners. I'll fiddle around with it for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 yeah, Gotohs and stuff like that only come in cosmo black in the EU. you can still sometimes find somebody selling the proper black ones on ebay. Sperzels are fine as they are coated aluminium - they are also convertible from right to left handed and damn fine tuners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 Yeah they're a little expensive though! I'm still debating if I'll do the cosmo blacks or some weird devision between headstock and rear cutaway. I'll also check out ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 A small update to keep the fans happy . The image is quite unclear, so I'll try to make a mockup in photoshop (something which I'm unexperienced in). Progress is going dead slow because of my internship and my waiting for lefty tuners (that's the reason why the tuners aren't in line with the strings on the template, they are righties.) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Not exactly a mockup but here goes Best I could do for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted April 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Progress, Well kind of... I got wood today! Plans have changed multiple times already, the original plan was: Mahogany neck through with mahogany wings. This changed to mahogany with glued in Indian rosewood neck. Since the rosewood blanks at LMII arrive at september it won't make the deadline, so now the guitar will be: Body - Black Korina Neck - Glued in Maple Fingerboard - Still ebony I chose Korina over Mahogany, as I could get it dirt cheap as opposed to mahogany. The slab of wood cost me 25 euro as it has a split on the side (which I can work around without trouble). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the telecaster kid Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 A corvus logo in blood red (and probably dripping) all along the back of the neck. An extra bevel on the belly side, accentuating the reference to an axe. This gives me an idea. We should come up with some corvus contest logo inlay/decal thing. To show solidarity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Haha, that's another thing that is not part of the plan anymore! (the bloody corvus logo). Now I plan on doing something more subtle and more cool on the fretboard, but I want it to be a surprise But your idea is cool indeed! Maybe we should. Edited April 24, 2009 by Dirge for november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 But mine's all done. And it doesn't have a headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Well, I think the fact that you contestants are probably the only people to purposely build a corvus as a project guitar is solidarity enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) Hahaha poor Avenger. And ae3 you do have a point! (edit) I do have a headstock but it won't have enough room, as it's gonna have a hole in it so I can hang it on the coat rack. Edited April 24, 2009 by Dirge for november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted April 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Lot's of progress (for me at least) Body sawed, routed along the template and sanded to final shape! The bevelling is still to be done and work on the neck is still to be commenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 Slight progress! I did the rear rout for the tuners: The router bit once, visible at the yellow spot on the detail. In real life it looks quite clean, but somehow the blurryness of the pic doesn't do it justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 6, 2009 Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 I did the rear rout for the tuners: Copycat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2009 No for real, I came up with the idea before anyone even mentioned it.. check first post. Not that it really matters it's just logical anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'm now filling up the wormholes! Hope this doesn't lower the acoustic features of this guitar . Lucky I don't want a clear finish on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 I've been a bit stupid in my planning, I realized this as soon as I did the pickup cavities. I should have done the neck pocket first as this will be deeper then the pickup cavities. The reason I should have done this is that the neck pocket will also be deeper then the routerbit. The bearing won't be supported on the deeper run in the cavity area, so now I'll have to fill up or find a longer bit.. Bit complicated to explain something actually quite simple, but I guess most of you will get it. Howsomdever, I'll get there one way or another. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcissism Posted May 9, 2009 Report Share Posted May 9, 2009 having the neck "plugged in" also allows you to line up your pickups with the neck, determine your scale length for bridge placement, and figure out where you want to put your tail piece if you're going to have one. I normally take a straight edge and line it up with the entire length of the body and I draw a straight line from the end of the fretboard all the way across the body, on both sides of the neck. That way I get a markup that sort of looks like a neckthrough, but works very well as a center guide. Just tossing it out there Most people start with both a bridge, body and neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Yeah, I geuss that's what I should have done though I'm not sure that's fully possible with my design as it's a set neck, and the pocket extends into the pu cavity. I created a centerline before starting any routing and such, but darn it's difficult to make exact meausurements. Everytime I think I measured correct and I draw lines they're of by a bit. The cavities are fully in line with each other, so that's at least a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted May 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 (edited) I got some work done! I did the bevels, en am now shaping the neck. The belly curve is also done, but forgot to take a pic. I know this must be a ridiculous question, but here goes: a single action U channel trussrod, which side faces up? Basically this determines whether the neck curves round or hollow. Basically my intuition tells me the strings are going to pull the neck hollow so the rod should be inserted in a manner that enables the neck to go straight and when tightened more, round. Edited May 18, 2009 by Dirge for november Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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