I spotted these fender violin tuners on instagram - maybe a bit tricky a 6 string but would certainly be different!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
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I spotted these fender violin tuners on instagram - maybe a bit tricky a 6 string but would certainly be different!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
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Old style drawer handles work as tailpieces:
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Thats pretty interesting. Might be tricky to work with given the shape of the headstock, but this is certainly food for thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by funkjunky3
Huh! that's a great idea. I might just use that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy123
Thanks guys I appreciate the input, not much happening on this one yet, but I am accumulating a lot of different odds and ends. Most of which I probably won't use... :)
I always wanted to do a steampunk style. never got around to it. was going to paint this bird on the back lower part of the guitar body.
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That's pretty cool. I have some ideas for decals on it as well. I'm just waiting for some bits to turn up before I start really thinking about it. I have orders for a nautical theme, so that will be the general direction.
So we do a test run tattoo on your back before we think about puting it on my guitar! ok HoneyQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Slowly fiddling around with this. I'm still not 100% settled on what I'm going to do...
I did have some stuff arrive finally after a long delay over Christmas. These are casts off antique furniture you can buy online from a company in Tasmania. Silly me thought I was getting resin casts, but they are actually latex - so they are squishy and floppy - not ideal for finishing over! The good news is that they will be perfect for making my own resin casts in a firmer material. I plan to do a brass gild or similar finish on them at this stage.
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A bit of mucking around, the flourishes on the side here look cool, but I think they will obstruct the knobs to much - and I'll have to cut reliefs in them.
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I ummed and ahhed over the bit where the bridge goes - not much real estate there - so what I'm going to do is make a hinged cover with a clasp that folds over the bridge and have the flourish on top.
You can see some of the pencilling work here - I'm thinking a brass scratch plate (or faux brass at any rate) to tie into the bridge cover. I'm also going to reshape the horns
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Anyway, I'm not going to start chopping stuff up until the SG is a bit more finished so lots of time to keep fiddling.
Headstock idea...dunno about it yet.
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I've some spare brass....you may need to hammer it a bit flatter.
Cheers, I'll keep it in mind. I'm going to do the second hand, Op and tip shop circuit and see what I can come up with.
Not all of it:) just some of it!Quote:
Originally Posted by colin2121