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Thanks gav.
Grats mate.
Congratulations Andrew! Here's hoping all goes well!
Thanks fellas.
Great news Andrew, congrats to you and yours
Hey nice one on the impending arrival man:-)
Thanks guys! Quick update on the 7. Neck is done! This is the shine I'm getting in the head stock. Pretty stoked. The back of the neck is all still 2k but wet sanded to 2000 to keep it nice and slick.
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Woke up super early today, about 8:30, and got the body touched up in the spots I broke. I'll wet sand to get it level and start the polishing when I finish work. But I need your help. I'm a big fan of the custom truss rod covers, but for this one I am really stuck on what to have engraved. Any ideas?
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8:30am is super early to get up, you must get to bed late Andrew !
looking sweet nice gloss. I'd engrave the name of the axe on the truss rod cover, you got a name for it ?
Yeah mate I'm rarely in bed before 3. That's my problem, I don't know what to name her!
well its up to you Andrew to name your axe, something to do with black and red, pity Maxaxe has already called his the Redback
Septem. 7 in Latin. Damn that thing looks awesome. Great stuff dude.
Maybe the H.A.F, for heavy as ..... I dunno. Clutching At straws here, help a brother out haha.
Pabs you got me thinking man. The Latin is a sick idea, but taking your influence, I'm going VII I think.
What about Uranus - it's the 7th planet from the sun. :P
Hahaha gold. Makes me wonder what are some truly shocking guitar names of famous musicians. Can't think of any of the top
This is the shine on the back so far. Half way there.
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wow Andrew that's like a mirror, well done. Nice handbag in the background haha
Man bag wokks, man bag haha. Thanks mate, the neck work is all done, just waiting on the body to be polished up and it's assembly time. I've got the next 2 days off so should have it making noise then.
haha nice one Andrew. Cool so you got the pup upgrades and all the parts ? Look forward to the video demo, best part of the build is assembly
Yeah mate I got the dimarzio blaze custom 7's, push pull pot, going the cloth wire route and a switchctaft Jack. Only things stock will be the bridge, tuners and 3 way.
sounds good Andrew, should sound like an animal. I've never played a 7 string, so the heavy top string is tuned to a B (standard tuning) ? No doubt you will drop the tune a few steps
Yeah mate that's exactly right. B,e,a,d,g,b,e. This one's staying standard for now but the custom one will be like an 8 string without the high e, and drop tuned so it'll be e,b,e,a,d,g,b. That should rumble.
cool no worries. May take some tweaking with the floyd rose trem with the spring tensions. Has it got 3 or 5 springs for the tremelo ?
Top is starting to come good also.
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I think it comes with 3. The custom one is a string thru with a tune o matic anyway, 27" scale so it should stay pretty solid with an 80 on the low e.
that top looks awesome Andrew, another GOTM contender for sure.
Custom 8 string sounds cool. Is that PBG or another supplier ?
Yeah it's a pbg kit, but it's a 7, not an 8. Just loosing the high e. Might have a go again this month but the 2 entries so far are gonna be hard to beat!
that top looks insane. Wait till its got all the hardware on. Sure there will be plenty of updates since you got the next 2 days off work
Yeah man. Pretty excited now it's all coming together hey. Always wanted a 7 string as well, gotta adjust to using a Floyd to rest against though
should be sweet once its set up. Might take some tweaks but you will get there. Don't overtighten the string lock screws, I snapped a thread on a PBG 6 string floyd tremelo. Just make sure the block with the string groove is facing the correct way and there's plenty of string in contact with the block
Will do, thanks mate. I can foresee this being a headache.
Looking amazing mate. Giving me lots of inspo for my 7 when it comes.
That top came up awesome too. What happened to your candy-d tele? I loved the look of it
Stunning finish, looks like a real pro job man!!
Thanks guys. Nick, she's all done. I'll snap a few pics in the morning and put them up. Completely slipped my mind sorry mate.
Wow that's amazing Andrew! How many coats of clear did you spray? I'm a huge fan of mirror finishes. Hehe
Thanks man. It's got 4 over the candy, 2 mist coats, one medium wet and one full wet. I needed a bit more coverage as the marbling process creates an uneven finish so needed to fill the gaps. After that it was knocked right back so it was flat with 800 wet and dry, shot one more layer pretty heavy, slightly over reduced, wet sanded with 2000 and polished. If you were clearing over a solid colour just skip the last coat. I just needed to flatten it all out.
Dude, awesome job. Looks bloody fantastic.