Hello,
This is the flying V I just finished earlier this month. If you saw my build diary, you know that I had wanted a flying V for ages, but I did not want a heavy metal looking one, so I based...
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Hello,
This is the flying V I just finished earlier this month. If you saw my build diary, you know that I had wanted a flying V for ages, but I did not want a heavy metal looking one, so I based...
Thank you very much, Simon!
and. . . .that's all folks!
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Thanks Matthew! I just figured I would keep with the Albert King theme and get a wooden pickguard made, if possible. It won-t be long now. I did a bit of necessary fretwork yesterday. Not much was...
Got the guards. Everything fits spectacularly. Aye, but they have just been sprayed, so they-ll have to dry overnight before use!
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Here we see the originals that came with the kit. My buddy...
Ok. Cured enough for this cowboy. I have started the final assembly which so far is going very well. I put a few random old strings on here just to check the intonation, neck straightness, and all...
Thanks Simon, thanks for saying. Actually, the aside from the maple veneer, it is a mahogany V, so there are parts that look a little gilt. In the photos here, we see its current state. About 5 days...
A couple more showing the nice contrast between the binding and the colombian gold.
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Finally my friend showed up with the wudtone. My family from the USA also showed up for the holidaze and, while I managed to work on the guitar between trips to the beach and shuffling them around...
DAMN i wish my friend would hurry. just waiting on the wudtone and the wiring harness and pretty knobs and. . . . .
He is in the state I know it! Maybe today!!!
So, yeah. I think I may as well give the veneer a shot. I've never had one before. I am concerned about Oaxaca's humidity. I don't have any humidity issues with non veneer guitars except for strings...
what kind of screws do you use for direct mounting the pups? I can never find wood screws thin enough to go through the pup holes.
Thanks for your input ILR!
I might just keep the veneer on for the moment. I put the wood clamp and on that specific place and it seemed to stick it down a bit better. Adam wrote me and gave me...
Entry three: Neck success and dry build two.
The clamp comes off and the neck stays put just as I planned. It looks I got minimal glue seepage. I tried to wipe everything up the best I could with...
Entry two: Dry build and setting neck
The dry build is important so you understand how things are going to be. You need a couple tuners, the bridge, the two E strings. I put teflon tape around...
Greetings all.
Entry one: Getting started!
My first real guitar was a harmony flying V. A couple summers later, I had traded it to big chief's pawnshop for some other guitar that I thought...
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Hi there. still waiting. They must be back logged at the custom shop.
Hello again! still waiting on the kit to be sent delivered to me. . .looking forward to getting started soon!
Hello again. Thanks for the welcoming advice! I appreciate it.
I just now paid for my custom FV-1G order. I am so excited and I am really looking foward to this. I just changed a couple of things...
Hello everyone,
I am new as of today to this forum. I have been lurking for a few weeks though, reading this, searching for that, etc. It has sort of begun to consume me. . . .
I am waiting on...