isn’t it just? I’m in awe of what guys are able to do with these, So much envy.Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
isn’t it just? I’m in awe of what guys are able to do with these, So much envy.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Hey Guys. So this is my first build and it took me a long time because I was so busy and just chipped away at it a little at a time, but finally it's playable and I must say I'm really happy with how it plays - probably the best action of the dozen guitars that I have. I went through many practice blanks to get the color blending the way I wanted it. Because the spalted maple had such a nice pattern, I wanted to make it look like the dragon inlay was flying out of the flames of the body. So I was looking to create the coloring of flames in the body. If I were to do it all over again I would realize the poly darkens up the color a little and I would have left it a little brighter. I thought it was a little bright at one point and I blended in a little brown to tone it down a little and that was probably not necessary but that's what we learn right? Anyway, other mods were as follows: the truss rod cover I found online, The pickups are Dragonfire quad rails and duo rail because that seemed appropriate, and the electronics are kinda special. Both pots are push-pull. Volume down is humbucker, up splits both the bridge and neck into single coil. With the tone pot down, the configuration is like a Les Paul with only the bridge and neck selectable - the 3 middle positions of the 5way switch have both the bridge and neck selected. With the tone pot up, it's like a Strat configuration - regular 5way switch selections. My middle pickup is a humbucker and not splitable unless I add another switch so I left it. So with both pots up it is a SHS configuration and with the volume down and tone up, it is HHH. The body is hand-rubbed poly but I didn't put too many layers on the top as I wanted to keep the depth of the grain for effect. The back of the neck is TruOil and I'm really happy with how it feels. Hope you guys enjoy it.
I love the spalted maple, the colours (reminds me of the tobacco burst on my G&L), and the fantastic inlay.
Best. Comment. Ever.
Built this for the lead singer of my favorite band, Night Moves. Did ivory inlay in Ebony veneer on headstock. Had to cut new holes for stacked P90's to fit. He really wanted the chrome dog ear covers. Airbrushed the finish. Had a great time building. Learned a lot about how to build and fine woodworking in general. Link to the video if you wanna see. Cheers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrVgP5Dewg
It looks stunning! I love the tobacco burst (or whatever you want to call it).
Thanks, would recommend to anyone to buy an airbrush. It really opens up a whole new world of fading colors.
Such an awesome video man.
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Hi all here is my DJB-4 jazz bass build.
So it,s not my first build but first time posting. body is 2 piece American Ash painted in a Peal white acrylic car paint and a high gloss clear coat. The neck has color match head-stock on the front and red peal back with a amber brown stain (fast neck) with the same high gloss clear.
Hardware upgrades , Babicz FCH string through bridge, HipShot USA ultralite machine heads and string retainer, Fender noiseless pick-ups and pre-amp with 18v battery holder. Schaller strap looks and a Graph Tech TUSQ nut.
The build went pretty well, the kit body and neck were in good shape and only needed sanding for finishing. The pick-ups, pre-amp and battery box required some lite routing work to fit. My only problem was with the plastic nut the kit come with was over glued in place and very hard to remove, but i was always going to upgrade to a bone nut or Graph Tech one.
The idea behind this build was to see if i could build a high end Jazz bass for half the cost it defiantly plays well and has great tone and sustains i am well pleased with the end result. next build is P bass well on it was to be finished.
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