Ouch, bugger. It's nanoseconds between 'This is going well' and 'oh $^&@'. At least it was only the blank that got injured. You'll be able to do something with it down the track.
Ouch, bugger. It's nanoseconds between 'This is going well' and 'oh $^&@'. At least it was only the blank that got injured. You'll be able to do something with it down the track.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Yes. It really is. And it was all going SO very well to that point.
So in the cold sober light of today, I took another look at the damages.
It’s ugly, no getting around it, it’s ugly.
But assessing what to do was a bit taxing. I have plenty of suitable Mahogany off cuts to patch, but the patch job would need to be either a series of little ones, or a wide swathe across the rear, for which I didn’t have a big enough off cut with the right grain orientation.
I elected to reshape the body. I drew some inspiration from one of our past GOTM winners as well as some contemporary styling from Archetype Guitars in NZ.
The lower restyle was to remove the ding caused by the body hitting the floor.
I took a JM style line to the rear of the upper bout and down to just below the centerline to get rid of the major dings.
I’m still tossing up how to reshape the upper half and the lower horn, but at least there is a way forward that is not junking it or trying to work a patch job.
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FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
I like the restyle. A lot more like an S-series Ibanez, which I much prefer to the RG.
More pleasing to my eye too
I’ve always had a fondness for the RGs, but they are rather planky. I don’t think I’ve ever played an actual s series. I do have a JS140 which is all rounded curves and profiles. I think this is going to end up curved facets and carved angles, that seems to be what it’s saying to me at present. But before I get to far ahead of myself I’ll need to get the control cavity sorted and the other major routs.
Edit: And I should probably build a neck at some point.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
If it were me, I'd now probably round the horn points off a bit more, or maybe just the lower one. Just a bit.
Funnily enough, I spent about a half hour trying to sketch out that very concept. As you can see it’s still a work in progress.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
That'd be my take on it as well. I like the reshape so far.
Build 1 - Shoegazer MK1 JMA-1
Build 2 - The Relliecaster TL-1
Build 3 - The Black Cherry SG AG-1
Build 4 - The Sonicaster TL-1ish
Build 5 - The Steampunker Bass YB-4
Build 6 - The Howling Gowing ST-1
"What I lack in talent I make up for with enthusiasm"
I'll cast another vote that way. I've never been a fan of the extreme pointy horns on Ibanezes (or pointy guitars in general).
Making the world a better place; one guitar at a time...
+1 for softening the pointy bits although I actually like the slab back end for what it’s worth
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