O.M.G.
That is just amazing work...
O.M.G.
That is just amazing work...
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
One of the best looking bursts on the forum. Awesome work.
Very, very nice!
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
Thanks very much Wokks, DB, Gav and Fretty. Got most of the binding cleaned up, just have the fiddly f-holes to do.
Looks amazing neverwas!
D'Angelico make great looking guitars. love those headstocks
Stan's LP Build for my Sister: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3146
Benson Pickup Strat mod: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5229
Epiphone LP headstock fix: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3410
Martin Backpacker Repair: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5038&page=3
'57 Harmony Jazz guitar project: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2972
Wow, that looks amazing neverwas.
I love all things art-deco, this should be an awesome looking guitar.
Great stuff!
I need to learn a lot more about this grain filling subject.
Thanks for the encouragement guys. Update time.
The body has four coats of acrylic lacquer clear and is being left to cure, will need to be sanded and re-cleared.
Lots of work done to the headstock. The inlay pieces have been cut and filed to shape and the recess routed.
Then went about reshaping. I'm with Stan, the D'Angelico head stocks are really cool so I made my own approximation of one. Started by drilling the two holes and then used a coping saw to get the top profile, then a sanding drum in the drill press to tidy up and shape the sides and small files to finish up, also used a profile gauge to get both sides even.
And with the inlay pieces in place
There is no way I could rout a straight line, so I got as close as I could then used some wood carving knives I got off the interweb to straighten the lines. There are a few gaps but should be able to fill them in and not be too noticeable.
Last edited by neverwas; 05-10-2015 at 06:59 PM.
Then I had a go at routing the channel for the binding and purfling. Don't really have the right bits so made do with what I have and do a bit of improvising. Needed to make a caul (not sure if thats the right word), a piece to stick to the top of the head stock so the router could get right up to the end of the fingerboard and had to use some packing strap to space the router bearing out far enough to get the right rebate size.
After a bit of tidying up
Not sure if it shows up clearly, but there are sections where the inner ledge for the purfling need to be built back up, my lack of experience showing. Maybe sawdust and glue should do the trick?
Hope I didn't get anyone's hope up with the art deco inlay design, it looks fairly simple but the plan is to scribe some lines to better define the shape, if that makes any sense.
Grant
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