It is. My GST-1's ash body weighs 2.5kg on its own, without neck or hardware.
It is. My GST-1's ash body weighs 2.5kg on its own, without neck or hardware.
Thanks Simon. Yeh I was on the fence about the fret markers for quite a while but decided that for this particular one I wanted as little as possible disrupting the Sheoak medullary rays.
Yep the only things left to go on are the strings and string trees. I knew from the beginning that this was going to be a light guitar because the Cedar was quite light even before I cut the body shape out. From a weight perspective it would make a really nice gigging guitar for someone, however the downside is that the timber is also a bit softer than I would like which means it would get knocked around a bit. Although to be fair my Gibson SG Faded is exactly the same, you basically just look at the body and it gets little dents.
Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
Finished.
Build #1 - TLA-1Q
Build #2 - Scratch Thinline Tele
Build #3 - Scratch Rickenbacker 330/12
Build #4 - Scratch All Aussie Timber Strat
Build #5 - 1st Violin/Fiddle
Pedal Build #1 - Aion Gale
Pedal Build #2 - Aion Aurora
That is a great looking guitar. Well done.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
That's beautiful!
I know you said earlier that you won't play it much, but I hope it inspires you to pick it up more than just once in a while!
Making the world a better place; one guitar at a time...
Hats off to you, Sir. Superb.
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