The world of Wez :)

WezV · October 2014

Just started to help someone else out with a build.

quilt topped 7-string tele

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/10612608_10205162566249935_5943483638493456279_n_zps2534a823.jpg

WezV · October 2014

just done my first attempt at engraving an aluminium plate.

its not perfect, but its far from terrible. certainly not bad for as someone who has dyspraxic tendencies

I stuck some paper to the aluminium guard and drew the design onto the paper. I then went over the lines with a diamond ball bit in a dremel

this took about 1 1/2 hours all in - that is going very carefully

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps34de0a91.jpg

still more to do with the wings and finishing it all off

WezV · October 2014

managed to get a bit more done tonight

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps04da6cef.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zpsb24e2d9a.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps3f402698.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps311b828d.jpg

sinbaadi · October 2014

That's a work of art. What a great thing to have hung on the wall.

kin · October 2014

Dragons and suchlike on a guitar are not my cup of tea, but that looks great.

I work in the jewellery trade and charging £15 for a name and date on a trophy is not unusual, just wanted to let you know , as it's easy to undervalue skills and time, a decent engraver would charge a goodly amount of cash to do that kind of work, quite rightly too, as it's not something everyone can do.

WezV · October 2014

Thats good to hear,

just imagine what I could sell something I was happy with for

kin · October 2014

A goodly amount I would hope, unless the person asking for such work was someone who had recently done sterling service to the guitar making community by pointing out that such work should be valued highly, and in that case a full Zemaitis front, shall we say £30

WezV · November 2014

So I am building a guitar out of Iroko, or at least Roy (the guy I am helping on his first project) is.

If you search for Iroko guitars you may well find a few example of me saying "why would you bother". But I have ended up with a fair bit of the stuff, usually when someone says "oh, i have some old mahogany you can have". I have too much to ignore it now, and when Roy said he had gathered some mahogany for the project it turned out to be Iroko, he got it from my cousin and I already had the rest of the plank which matched exactly.

I don't like working with the wood, but It is straight grained, has a nice bright tap tone. Its also heavy. The 7-string quilt top shown at the top of the page will have an iroko back. I cut out the back the other day, its only 30mm thick and tele shaped - it weighed 6lbs all by itself. That is one reason not to go for iroko. any way, its been heavily chambered and the maple top is now on and its down to 4lb 4oz. ready for Roy to trim to final shape and hopefully loose a few more ounces along the way

Gonna be interesting, but I think its actually going to work well for the 7-string

WezV · November 2014

its here

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zpsacef12f5.jpg

WezV · November 2014

some progress on the 7-string tele, this hardware is just for measurement purposes

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/10405332_10205272164029811_8918122318839811581_n_zpsf116cb0c.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/10603203_10205272164429821_4903689946622490836_n_zps7360f4bb.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/temporary_zps9209f0d9.jpg

WezV · November 2014

so the one above got bound, we also replaced the fretboard dots with rosewood - ghost dots

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/1601260_10205365202155706_3559184825075987700_n_zpsf6d1b730.jpg

And the white fanned fret is all finished and has its ASL Havoc installed. I also added a push/pull coil tap which adds a lot of versatility

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/wff8_zps1993e4d8.jpg

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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/wff6_zpsda3fef13.jpg

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kin · November 2014

the white fanned fret is absolutely stunning

BigMonka · November 2014

Love the stripes on the back of the neck of the fan-fret - gorgeous work.

Deadman · November 2014

Oh my God. You've outdone yourself this time Wez. I'm speechless!

Gassage · November 2014

Loving simplicity of the Fan guitar. WellJel.

I wish I could do more with my hands than just enter my PIN number into Chandler's card machine.

WezV · November 2014

cheers guys. the main point of building this was to test out the scale length for some of the acoustic fanned frets I have planned in the near future. I wanted to try it out on this because worse case scenario was the scales would work well for lead but be rubbish for 1st position chords. thankfully it actually works pretty well for both

although it was a quick build and i cut corners on the finish (think gibson faded style of finish) its all worked out very well. Its really resonant with great sustain and nice clarity. It weighs about 7lbs. its really comfortable to play. It actually has more versatility to the sound than a lot of twin pickup guitars thanks to the strength of ash's pickup design.