The world of Wez :)

WezV

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WezV

sides all bent and cooling in the mold.  

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the f-clamps are not ideal, but they are only on  really lightly to help it stay in place as it cools.  I also started making the braces for the back

WezV

got some braces gluing on the back.  Its a 15' radius dish and  go bars for clamping

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I have left the braces pretty square for now and will carve to shape once out of the go bar deck

WezV

In the shop

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ThePrettyDamned

WezV said:

In the shop

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My god I love that guitar. 

If I come into money, it's mine. 

WezV

So Roy came around to finish of the 7-string tele.

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Moss

WezV said:

So Roy came around to finish of the 7-string tele.

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/1610873_10205964181769822_891442338478153033_n_zps682b5b61.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/19295_10205964185289910_2648793757299130289_n_zpsbc7852f0.jpg

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Beautiful - shame it's got 1 string too many 

WezV

he wants to do an 8 string tele next!!

Moss

WezV said:

he wants to do an 8 string tele next!!

God help us all

mudslide73

Lovely stuff again, Wez.

WezV

so, weather is picking up and its time to get on with some acoustic stuff again

not done much on the thinline for a while - but suddenly its progressing

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lets take a closer look at the neck.   Its 1-piece flamed maple.  I have had this wood for ages and normally advise against 1-piece flamed maple necks... but there is some extra reinforcement inside which should make it work out just fine.

we have flamed maple binding, black pinstriping - and a clean plain maple board.  I have used 3.5mm dots on the side and face - they are glow in the dark luminlay

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I keep changing my mind on the plan for this one, so don't take this as written in stone.   At the moment its a lot of light coloured woods, but none of them match.   The fret board  and all binding will stay as pure clean maple.   the spruce top will get painted in bronze or copper and aged.  the back, sides and neck  will most likely be a warm brown, but i want to play with mixing that with blues and greens to give a wood version of the aged metal top.  if it doesn't work on the scrap i will stick with a warm brown.   hardware will be nickel and aged - single pickup probably at the neck position and probably something lo-fi

WezV

Tumbleweed....

Is this because I am still using Photobucket?

Roland

No, we're all here watching avidly, but not wanting to sully your thread with inane comments.

juansolo

^this

WezV

thats just the thing, i am posting in a discussion forum, not a blog.   comments are appreciated even if I choose to ignore them  and do my own thing 

 

the comment above was really because of some recent forum topics on photobucket that have led me to contemplate  changing my image hosting service

posting one of the fanciest* DIY binding/purfling schemes this forum has seen and getting no responses makes me think people are not seeing the pictures

 

I am planning on using the same scheme on the body which will be more of a challenge

 

*in a restrained up market way, rather than a tonne of pearl  

Shark_Eyes

In the spirit of asking questions, why wouldn't you recommend making a one piece flamed maple neck? I get the impression that they're weaker somehow?

I like the dots, be interesting to see that in real life.

WezV

Yeah, figured wood is a structural flaw.

There is a myth that Stradivarius used flamed maple because it was easy to find in driftwood from broken oars. Furniture makers used to avoid it for similar reasons.

Subtle flame doesn't cause too many issues but heavy flame can have significant run out at every ripple. Quilt is totally unsuitable

Shark_Eyes

Thanks, I never knew that. 

Is the body going to have sound holes in it?

Philly_Q

WezV said:

Yeah, figured wood is a structural flaw.

There is a myth that Stradivarius used flamed maple because it was easy to find in driftwood from broken oars. Furniture makers used to avoid it for similar reasons.

Subtle flame doesn't cause too many issues but heavy flame can have significant run out at every ripple. Quilt is totally unsuitable

Presumably birdseye maple necks can have problems too?

TTony

WezV said:

normally advise against 1-piece flamed maple necks... but there is some extra reinforcement inside which should make it work out just fine.

Carbon rods?

I like a bit of feature on a neck.  Either flamey maple or a multi-piece construction (even 3-pce mahog - doesn't have to be fancy laminates).  Luminous dots because it'll have on-stage use, or just because you had some luminous dot material in the drawer??

Photobucket should be Ok here.  The problem normally is that people use the wrong link.  As long as you copy the DIRECT link, you should be fine.  It does seem that sometimes it works if you paste the link directly into the text box, and sometimes you need to use the insert image button, and paste the link into the dialog box that appears.  No idea why ...