So, I have a body blank and a template for a body shape design of my own. Annoyingly, the blank is about 6mm too short for the shape! If I put the template at a bit of an angle, rather than inline with the grain I could fit it on, but this would be a silly thing to do I guess???? I'm planning on a black finish with a gold flake top so no grain direction would show.
Other options:
1) Buy another blank (prefer not to)
2) Stick a bit on the end horn and hope I don't bust it off
3) Alter my design (tried this but it doesn't look so good)
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@Rabs would tell you you can have it going totally the wrong way... I wouldn’t go that far but it works for him
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If the grain direction realy, really won't show - why are you asking us?
The wrong way... Ha...
What kind of wood is it?
I can tell you it worked really really well for this build...
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I had people saying they didn't think it would sustain well cos the grain is going the other way to the neck... It works very well thank you.. The owner of the guitar is very happy with it.
So if you are worried about that side of things, I wouldn't. Of course I could have just got lucky?
I did do another one but im not so sure about it yet.. I have to go back to it and try it again soon.
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There are photos somewhere here of a Gordon Smith with it off by about 30 degrees... no-one noticed it was any worse than usual until the finish was taken off!
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I think you are overthinking it if it's going to be a solid colour though. The 1965 Jaguar I had was a sunburst and it didn't look odd, even though the joins were quite a long way off parallel to the centreline.
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Unless that then makes the blank too narrow! Which no doubt it will .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein