Raging Fires build
Raging Fires build
Hi guys.
I thought I'd post a little of what I do and this is fresh off the bench.
Lace she-oak carvetop ( Got this B/M billet from Tim about two years ago)
Blackwood two piece chambered body
Three piece laminated blackwood neck with Qld Walnut centre lam.
The rest you can work out with yer peepers
Coated in Pre-cat Nitro 95% gloss level.
Cheers, Stu
I thought I'd post a little of what I do and this is fresh off the bench.
Lace she-oak carvetop ( Got this B/M billet from Tim about two years ago)
Blackwood two piece chambered body
Three piece laminated blackwood neck with Qld Walnut centre lam.
The rest you can work out with yer peepers
Coated in Pre-cat Nitro 95% gloss level.
Cheers, Stu
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Wow! Beautiful axe, Stu! Raging fire indeed!
Hey, I see you're using Planet Waves tuners. What do you think of them? I put them on the only guitar I've finished so far, and thought they were a bit heavy, but I think they work very well. And, I like the self-trimming feature.
They sure look "just right" with the other black hardware on this guitar.
Dennis
Hey, I see you're using Planet Waves tuners. What do you think of them? I put them on the only guitar I've finished so far, and thought they were a bit heavy, but I think they work very well. And, I like the self-trimming feature.
They sure look "just right" with the other black hardware on this guitar.
Dennis
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Nice work Stu. Lots of acoustic purists around here but I am a big electric fan. I play a lot of electric guitar (metal even) and have a quiver I made for myself.
Your truss rod cover looks interesting/innovative. Got a close-up?
Cheers
Dom
Your truss rod cover looks interesting/innovative. Got a close-up?
Cheers
Dom
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Not an acoustic I know, but still worthy I hope.
The truss cover was a simple feature I wanted to try to incorporate
in a few of my builds as I like the easy trussrod access at the headstock end but don't like cluttering up this area too much with cover plates and the like.
My solution was to cut a strip of sheoak (or whatever I'm using as an accent) and mount a small but weak magnet on the end so it butts
up against the truss-rod end. (BTW I'm using allie lutherie double
action trussies)
Seems to work a treat. The striped ebony cover is off another build.
Bloodwood into a striped ebony f/board
Not an acoustic I know, but still worthy I hope.
The truss cover was a simple feature I wanted to try to incorporate
in a few of my builds as I like the easy trussrod access at the headstock end but don't like cluttering up this area too much with cover plates and the like.
My solution was to cut a strip of sheoak (or whatever I'm using as an accent) and mount a small but weak magnet on the end so it butts
up against the truss-rod end. (BTW I'm using allie lutherie double
action trussies)
Seems to work a treat. The striped ebony cover is off another build.
Bloodwood into a striped ebony f/board
Very neat solution Stu. I don't really like the look of TR covers unless they are quite fine/thin which is hard in wood but I use a head end adjuster on my acoustics and have been mucking around with leaving a nice clean hole but your idea is very nice.
Dom
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Hey Stu,
This is a great looking guitar and your solution for the truss rod access is functional and stylish. This is a combination that must surely qualify your idea as a design classic and one I am sure to steal in the future. I must also comment on the outstanding beauty of WA Sheoak. It is certainly an wonderful wood both aesthetically, and tonally. I feel that WA Sheoak will draw much demand from builders of both electric and acoustic instruments in the future as it gains more exposure.
Well done on a fine instrument.
Cheers
Kim
This is a great looking guitar and your solution for the truss rod access is functional and stylish. This is a combination that must surely qualify your idea as a design classic and one I am sure to steal in the future. I must also comment on the outstanding beauty of WA Sheoak. It is certainly an wonderful wood both aesthetically, and tonally. I feel that WA Sheoak will draw much demand from builders of both electric and acoustic instruments in the future as it gains more exposure.
Well done on a fine instrument.
Cheers
Kim
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thanks for your thoughts fellas.
Looking forward to seeing this form of trussie cover on some of your builds. This works from me, design wise as it's more of a feature and less crowding on the headstock.
As far as the sharing of ideas, I'm not precious about this stuff, just happy to spring a few ideas around worthy of your contemplation.
cheers, Stu
Looking forward to seeing this form of trussie cover on some of your builds. This works from me, design wise as it's more of a feature and less crowding on the headstock.
As far as the sharing of ideas, I'm not precious about this stuff, just happy to spring a few ideas around worthy of your contemplation.
cheers, Stu
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