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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Offline phreak

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Offline Gloriano

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:eek2:  damn good work Maeg:):yes:
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Offline Martinus

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ROFLMAO! Best reply evar PhReAk. :lol:
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Offline Setekh

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Originally posted by PhReAk


Totally agreed. :lol::yes: But hey hey hey, you didn't show us how you put the machine heads in! Awww. :o

Didn't realise acoustics were so difficult to make, Maeg. Well, you know what your next project is then, don't you... :D
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Offline Martinus

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Yeah, a Les Paul Junior. :D


Simple and beautiful.
I'll probably start right after my exams are finished. Sometime around the start of June. I'll show you how the machineheads are fitted when I build that one. :nod:
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Offline Setekh

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Ooooh... curvy. Looking forward to this one, oh great luthier. :)
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How to build a guitar in many, many easy steps*
ah, classic :D
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Offline pyro-manic

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:lol: @ phreak!

Get it plugged in then, Maeg - I wanna hear it scream! :D

And good choice for your next project - P-90s are great. :nod::yes:
Any fool can pull a trigger...

 

Offline phreak

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heh, i was going to suggest to maeg to make a Les Paul next.  any professional guitarist has at least one, unless you make your money by playing classical guitar
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Offline Martinus

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I have a custom Westbury here PhReAk, it's got a '59 reissue Les Paul pickup in it so I've basically got a Les Paul standard.

The junior is just such a fantastic understatement, one pickup, nothing fancy to the build but it just sounds so good. The P90 has a great tone too; hey another SG1 reference!
I think their P90's run out of ammo eventually though. ;)
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Offline Flipside

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LOL I love the headstock on that Guitar, very satanic! ;)

A friend of mine is getting his Strat sprayed by a Tattoo artist, it's a black strat, and all the guy is doing is highlighting it so it looks like a face is trying to stretch through the guitar, it looks incredible! I'll see if I can get a pic :)

 

Offline Martinus

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Well as I said before the headstock isn't my bag but it seems to do the job OK.

As for the guitar that's being sprayed; sounds intriguing, photos would be much appreciated. :nod:

I wonder why so few people are actually posting in this thread. :nervous:
« Last Edit: May 07, 2007, 09:24:45 am by Maeglamor »

 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Because people are fed up of guitars.
Banjos are where it's at, man!

j/k :P

 

Offline Martinus

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:lol: They still have that 'deep south' stigma with all of them pigs and the squealing...
« Last Edit: May 07, 2007, 09:25:05 am by Maeglamor »

 
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Wow...Maeg...If I had the money...I'd pay some serious cash for that...800 to a grand at least...I WANT AN ELECTRIC GUITAR!!

*pouts*

*plays his acoustic*

 

Offline Rictor

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*applause*

The most complex thing I've ever built was a mini trebuchet-type-thing, and that wasn't even mostly me. So, needless to say, excellent work. Is it just me, or is the guitar somewhat shorter than standard?

It must be so much more gratifying to play something you built yourself. Like an old Japanese katana maker, emerging after three years in isolation with the perfect weapon of death :D:D

and are you planning on painting it? A  brown laquere would look awesome on top of the wood grain.

 

Offline Setekh

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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Because people are fed up of guitars.
Banjos are where it's at, man!

j/k :P


Burn him! Cut him off from the land! :D

Seriously though, pyro's absolutely right - get a recording of that thing, I wanna hear what kind of sound it can produce. ;)
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Offline Turnsky

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sooo, you gonna varnish it?.. it'd be a shame to cover that sweet woodgrain with paint..  ;)
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Offline Martinus

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Wow...Maeg...If I had the money...I'd pay some serious cash for that...800 to a grand at least...I WANT AN ELECTRIC GUITAR!!

*pouts*

*plays his acoustic*
I built it for free.
The materials cost somewhere in the region of £300 quid though.

As for satisfaction; just looking at it when finished was so gratifying that after we had placed it on it's stand both I and Sean had a hard time leaving the room we were storing it in. :lol:

I advised him to lacquer it a clear satin finish, lacquer is harder and more resisilent than varnish.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2007, 09:25:44 am by Maeglamor »