[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Maeglamor

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I advised him to lacquer it a clear satin finish, lacquer is harder and more resisilent than varnish.
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that's true, but you gathered what i meant.  satin's pretty good, not overly shiny, so you don't have to polish fingermarks off it all the time

[Martinus]

Actually I'd spray it satin simply because I like the feel more, same with the neck. Satin doesn't have that gammy, slick feeling to it.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by Maeglamor
[color=66ff00]Actually I'd spray it satin simply because I like the feel more, same with the neck. Satin doesn't have that gammy, slick feeling to it.
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that too.

[Martinus]

Originally posted by Rictor
*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?

Sorry Rictor, I was looking over this thread again and I noticed that I had not addressed your question.

The scale length of the guitar is fairly standard if I remember correctly, perhaps it is the perspective of the photos that suggest shortness.
The scale length is the distance from the nut to the bridge, the shorter it is, the closer the frets are together and to a point the easier the guitar is to play. The tradeoff is sustain though; since the string is physically shorter it cannot vibrate for the same period. Gibson guitars generally have shorter scale lengths that Fender guitars but you're talking about 2 centimeters roughly, it makes a difference when your hands are small.

I finish my exams next tuesday afternoon so with a little luck I might be able to have the guitar in fully playable shape by wednesday afternoon, if so I will soonafter get my friends to record a few bits and pieces, two of them are exceptionally skilled players.
I mostly play fingerpicked tunes though I'm partial to Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple too so I might play a little bit as well.

[phreak]

*goes off to play something*

my guitar:


the only difference is that mine has a stop tailpiece instead of a string-thru and there are dots on frets 3,5,7,9,12,15,17,19,21,24

unfortunately for me, i can't do all that many flashy solos right now.  i'm looking into "The Unforgiven 1"(Metallica) or "A Question of Heaven" (Iced Earth).  I was going to try to record Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer, but i have a fixed bridge and Kerry King's solo makes liberal use of the whammy bar, not to mention its a bit fast.

[Slanker_MT]

Almost 99% of Slayer songs make extensive usage of the whammy bar.

Nice work, Maeg. I prefer an ESP MII but if that one doesn´t exist, I may as well have bought yours

[RedgeTester]

Dumbass.

[Slanker_MT]

Personally, I´d use a "!" instead of a "." , but hey, that´s your decision

[delta_7890]

Holy crap.  I read two pages before I checked the date and realized how old this thread is.  Oo;

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by delta_7890
Holy crap.  I read two pages before I checked the date and realized how old this thread is.  Oo;

Probably was on the ' ONE YEAR AGO, ON HLP ' bit on the mainpage.

[Slanker_MT]

Actually it was and is in Maeg´s sig.

[RedgeTester]

Originally posted by Slanker_MT
Personally, I´d use a "!" instead of a "." , but hey, that´s your decision

An exclamation mark would've indicated that I was annoyed or attempting to display a level of sharpness in the expression of the word - which it was not my intention to do.

By using a simple full-stop (or 'period') it gives a sense of the intended target - you, in this case - being beneath the level of importance whereby your actions would be worth becoming annoyed over.

It's not: "Oh God, you're such ****ing dumbass! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"

It's: "You're a dumbass to such an extent that it's not even worth my time to bother elaborating upon that determination."

Also, by not using the exclamation mark it gives no indication of emotion being present in my assesment of you and implies that 'dumbass' is simply a statement of fact, not an opinion.

[Sandwich]

Ok, guys, enough elaborating how much disregard we have for each other. Mega-bump or not, 'tis still a darned good thread. Matter of fact, I just showed a friend of mine this very thread not one week ago.