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scale length 625 mm...weight 8lbs 6 ozs...no chambering/weight relief/etc

Nice work..whats the top wood on the body?

cheers

top is quilted maple with african ebony strip

Love the quilted maple...its got a radical 3D look about it.

Great job. I detect a little curl in that top. Very nice!!

cheers fellas

this top exhibits a deep jewel effect of differing shades of hadish-black in the sunlight..

not sure how i did it heh

here is a pic of it hanging out in the sunlight while drying

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Nice axe! The Maple is quite dark I almost would have picked it as a Walnut (except quilted Walnut would be like hens teeth) but it sure has a nice deep figure.Did you do anything with stain to enhance the figure or is that just as it came out the gun?
What is your neck wood, is it some sort of Rosewood or is that African Ebony like your centre stripe? Looks very nice. Not overly keen on all the fret dots but then I'm weird and prefer none at all on mine
Also the pickups...Seymour D's or DiMarzio's? (questions,questions,questions! )

cheers Nick

it is american quilted maple and naturally it is not dark at all ...

here is a build pic of it prior to stain

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i did stain and sanded a few times to accentuate even more radically the contrast

neck wood is African Blackwood ...THE black dalbergia !

no truss rod .. no finish ...just polished/buffed from raw

zero fret radius - flat fingerboard surface


the center strip is african gaboon ebony ...not dalbergia blackwood


currently pickups are : bridge-SD JB (i think i need to get f-spaced model) ..neck:chinese no name thing


even more questions?!


fire away

Wow! I'd love to see that in person. Don't think that pictures do it justice.

Lillian wrote:

Wow! I'd love to see that in person. Don't think that pictures do it justice.

cheers Lillian

...well...

in person ...you will surely see the lap marks all over the body from wiping on the poly with a little cloth pad

That looks sweet! How many different tints did you end up using?

sebastiaan56 wrote:

That looks sweet! How many different tints did you end up using?

well...

...here is a softball opportunity (like an underarm long hop delivery) for me to hit a six and say all types of mysterious things ...

...but


...just the ONE

Looks good!

Is there a reason why the neck humbucker is a zebra and not the bridge?

guitarcam wrote:

Looks good!

Is there a reason why the neck humbucker is a zebra and not the bridge?

no reason

i am just using wht ever is in my spares box

i actually had the look of nickel covers inside blackwood rings in mind but i would have to dismantle a guitar or so to get those parts heh

Very nice...I love a good quilt.
I bet the Neck is as smooth as it looks too!

Doug.

Daintree wrote:

Very nice...I love a good quilt.
I bet the Neck is as smooth as it looks too!

Doug.

cheers Doug

the neck is super smooth and unlike most other types of rosewood ...the blackwood has no pores at all

Nice work with the colours scheme Runner, I know you told me your name once ages ago but I have forgotten it as I had a long time away from the PC.

Thanks for the look

Jim

cheers Jim

...originally i was going to do a red over the top of the black to get a red-tiger finish

...but ...

...i watched the Third Man towards the end of the build and i went all NOIR


...name's Michael btw not tht it matters tht much

Look really nice mate. Well done!

cheers Ben

liked it so much ...making another one!

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