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Mr Mustache · Post by **Mr Mustache** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:08 pm

that's really awesome dude!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:18 pm

i am prcrastinating on the sanding of the neck cuz its so monontanus(sp)
so i started working on the knobs.

i will pos up when they are completely done, and keep watching my neck thread, you might learn something
peace

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:55 pm

What does it mean to Aenize a trem? Lock it down?

Wooden knobs? Very cool.

One of those lower frets looks a hair off to me, but it might just be the angle of the photo. Not a criticism, just an observation. At this point, I guess feedback ins't that helpful. I like that body. Damn, that looks like fun. Laborious, but fun. The sculptor Rodin would start projects and hand them off to assistants for the grunt work. That's the way to go.

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:11 pm

DGNR8 wrote:What does it mean to Aenize a trem? Lock it down?

It only has four saddles on it. Aen is apparently famous for not having 6 strings on all his guitars. It's a step or two down from Thurstonisation.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:36 pm

actually that is a deers antler, i am making the knobs out of an old deerskull basically, and i have been toying with the idea of deer bone block inlays.
'did you notice that that neck i have on the first page is a frettless after the 13th fret.
maybe thats why it looks off to you,
they are just lil bits of blood wood added in.
wait until you see my completely fretless neck.
i have so many damn prjects going on right now, i can;t even remember all of them.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:45 pm

I like your style, robert. It's creative and interesting.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:05 pm

the guy that was painting the body screwed it up, cuz he was an idiot about it, its a long story but i want o show everyone how to get dents out with hanving to sand the entire thing down to the point of indentation.
you will need all this shit.

take an iron.
some water and a damp, not dripping, damp paper towel.
this is the one i will be working on, its a hollow bodytele.

find the dent yoy want to work on, and get it a bit wet.
then put your towel on top and steam it like you are ironing some pants.

repeat until the dent has popped itself back up.
it may not come all the way up , bit garentee you if it goes down 3 mm's you can it to come up at 2mm's
and thats alot if you think about it.
usually if its small, it will come right back, you see, as long as its a dent, the wood is still there. its just pressed in.

now becuz this is a guitar with a glued on top, the steam and iron worked some of the glue a bit, not really that i could see, but more from common sense, to just to be sure i shot some more glue in the smallest of spaces.
i used a syringe like thing that i had from a while back.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:21 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:
Billy3000 wrote:looks good dude!

The strat trem looks like it's been aen-ized.
aen'd.

Nice guit-boxes, too.

DOn't knock it till you try it.

weijie · Post by **weijie** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:21 pm

I love to look at the various projects you've done/are doing! Thanks for the little tips, and running commentaries. It's definitely going to help me with my own projects, as others have mentioned before.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:27 pm

here is the chip caster after paint, originaly it wa to be sky blue.
somehow it turend into a sparkle teal color.
it wasn't done too badly, but the only poblem is he got the neck pocket.
which, was not supose to happen becuz the fit was already really really tight.

its not too bad. im about half way on the neck but i don;t be doing any work on it till i get back from chicago, i need a vacation from all these stupid fucknig people. (not you guys, all the reapair crap that i have had to the last 4-5 days is rediculouse and so are the people)

a66jagdream · Post by **a66jagdream** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:21 pm

DAMN! that's sexy nice job dude.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:31 am

i didn ;t actually paint it, chips dad did the paint.
he does alot of automotive. so it looks like auto paint rather than guitar paint.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:36 am

why weren't the neck screwholes drilled *before* the paint? Now, you run the risk of chipping/cracking the paint.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:37 am

no you don;t
tape my good friend, tape.
i did it on my tele and another.
it works perfectly.
the one thing that pisses me off is i told him to tape off certain parts. like the neck pocket and the pot and switch holes, but he didn;t so now i have to carfully sand it all off.

weijie · Post by **weijie** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:09 am

Sorry robert(original), could you clarify how you drill holes into the body (i.e. for the neck, or pickguard, control plate screw holes) after it has been painted without cracking the paint? Thanks!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 11:31 pm

tape, put tape down.
the guard area wouldn't matter much cuz they are so small.
but the neck screws,
all you have to do is put tape down(masking tape) then drill, and remove the tape. it protects it from shredding or cracking about 95 percent of the time.

weijie · Post by **weijie** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:09 am

Ahhh, ok. That sounds simple enough! Thanks for the clarification.

Just another "idiot's guide" sort of question if you don't mind. When you drill the holes for the neck screws, do you drill them from the front side of the body, or from the back? Does it make a difference?

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:41 am

back side, it will only shred the pocket. if it does at all.
if you do it from the other side it is garenteed to shred.
by shred i mean rip tyhe wood arpart.(way worse than chipping tha paint)
its cool man, ask any question you want.
most people are afraid to ask, and still believe that be-stop if the king luthierie.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:52 pm

here is neck number two.
the pics are pretty self explametory.
check out my poll in the pub and let me knoe what kinda dots you think i should do.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:01 pm

damn dude! That body looks really great! I really like the design.