my venus style guitar

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:03 am

I love the Venus. I think I'd have to go surf green or sonic blue for it, though. Not very "out of the box" but I just think those are the best colours, or types of colours for it. They really remind me of Rickenbacker 360s, so I just assume that they have the binding on the back too.

terronado · Post by **terronado** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 3:06 pm

i'm going to leave this one well enough alone.

hope it turns out how you planned. jim beam is a helluva drug.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:52 pm

I've hardly touched this in ages.

Been waiting for parts and a few boring excuses. (I rushed and fucked it up a bit!)

Anyway got the bridge & machine heads and some other crap.
So now I've pretty much got all the stuff I need to put this together!

Update coming soon!

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:41 pm

Here it is!

Fuckup No.1 can be seen in the top.
I pushed the router too fast and got tearout.
So had to re shape concave curve on the top.
Highly pissed off but it's that or bin it, or a big chunk of filler!

Fuck up No.2, A chunk missing out of the neck pocket area.

Might reshape and use one of these.

Note to self; DO NOT RUSH!!!!!!

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:13 pm

Here is my initial pickguard design.

I Think I'm gonna make it a bit bigger, but this is the kind of shape I'm aiming for.
The pennies represent the tone/volume controls and that lonely one on the lower horn is where the pickup selector will be.

BTW I settled for a Goon-O-Matic bridge and ferrules. (cue the haters!)

TerminalVertigo · Post by **TerminalVertigo** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:05 pm

Looks good so far, take your time

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:15 pm

I cut the neck pocket and that nasty scar is gone!
So no need for a funny shaped neck plate.

And the neck fits really well!

I've got a different neck now. An Eden neck with a tilted back headstock and rosewood fretboard.
I've read horror stories about shitty Eden necks but mine is nice.
It's slim and has a good feel to it, and no loose frets or shit like that like I've read about on the internet.

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:43 pm

Right then.
I've Smoothed out all the cut edges apart from either side of the neck pocket which are about 10mm wide.

I'm going to rear route for the electics. And paint it Burgundy Mist.

I want some opinions on a couple of things:

-PICKGUARD COLOUR; White, Black or White Pearloid

-CONTOURS; Fore arm and belly contours, is is worth the effort?

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:07 pm

Oh and if i go for a white or pearl pickguard I'll need these.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cream-P90-humbuck ... m153.l1262

But they're 'cream' rether than white and might look crap. Opinions?

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:51 pm

I've done the contours.

And because I have no wood working tools, am stingey and impatient.
I used and angle grinder with soft pad and sanding disc.
It worked really well!
I've done a bit of work with a file, smoothing off the corners and rounding it out.
The bulk of the work took about 5- 10 mins.

TerminalVertigo · Post by **TerminalVertigo** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:59 pm

looks putrid good so far

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:14 pm

I've just ordered some clear cellulose from here

http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-7 ... 500ml.html

Excellent value for money, but out of stock right now so I'll have to wait a bit.
Worth it I think.

Still undicided on the colour though?

*EDIT* I waited about 2 months and never recieved any laquer, had a refund

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:47 pm

A couple of weeks back I decided to dig this up out of it's grave and do something with it.

I've started by putting right the fuck up i made cutting the overall shape.
You can se where i stuck a patch in.

I'm much happier with the overall shape, progress will again be slow, but at least I'm doing something with it.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:52 pm

that looks fantastic, mate.

any idea what kinda headstock you're doing?

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:00 pm

Planning on a kinda skewed 3+3 headstock, longer on the bass side. With a concave curve to the end with a body-coloured beveled edge to it. (does that make sense?)

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:25 pm

i can kinda see what you're going for. should look great.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:52 am

How difficult are the round-overs?