Faux XII REVISITED NEW HOT VIDEO!

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:26 pm

Wow that looks amazing! :D

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:51 pm

Sweet! And the pickups are hand sewed!

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:51 pm

Very very nice!

Like others said... it looks like something Fender could/should have made.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:39 pm

This project hasn't died. the weather has been an arse. and trying to get anything done before it rains has been a cunt. I have worked on the contours more, most of the new routes have been done. and I started on the new pickguard tonight. havent done the beveled edge or the screw holes. but here is a sneak peak.

the edge next to the control plate is still not perfect, hopefully little bit of sanding should sort that.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:17 pm

is it the lighting, or did you treat the wood or something.
it looks darker.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:18 pm

I'm digging that color.

Post by **Hurb** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:50 pm

robert(original) wrote:is it the lighting, or did you treat the wood or something.
it looks darker.

nah just the lighting I think. cam pics in low lighting doesn't help.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:33 pm

OK little more progress today, although its come at a cost. to do edges with a router you need a router table I reckon. I have one but its shit and an arse on, I tried to do it by hand holding the router but it just wasn't happening. So I ended up getting the bevel by hand with sand paper(proper boring and slow). was a bitch getting it neat, it's not pro(although I feel a lot better about my pickguards after I saw a noho one)

pics

Post by **Mike** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:35 pm

Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:39 pm

Very nice job on the pickguard. I like the bevel adjoining the control plate. Looks very classy.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:40 pm

Mike wrote:Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.

Haha cheers, close up you can still see scratch marks on the bevel where i need to sand more with higher sandpaper. If I had done it with a router this wouldn't be needed.
I also did a really stupid thing that I did not spot till today....see the screw in the middle of the pickups? there's no wood there !DOH! thats where there is a route for wires to go haha. stupid. so I will have to fix the screw on there so it doest fall out.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:41 pm

Hurb wrote:
Mike wrote:Fucking hell Hurb, that is too pro. Looks fan bloody tastic.

I adore the way it hunkers deep over the Tremelo plate, it's perfect.
Haha cheers, close up you can still see scratch marks on the bevel where i need to sand more with higher sandpaper. If I had done it with a router this wouldn't be needed.
I also did a really stupid thing that I did not spot till today....see the screw in the middle of the pickups? there's no wood there !DOH! thats where there is a route for wires to go haha. stupid. so I will have to fix the screw on there so it doest fall out.

Just glue it or something. I won't tell nobody.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:43 pm

If you hadn't told us no one would have been the wiser.

Still an excellent looking job.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:44 pm

Delicious, it looks really neat.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:45 pm

cooterfinger wrote:Very nice job on the pickguard. I like the bevel adjoining the control plate. Looks very classy.

yeah that was a problem for me, looking at reall xii guards there is a weird bevel there. so i tried my best to recreated it. not perfect but hand maded

http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images ... iginal.jpg <--real guard at check the control plate bevel

Post by **Mike** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:47 pm

I think your angled bevel looks nicer than their 90 degree cut.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:47 pm

cooterfinger wrote:If you hadn't told us no one would have been the wiser. Still an excellent looking job.

haha yeah when I realised I just laffed. its no biggie. It looks better with a screw here i think...even if it ain't doing anything lol. but wa well dopey of me.

Post by **Hurb** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:51 pm

Mike wrote:I think your angled bevel looks nicer than their 90 degree cut.

cheers dude I am happy with it too.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:52 pm

That looks great Hurb!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 1:53 pm

good fucking job.

did you clear coat it? its kinda shiny.

moar paint?