hooglebug Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 look at my hard sexy wood heres the chamber and wire route and after a couple of hours with some tiny planers im leaving it rough till its glued together and the bindings on, then i can get it all nice and right. also, the ledge for the recurve with be very useful for clamps also also, heres the top for the burst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 jizzmobile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 My jaw pretty much hit the floor when I saw that quilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Oh man, I was just bored browsing Facebook and came across this Best looking guitar ever. I remember when it was being built, took you ages to finish but I've never followed a build quite so intently What happened to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Part of me thinks gold hardware would have been better on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Eeufhgh, that's the most beautiful guitar ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I thought it looked better natural wood colour when he was building it, but that photo is just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 i intended to get the burst body up to speed with the goldtop today, but 4 week old nephew got in the way of that. not literally obviously, he's not capable of that yet. so heres where i got to instead. got the mahogany bandsawed and routed and thicknessed, the top thicknessed and the binding route done. and the recurve shelf half done. also, my pot of gold came!! oooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Is it going to turn that off-green Goldtop color as it cures? That looks crazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 that takes a long time to happen, its the oxidisation of the brass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 i enjoy seeing proper luthiery like this. It's a big step up from bolting a neck on a plank and giving it a nice finish like the rest of us do on here... ha! very true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 ha! very true haha, no disrespect intended to anyone of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 haha, no disrespect intended to anyone of course! Ha. Hoodlebugs guitars are a league about yer average fan boi's guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 both are pretty much at the same point now. im going to have to get a new dremel, then i can do the headstock logos before i glue the necks in. the burst headstock will get bound i have decided now, while the goldtop wont. i got the fretboards and binding today so i can get on with them (until the point where i need to do the inlay. bugger.) so, heres the burst and both together. remember the carve is staying rough till its all glued together, then i can finish it off properly and this is the ivoroid binding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 your wood's so beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 have ordered a new dremel, so should be able to get the inlays done soon. meanwhile i got the fretboards and burst headstock bound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 i couldnt resist a little mockup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 That flame is beautiful! (phone made it look like quilt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 got the dremel today (my first one with dremel actually written on it hehe) and got the headstock logos and the body binding channel around the horn done. also cut out the 12th fret inlays, but wont inlay them until the boards radiused as the ivory is so thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 check out this quote from project guitar To me these guitars look like a "Donald Duck Overdriven by a Bulldozer". May they are better but photos make them look that awful. and this is a picture he sent me last week of what he thought i should do with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Wow He seems like a bit of a dick. Definitely looks a lot better before he "improved" it for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Batman. Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 check out this quote from project guitar To me these guitars look like a "Donald Duck Overdriven by a Bulldozer". May they are better but photos make them look that awful. and this is a picture he sent me last week of what he thought i should do with them The one on the right looks like shit compared to the one on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 The one on the right looks like shit compared to the one on the left. This. If you could find a middle ground between the two headstocks that would be cool. And I can see what he was trying to do with the control layout but it's better your way when it follows the burst. Top horn adjustment is shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 yeah part of me agrees with the control changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelligentAl Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The bottom control nob on your own version seems like its right out of the way of the others, looks like it'd be a right bitch to use in a jiffy. I can see what you were going for aesthetically, but practicality suggests it doesn't really work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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