hooglebug Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 lapsteel sides have been thinned down to size. but it doesnt look any different to the last pic so theres not much point in another holly has binding (not trimmed yet), pickguard cut, neck pocket, neck (no pic yet) and control cavity cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Call me a perfectionist (not a stab at your other work) but should the sweep of the pickguard match the line of the pickup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Call me a perfectionist (not a stab at your other work) but should the sweep of the pickguard match the line of the pickup? I like the pickguard, it echoes the profile of the body. Also stunning work Hooglebug, I really need to start putting money away for mine (plus it'll give me more time to contemplate making my own zr left-handed ibanez knockoff tremelo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Call me a perfectionist (not a stab at your other work) but should the sweep of the pickguard match the line of the pickup? no it should match the sweep of the body contour. which is does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 yeah, to match the pickup it'd have to be a straight line. that wouldn't look right. unless you mean the sweep of the pick guard continuing out the top corner of the bridge piece instead of 20mm down it, in which case i think that could be a nice touch. actually scrap my idea. it wouldn't look right with the shape of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I have the exact design in my head of what I would have made, I just don't have a spare grand and a half lying around to have it done COME ON LOTTO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 rough headstock detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell_A Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 rough headstock detail Christ.... Leo Fender, Eat your heart out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I didn't originally like this one but after seeing it with a neck on my mind has been changed. That is going to be one stunning guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_man361 Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 yeh at first i was like but then i was like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I really love the more "flowing" look to that compared to a standard tele shape! much like how the shape of a Jazz bass is more flowing and shapey than a P bass which is so squared up and ugly I was also wondering what you would do with the headstock, more often than not, strats/teles just dont look right without a proper strat/tele headstock, but I really like that! it suits the sharper looking horn and curvey body Thats made out of the sycamore is it not? what kinda tonal properties does it have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 no its not. thats just some maple i had left over. iv had it for over a year. and sycamore is called european maple. so you can imagine what its like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 no its not. thats just some maple i had left over. iv had it for over a year. and sycamore is called european maple. so you can imagine what its like ohhh right Yeah I just did a little search of alternative guitar woods and sycamore was on there, saying how english sycamore is actually a true maple apparently. also said it splits readily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 does it mean split like develops cracks or splits easily as in its easy to split for boards. its just like maple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 does it mean split like develops cracks or splits easily as in its easy to split for boards. its just like maple. Hmm im not sure just says it "splits readily" which in my mind means it splits in a bad way, as in cracks or splinters, but saying it splits easily for boards does seem to make more sense given that it is listed as a good alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 ant that is an absolutely fantastic looking guitar. What way are you going to finish it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 im thinking sonic blue or something close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly. Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Red sparkley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO never again!!!! lol i do have some of that red left over.....but im saving that for an aya (strat type) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 lapsteel mockup. doesnt have the 'frets' in yet and someone on pg asked how i got the join between the core and the wings so good. well, i cheated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO never again!!!! lol i do have some of that red left over.....but im saving that for an aya (strat type) no replica of JPJ's hangsteel then? Nah that looks great - how do you suppose it'll sound with that wood combo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 i dont think the wood will have as much to do with it as the brass im gonna use for the nut and bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 Ant i've a nice cherry red finish on my peavey. It might be worth considering for something. http://www.peavey.com/products/browse.cfm/action/detail/item/115788/Rotor%28R%29%20EX.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooglebug Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 not too much difference but it has a fretboard now woo not too much difference here either but its now got 'frets' and a bit of shaping to the curvy bits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil. Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 Hmm might seem like a silly question, But what do you use to cut fret slots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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