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TTony

WezV said:

I have more honduran mahogany neck wood than i know what to do with at the moment!!

Are you asking for suggestions??

WezV

not really, I don't need to decide how to use all of it right away

I'm just happy to have a sustainable source of good quality old stock Honduran Mahogany. it shows the stuff is still out there going unused, albeit its getting rarer to find stocks like this. I have not had to actively look for this, just bore a lot of people about wood over the years and hope 1 or 2 of them remember

 it may only sustain me, but this lot will keep me going for a good long while

randomhandclaps

WezV said:

I have more honduran mahogany neck wood than i know what to do with at the moment!!

Maybe making a few of these would clear some space in the wood store?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j7QOtut606s/maxresdefault.jpg

WezV

I would need maple for that :P

redeye

Just found this, am looking to build a Zemaitis style guitar. Do you by any chance have template outlines available?

WezV

No, I made my own and whilst they are Z inspired they are in no way accurate

when I do want to make templates I print a full size picture of a guitar, stick it onto some mdf and work from their.  

redeye

Any ideas where a full size picture of a Zemaitis can be found, I have tried several resizes but having trouble getting reasonably accurate,

WezV

nah, i normally find any straight on picture and enlarge based on known measurements such as the scale length and pickup dimensions

but I am only ever aiming for "inspired by" rather than exact replicas so its never something I worry about too much

WezV

WezV said:

the floyd to hardtail conversion is nearly ready for paint.   I have all the structural work done so time for a test fit of parts

it will be getting new black hardware  on it when its done, which I do have here but best to test fit with older bits.  Obviously it won't have a bridge on the back, that was just for the test fit as once those ferrules are in they are very hard to get out

got to make a little triangle of wood to go behind the new nut and fill the floyd shelf... then its a bit more sanding and off it goes for paint

time to revive this thread as almost a year later its actually all finished.   lots of issues getting the finish to work, but it did on the 4th or 5th attempt.... yellow of blue crackle was a daft idea, but we did get it to work in the end, albeit slightly more green for obvious reasons




Anyway, that is probably the most 80's guitar you will see today  

WezV

a reminder of the starting point.   the two tone crackle of the originals now makes a hell of a lot of sense from a spraying perspective!!

ThePrettyDamned

WezV said:

WezV said:

the floyd to hardtail conversion is nearly ready for paint.   I have all the structural work done so time for a test fit of parts

it will be getting new black hardware  on it when its done, which I do have here but best to test fit with older bits.  Obviously it won't have a bridge on the back, that was just for the test fit as once those ferrules are in they are very hard to get out

got to make a little triangle of wood to go behind the new nut and fill the floyd shelf... then its a bit more sanding and off it goes for paint

time to revive this thread as almost a year later its actually all finished.   lots of issues getting the finish to work, but it did on the 4th or 5th attempt.... yellow of blue crackle was a daft idea, but we did get it to work in the end, albeit slightly more green for obvious reasons




Anyway, that is probably the most 80's guitar you will see today  

Oh Wow, that Looks Amazing. sorry About Weird Capitalisation. Phone does This Sometines. . . 

Gizmo

Damm i love that (id have stuck with the floyd as a personal pref) i used to lust after one of these washburns when i was 13-14 and at that time i didn't even play guitar!

Great work of the crackle refinish,i have some rattle cans of this stuff on ebay watch and i'll have a crack at it sometime next year once the weather clears up