Duo-sonicish build

vale

WezV said:

added an amber tint to the whole thing.   

have never been a mustang/bronco/duosonic person, but the stripped down simplicty of yours really works.
i don't think you need a scratchplate. the minimal and uncluttered lines thing is what makes it different.

nice build, @WezV

Sesh

It's reminding me of a G&L SC-1. That's not a bad thing!

WezV

I should add, it’s likely going to get a large truss rod cover/headstock plate as I made a boo boo when routing the truss rod slot and it goes a bit further than I would like.  

Whatever i I do for that will likely be matched with the scratchplate.  

I am thinking of aged aluminium.  The guitar will be reliced with some of its gold base coat peeking through

paganskins

WezV said:

The guitar will be reliced with some of its gold base coat peeking through

If you're relicing is there any scope to going right back to the wood and showing some of that interesting figuring on the back? 

This sort of thing but on the back.

WezV

its possible, but its really in the wrong place for that and i feel it would juts look odd.   Novo guitars have done some with that idea



more  plate ideas




nothing to stop me covering the existing route either

Sesh

WezV said: 

nothing to stop me covering the existing route either

The flick at the end is similar to the plate on this:

http://i.imgur.com/ABnTVoz.jpg

(They do a red version as well)

The top half of the first plate you did looks better. Sleek rather than bulbous. IMO.

NPP

or maybe a smaller one, LP jr style?

punchesjudy

I actually really like it without a guard. 

DrBob

punchesjudy said:

I actually really like it without a guard. 

Yes, ms too

paulnb57

If going for a plate I think the first one looks best, aged ally and a bit of relication sounds cool

WezV

Reviving this one now since i'm in a duo-sonic frame of mind.

I went with a different plate design, decided to do it in aluminium, and i have just done an engraving on it as i wanted a bit more practice with that

This is the engraving so far, still a bit to do but i'm happy with the way its going

WezV

a little more

WezV

on the guitar

paulnb57

Nice! Om not usually a fan of that sort of thing bit that looks great..

WezV

paulnb57 said:

Nice! Om not usually a fan of that sort of thing bit that looks great..

I know what you mean, I like the old zemaitis style of engraving but it certainly doesn't suit everything.


I've been enjoying some of the engravings from indra guitars on Instagram and it got me wanting to have a go again, and I'm not sure I like this guitar so it made sense to use it to practice something like this. 

paulnb57

My preference is for the image to be in the right orientation in the playing position, I think it looks more “right”

WezV

Playing about with patina