WezV - building an electric with the laser cutter.

WezV

The last coat went on an hour ago

normula1

A wow isn't enough. That's looking really good.

WezV

Test fit


I swapped some parts on the pickups I wound as they were cheap aliexpress p90 kits and it showed, think ive only used the bobbins and pole pieces now.  The bridge is now 8k, Alnico 3, brass baseplate.   Neck is 7.8k, Alnico 2, nickel baseplate.   The 50/52mm spacing on them aligns perfectly

Headstock looks a little small because of the border.  I think i prefer the longer version of this shape I used on my acoustic. I'm not sure the big button grovers are right for this, it's giving King Charles vibes.

I'm very happy with the rest.

WezV

One issue I'm having is getting buffing compound out the engraving. I've cleaned it with isopropyl and an old toothbrush. It's going to take a few goes I think

Roland

Nice piece of work Wez

PhilKing

I think it lools great 

SteveF

Looks great. I love how the inlays mirror the patterns on the body. 

PeteC

Its amazing Wez.  

It has a kind of “Zematis meets Dobro” look to it somehow - but classier ! 

WezV

Well the zemaitis bit was intentional, dobro was not, but I see what you mean.

blobb

Lovely.

DartmoorHedgehog

Very cool

roberty

Love it! Outstanding

WezV

Thanks all.

I'm happy with how it's turned out.    Especially considering I started with some woods I have been avoiding for this test.  An overly heavy body blank and low grade maple top.  

The top has popped nicely with finish, and I think the level of flame works well with the other decoration.  The chambering has helped with the weight as the whole thing weighs 8lb 3oz - I think that is more than reasonable for this style of build.

It's added up to a lot more than the sum of it's parts.

I'm just waiting on some knobs from eBay.  I was going to make some, but spotted these inlaid rosewood ones.  I think they could work well on this, maybe slightly reshaped and with a dot or top stripe added

digitalkettle

Macarons...lovely

TTony

Really like the look of that one Wez.  It's come together really well.  Congrats!

Gizmo

Great job, im going to have to look at throwning one of these on the back on my cnc's X axis.

DartmoorHedgehog

WezV said:

I'm just waiting on some knobs from eBay.  I was going to make some, but spotted these inlaid rosewood ones.  I think they could work well on this, maybe slightly reshaped and with a dot or top stripe added

digitalkettle said:

Macarons...lovely

They remind me of the ones I made for my mandolin last year (mine were grenadilla and beech). I had to resist eating mine as well - definitely look like they should be tasty.

WezV

I'm not saying I'm the first to do an inset top, but its not a common thing to see.

Is it a coincidence that I have seen 2 other well known UK builders post progress shots of inset top builds in the last couple of weeks???

Not the first time, i'm sure it won't be the last. 

Philly_Q

Name names!

WezV

Nah.  I'm not looking to make enemies.

We all borrow from established designs and we will all be influenced by cool ideas we see. 

I'm okay with that.  It may just be that I share similar influences to those builders, or they have subconsciously been influenced without realising where from. 

I look forward to seeing what others do with the concept.

I was once accused of stealing someone's designs, but I know I didn't as I had never seen them.  I was able to show lots of sketches to show how I had merged a few ideas and come up with something similar though