CTN builds a Star
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Diminished Triad
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Re: CTN builds a Star
Very nice!
Very nice!
Vengeance
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Real curious how you did the little raised area. Extra wood? With the shadow it look like there is a gap under it, I don't think there is. Care to elaborate how you did it? I would really appreciate it. I really like the look of the tail piece and it just giving me ideas.
Real curious how you did the little raised area. Extra wood? With the shadow it look like there is a gap under it, I don't think there is. Care to elaborate how you did it? I would really appreciate it. I really like the look of the tail piece and it just giving me ideas.
CTN
The Drama Dude
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thanks fellas! :headbang:
if you look back several pages, you'll see that it is indeed wood. I marked the string-through hole locations onto a 1/4" thick piece of Poplar. I then set boundaries around each hole (I think I had it at 1/4" from the center on all sides of each hole), and connected the dots, so to speak. Then I cut and shaped it using a coping saw, some files and sandpaper. Had it finished same as the body and then glued it on using super glue. Pretty simple really. It's not really a tailpiece though, just a riser to elevate the string ferrules so that the strings wouldn't hit the back of the bridge.
Hope that helps!
thanks fellas! :headbang:
if you look back several pages, you'll see that it is indeed wood. I marked the string-through hole locations onto a 1/4" thick piece of Poplar. I then set boundaries around each hole (I think I had it at 1/4" from the center on all sides of each hole), and connected the dots, so to speak. Then I cut and shaped it using a coping saw, some files and sandpaper. Had it finished same as the body and then glued it on using super glue. Pretty simple really. It's not really a tailpiece though, just a riser to elevate the string ferrules so that the strings wouldn't hit the back of the bridge.
Hope that helps!
Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
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Looks AMAZING man....mean & wicked, but classy as ****!! You really did a great job...that is pure awesomeness!!!
Looks AMAZING man....mean & wicked, but classy as ****!! You really did a great job...that is pure awesomeness!!!
Vengeance
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Thanks for the quick reply dude. I have a Jackson V project I basically gave up on because of strings going over the back of the bridge. I just might use the metal V shaped things as a template for a riser like yours. Pretty effin cool dude
turned out really cool man and I really like the headstock.
Grats and happy NGD!
Thanks for the quick reply dude. I have a Jackson V project I basically gave up on because of strings going over the back of the bridge. I just might use the metal V shaped things as a template for a riser like yours. Pretty effin cool dude
turned out really cool man and I really like the headstock.
Grats and happy NGD!
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
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That's ****ing hawt as ****.
So was it worth getting the guitar professionally finished now that you have the result in your hands? Because that paint job looks ****.
That's ****ing hawt as ****.
So was it worth getting the guitar professionally finished now that you have the result in your hands? Because that paint job looks ****.
CTN
The Drama Dude
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hell yeah!! I can't help but feel like the pickguard has a lot to do with making it look classy. It's sorta like that small bit of shirt and tie that peeks out of a fully buttoned up suit. Totally makes it.
Ah I see. Same problem as the one I was facing then. I had made a more extreme shaped riser before I settled on the current shaped one. It sorta resembled the offset V string plate found on some Jackson Rhoads V's (sorta like this: http://www.chguitars.co.uk/media/ca...5fb8d27136e95/t/4/t4_flying_v_bridge_2_1_.jpg ), but it was a bit more than 1/4" high at the time, and it just looked friggin terrible. The flat metal plates look fine, but raised like I had it just looked ugly as hell and ocupied WAY too much visual real estate on the body.
I think what I ended up with was a better way, even if it's not really pointy or aggressive looking. Keeping it small and low-profile helps to keep the eyes' attention on the body instead of the gaudy monstrosity of a string ferrule riser lol.
hell yeah!! I can't help but feel like the pickguard has a lot to do with making it look classy. It's sorta like that small bit of shirt and tie that peeks out of a fully buttoned up suit. Totally makes it.
Thanks for the quick reply dude. I have a Jackson V project I basically gave up on because of strings going over the back of the bridge. I just might use the metal V shaped things as a template for a riser like yours. Pretty effin cool dude
turned out really cool man and I really like the headstock.
Grats and happy NGD!
Ah I see. Same problem as the one I was facing then. I had made a more extreme shaped riser before I settled on the current shaped one. It sorta resembled the offset V string plate found on some Jackson Rhoads V's (sorta like this: http://www.chguitars.co.uk/media/ca...5fb8d27136e95/t/4/t4_flying_v_bridge_2_1_.jpg ), but it was a bit more than 1/4" high at the time, and it just looked friggin terrible. The flat metal plates look fine, but raised like I had it just looked ugly as hell and ocupied WAY too much visual real estate on the body.
I think what I ended up with was a better way, even if it's not really pointy or aggressive looking. Keeping it small and low-profile helps to keep the eyes' attention on the body instead of the gaudy monstrosity of a string ferrule riser lol.
CTN
The Drama Dude
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hell ya dude. He did a great job. Very pleased with his work.
hell ya dude. He did a great job. Very pleased with his work.
youngthrasher9
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That's so hot it's unbelievable.
Like freakin' Dallas cowboys chearleader hot.
Holy crap man.
That's so hot it's unbelievable.
Like freakin' Dallas cowboys chearleader hot.
Holy crap man.
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CTN
The Drama Dude
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:lmao: Too bad it didn't come with a cheerleader to help me celebrate its completion lol
I wish you guys could play it so you'd know what I mean by "perfect".
:lmao: Too bad it didn't come with a cheerleader to help me celebrate its completion lol
baaaaahahahahaha I didn't have much time to dick aroud with it after stringing it up as I had to run off to band practice with it, but much melodic death metal was played at practice, and it sounded so damn perfect. I have no more adjectives. It's just perfect. Most satisfying metal guitar tone I've ever had. Tons of attack, Tons of growl. Awesome presence, tracks tight as hell. No harshness at all. No muddiness.
I wish you guys could play it so you'd know what I mean by "perfect".
youngthrasher9
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Myaccount876
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Dammit...
Now I realized how far back I am on my build threads.
Nice!
Dammit...
Now I realized how far back I am on my build threads.
Nice!
PunkMetalhead42
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Looks gorgeous! Love the pickguard and I'm definitely a fan of that headstock.
Looks gorgeous! Love the pickguard and I'm definitely a fan of that headstock.
King IzzO)))
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*liked*
The pickguard completes it.
*liked*
The pickguard completes it.
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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Ahhh glad it all worked out in the end. I think it looks great! But i must be the only one who thinks it would look better without the pickguard
It would just show off more of that fantastic colour.
Ahhh glad it all worked out in the end. I think it looks great! But i must be the only one who thinks it would look better without the pickguard
It would just show off more of that fantastic colour.
