NG Project!

[syscokid]

Not until tomorrow.

Thanks. I'm curious to see how much darker that body looks under natural light. Direct flash lighting does funny things to a pic at times.

 

[RVA]

Here it is completely dry of Naptha and under florecent light. I think stain is in order (certainly on portions of the perimeter)

 

[RVA]

The all walnut guitar has gone from wrap-around to Nashville ABR

 

[Don O]

The all walnut guitar has gone from wrap-around to Nashville ABR

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Oh, she’s getting pretty.

 

[syscokid]

Hey RVA... Is this a personal optical illusion of mind that I'm encountering, or is the vertical alignment from the neck to the bridge, like way off?

 

[RVA]

Hey RVA... Is this a personal optical illusion of mind that I'm encountering, or is the vertical alignment from the neck to the bridge, like way off?

The ABR bridge is angled. Remember, this started as a wrap-around bridge and he angled it intentionally for intonation purposes. I did my best to make the tail piece straight. We shall see what happens when it gets some strings!

 

[RVA]

I do not think my lack of patience will surprise anyone. Here is the spalted with Minwax Natural stain, the lightest stain the offered in the Lowes I shopped in. I like how it came.

 

[syscokid]

I do not think my lack of patience will surprise anyone. Here is the spalted with Minwax Naturak stain, the lightest stain the offered in the Lowes I shopped in. I like how it came.

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That's frickn awesome! The spalt is got a cute monster face just below the bridge pickup... :dood:

 

[RVA]

Hey RVA... Is this a personal optical illusion of mind that I'm encountering, or is the vertical alignment from the neck to the bridge, like way off?

It seems an angled ABR is fairly common

 

[syscokid]

I'm not talking about the angle of the bridge. If you look at the pic I was referring to, the neck lines up dominantly towards the "treble" side.

 

[RVA]

You might have a point. It looks like the pickup routes might be off, even if I shifted the bridge to the treble side. I smell firewood.

 

[WavMixer]

 

[Truss_rod]

Oh damn, that would really P me off.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

I am confused, which guitar is it that is crooked?

 

[RVA]

I am confused, which guitar is it that is crooked?

The one with the 2 misplaced strings - the all walnut (so far)

 

[Inspector #20]

If it intonated correctly, I doubt any of these imperfections will matter.

 

[syscokid]

If it intonated correctly, I doubt any of these imperfections will matter.

... This is more than an imperfection...

 

[smitty_p]

If it intonated correctly, I doubt any of these imperfections will matter.

The lateral angle of the neck pocket is so far off that the low E string has barely any fretboard underneath it. In fact, closer to the body, it’s almost hanging over nothing.

This is essentially unplayable.

 

[Inspector #20]

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... This is more than an imperfection...

Yes. I see that now. I didn't pay close attention to this image with the strings on it when I commented - I was looking at the one with the red lines drawn on it.

If the neck is squared, you could plug/drill to shift the bridge and tailpiece, but its a lot of work.

Whose body is this???

 

[syscokid]

Whose body is this???

RVA got it from Dolmage Designs.