Or, I could just speak clearly and say: "Give it a brown tint".Originally Posted by jhale667
WOW. Just checked out the enlarged photo at the site - that's gotta be one of the best painted snakeskin finishes I've ever seen.
Take THAT pic to whoever you get to paint it...(linking it, too ginormous to post here)...and make him watch the "Body Talk" video. A LOT.
http://www.bcrich.com/handcrafted/su...G/imageLrg.jpg
Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?
It's like putting up a YouTube of Bach and playing Chopstix on your Bontempi...
BC Rich is so lost, its' sad really.
The current owners H.H.I. have NO fucking idea what a real BC was about, does, did do back in the day or who played them for what reason.
2006 I informed the marketing guy who really designed a couple of those designs, and did he license the shapes yet? Now you don't see them sold anymore.
As far as detail goes, this is definately an example of spraying over K-lathe because you can see how the little diamond windows open up near the mid-curves where they must have tried to bend the mesh around the body.
Coyote if you find Klathe, or "expanded metal mesh for plasterwork or tile layups" you can put a towel around the body before you bend the mesh over the edges with the palms of your hands without scratching the body.
that is, if you prefer this width example over the first fishnet stocking example. Klathe I think has the more dramatic scale-effect, thats what I would want.
Mail don't run on the holidays...
Gonna get back to this on Monday...
Just checked the tracking on the Musikraft package.
It's been in Funland customs for the past three days... Right on.
Congrats!!
Picked up the screws today...
Easy to find, just pick out the smallest looking (countersunk) wood screws and size up the thread.
Fits perfectly. Too bad the parts aren't here yet...
Very nice - so when does the stuff currently in Customs clear?
Hard to say, some time this week.
Somehow I doubt I'll get it painted by next Wednesday...
Got a letter from customs again...
As I type, they're sending "them woodworks" forward.
But what's keeping the block?
Dunno...Check with Adam, he'll let ya know when he shipped it...another friend of mine who ordered shortly after you just got his, but he's local.
I think I figured it out...
Priority and Express mail has an estimated delivery time of 5-10 days.
First-Class Mail International Packages have an EDT of "varies"...
Serves me right for being a cheapskate.
I wonder if anyone's wrapped tolex around a guitar...
When I was in high school, a friend of mine wrapped his father's Torino station wagon around my neighbor's tree across the street. It wasn't exactly what you'd call a great look.I wonder if anyone's wrapped tolex around a guitar...
The thing about the tolex is it just may get in the way of the guitar's natural resonance, in unpredictable ways. As I recall, when the guys in ZZ Top had custom guitars made with what was essentially a bit of long shag carpeting applied to them, they found the need to beef up the pick ups arose in order to get a decent sound out of them. In other words, you might find yourself reverse engineering things, all for sacrifice of a look that is neither practical or most importantly, functional. I'm not saying it can or can not be done, but you may be opening up yourself to a series of (at this point) unforeseen issues.
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Just looking for a shortcut.
It's not pretty.I wonder if anyone's wrapped tolex around a guitar...
Now that I'm thinking clearly again...
No, it ain't... But it's a definite idea for a pattern...
Last edited by Coyote; 12-31-2009 at 10:12 AM.
Gee, I wish I had an extra 5K$ on me...
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His work is really not that good, trust me.
I like the finish on the first single-hum model better than the S/H below it, but that's just me...
Either one would be fine with me...
Did a quickie search on Mike Learn's site and found some interesting stuff...
Airbrush Artists Resources by Mike Learn
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This shit was done with the mesh of a dollar-store laundry bag apparently...
Better pics in the Performance Gallery too...dammit Coyote, now I want a snakeskin Strat (again)...
Damn, that's how it's gonna look. (somewhat)
And: you're welcome, dude...
Last edited by Coyote; 01-02-2010 at 03:20 PM.
I can't wait to see the finished article, hurry up you fucker
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...TheDMCross.jpgOriginally posted by Mr Grimsdale
the chazzers are so lucky
so fortunate to be served by the dump messiah
That's real snake. How hard is it to glue natural hide onto bare wood?
Only white school glue. Over here I'd say use Elmer's, over there I dunno what you elfish people have for a white glue but that's what I'd use, because it's easily removed with steam.
I see how that dumbass did the top, then the back, then covered his tracks by lastly running a thin strip all the way around the edges.
I would follow that example if you do your measurements. There's got to be someone online selling a yard or two of rattlesnake or python. Even a python print on ANY fabric, preferrably Pleather, from someplace they sell all kinds of fabric.
Over here, I'd suggest JoAnne Fabrics. We go there all the time, they sell all kinds of fabrics.
Last edited by GAR; 01-02-2010 at 05:15 PM.
Just checking, but...
OK, isn't fabric or coverings over primer what we're talking about avoiding here for tonal purposes?
I think I found the right place for the paintjob... Gonna call the place on Monday.
ALASALMI.COM
That's best asked from Warren DeMartini I would guess.. I would think it's the easiest way to go about it.
He could also use just regular contact cement, but should he want to refinish it, contact cement has a funny way of pulling the grain out by splinters when you yank the snakehide off without a heat gun..
I doubt he'd want to do that, natural hides are beautiful.
Plus, it was common back in the 40s thru the 60's to have tooled leather parts stuck on your guitar such as bridge-rings, pickguards, rosettes and armrests.
Natural snake hide would be kickass. Dated, but still kickass because its' uncommon.
Status report: The Musikraft package has arrived!
(And the brass block's still MIA...)
I'll get back to y'all on this, I got shit to do here.
And yes, I'm taking pictures.
Ran into a snag...
No hole for the jack... Now, how'd Charvel do this?
You didn't specify the "football" jack rout? Or did they just space it?Ran into a snag...
No hole for the jack... Now, how'd Charvel do this?
Literally, no hole drilled for the jack.
Don't know what (or who) happened at the Musikraft plant...
But it opens up whole new avenues here... A Strat jack á la some Lynch ESPs?
Last edited by Coyote; 01-04-2010 at 12:00 PM.
OK, that sucks, and will be a pain to ship back to fix...but that's something a local luthier could do for you cheap...small consolation, I know.
I'd still go for the side football jack, make it "authentic", y'know?
Actually, I have a "les paul" jack aching to go. (as per the original "pre-pro" Charvels)
And I wouldn't mind doing this myself.
Authentic, and easy. Easier still, just drill a hole in the top and drop a jack straight into the control cavity.
It's a shame that families should be torn apart by something as simple as....wild dogs
Nah, that's too easy...
Nah, that's too easy...
Yeah, please don't.
Side-mount LP jack would be pre-pro and retro, though...
At first, they swung the drill press table 90* degrees and clamped a body blank cutoff to the table, as a makeshift jig using a 7/8" spade woodbit then went for it by hand..Ran into a snag...
No hole for the jack... Now, how'd Charvel do this?
Then later when Grover got some money he bought a Pacco 300 single-spindle, horizontal boring machine exactly like this one. These originally sold for $1100 bucks, this one's going for $400 in Flagstaff..
Woodworking Horizontal Boring Machine
You didn't have to fight to twist the table and line up a perfect 90, you just flopped the body on the table and stepped on the footpedal!
However all you need is a 7/8" spade woodworking drill bit, and go 1-3/4" deep.
I don't know how if you'll reach the cavity, you can angle and keep going till you breech the inside if you want. But I'd just go deep enough to hold the jack, then drill the wire hole 1/4" the rest of the way.
I ran into a slight problem upon installing the block.
Apparently, I neglected the fact that this L-block wasn't originally designed for southpaw Floyds...
Last edited by Coyote; 01-05-2010 at 08:33 AM.
Hmmm....Email Adam, see if he even offers a Left-handed version you can exchange...sucks you can't just flip it.
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