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  • bluemustard
    Veteran
    • Mar 2006
    • 1762
    #76
    Building a new one with oak,golden madrone and finish with tru oil.



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      • ELVIS
        Banned
        • Dec 2003
        • 44120
        #77
        Oak ??

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          • VAiN
            Use my hand, I won't look
            ROCKSTAR

            • Nov 2006
            • 5056
            #78
            Interesting choice of wood.. Won't Oak be heavy?
            Originally posted by wiseguy
            That shit will welcome you in the morning and pour the milk in your count chocula for ya.

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              • Nitro Express
                DIAMOND STATUS
                • Aug 2004
                • 32798
                #79
                Originally posted by VAiN
                Interesting choice of wood.. Won't Oak be heavy?
                Yup. Oak is also a very open grained wood. I've never heard of it being used in guitars. It will be interesting to see what it will sound like.
                No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                  • ELVIS
                    Banned
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 44120
                    #80
                    It's not the tone but the look of Oak...

                    It's a bit "low rent."




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                      • bluemustard
                        Veteran
                        • Mar 2006
                        • 1762
                        #81
                        Brian may's guitar is made out of oak.I got a shit load of wood from the thrift store and ordered the golden madrone.
                        It's gonna have the shape like a classic car ..i wanna hide the bridge hardware etc with bumper shapes carved out of solid wood..LOL
                        I'll post more pics tomorrow.I worked on it today.I'm using other types of wood too.

                        cheers roth on!!

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                          • bluemustard
                            Veteran
                            • Mar 2006
                            • 1762
                            #82
                            This is a pic of the back.Still gonna work on the contour shape.Anybody know a tremelo system without springs?I only know bigsby.Is there a cool tremelo bridge out there?Does steinberg use springs?BTW the oak is real easy to saw and is lovely with sandpaper.



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                              • Seshmeister
                                ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                • Oct 2003
                                • 35192
                                #83
                                You could use a Kahler trem, no need for rear routing with those.

                                Kahler International - The Best Guitar and Bass Tremolos on the Planet
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                                Last edited by Seshmeister; 06-05-2014, 09:32 AM.

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                                  • ELVIS
                                    Banned
                                    • Dec 2003
                                    • 44120
                                    #84
                                    I just routed an Explorer for a Kahler 2200-BN that my brother bought me for a gift...

                                    BN stands for Black Nickel...a color you'll notice Kahler doesn't readily offer...

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                                      • Seshmeister
                                        ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                        • Oct 2003
                                        • 35192
                                        #85
                                        My Kahler stays in tune without a locking nut, did you bother with one?

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                                          • ELVIS
                                            Banned
                                            • Dec 2003
                                            • 44120
                                            #86
                                            You know, I installed it against my better judgment without trying it first...

                                            I don't like fooling with locking down strings...

                                            I just usually oil the nut slots...

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                                              • ELVIS
                                                Banned
                                                • Dec 2003
                                                • 44120
                                                #87
                                                I haven't strung it up yet...

                                                But I doubt I'll lock it down unless it's a problem...

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                                                  • Seshmeister
                                                    ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                                    • Oct 2003
                                                    • 35192
                                                    #88
                                                    I seem to spend half my life looking for allen/hex keys plus if you break a string it's game over.

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                                                      • Seshmeister
                                                        ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

                                                        • Oct 2003
                                                        • 35192
                                                        #89
                                                        Originally posted by ELVIS
                                                        I just usually oil the nut slots...
                                                        uh uhuhu

                                                        What kind of oil, the fretboard lemon oil stuff?

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                                                          • vandeleur
                                                            ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                                                            • Sep 2009
                                                            • 9865
                                                            #90
                                                            A lot of my guitars I never lock down , even so the wife finds Allen keys hidden all around the house .... Or in the washer :-(
                                                            fuck your fucking framing

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