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VirgilGuitar
PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 12:23 am 
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----- dragonflies! who in their right mind would inlay THAT into a guitar?

[uncle] [:Y:] laughing6-hehe gaah idunno

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alan stassforth wrote:
That walnut looks like the parting of the seas.


He should name that one Moses.

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VirgilGuitar wrote:
----- dragonflies! who in their right mind would inlay THAT into a guitar?

[uncle] [:Y:] laughing6-hehe gaah idunno


An entomologist might want it but don't sell it to him.

He'd want the action set so it always buzzes....and you'll look bad.

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"....always buzzes...." Hah! laughing6-hehe

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oh yeah, I see we have the same wood supplier :D

Dana is a real nice person to work with!

that's going to look really nice man!

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Yeah man! Dana is watching this thread!

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WOW! What a hiatus!
After making some small things to finance the 3 builds I was working on (Silver Willow, Triple G & Dreamcatcher) I sold most of the goods, including 9 "FretBoxes" a little invention I came up with: http://www.fretboxes.com I was able to purchase all the parts for all 3 builds and today I have been working on making my new 3+3 headstock jig - it's almost done and I even have a couple of pics - I threw on the tuners to see how everything looked and I am happy with it (Only took 4 days of re-drawing! UGHHH [headinwall] )

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This jig simply fits into the trussrod channel and I can rout the shape out - have one more strip to glue on....

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Will be getting in all my parts hopefully by tuesday - need to have everything to double-check my measurements AND have some ebony coming in that is going to be inlaid into the Silver Willow body. It's been 2 months since I have touched the guitars... so excited to get back on track! bliss pizza

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Sweet, man! Good to see you back on track. I spent the vast majority of my day working on my radiusing jig. It's evolved several times already gaah . I think I've just about got it worked out though and just need to pick up a couple of parts tomorrow.

BTW, did you get the pic I sent you? You only beat me by a few hours :D
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Hey Virgil!
Nice to see you back at it! I say this with all sincerity, Nice BOX!! Or, boxes to be more accurate. Now, get back to work on the guitars!!
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Cool man! Lemme know when ya got it all going and what ya ended up doing to get it there! FedEx usually comes first thing in the am, UPS takes forever and NEVER delivers before 4... of course I have not used the items yet, but gimme a week and I bet I'll be on it - looking forward to using that - will be a GREAT thing for my RA!

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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
Hey Virgil!
Nice to see you back at it! I say this with all sincerity, Nice BOX!! Or, boxes to be more accurate. Now, get back to work on the guitars!!
Tony


Thanks Tony - yeah the fretboxes were absolutely gorgeous - especially the Koa ones - the Behlen Lacquer really looked nice on some of them as well -I am happy as a pig in ---- being back on the builds!

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The last few days I have been able to get back on guitars 3 & 4 - today I got the lam on the headstock - this looks so awesome with some denatured alcohol on it - this grain is gonna POP yer eyes out! wow7-eyes
I ended up making a shooting board and got my fret slotting done WAY faster than the Japanese fret saw - here's a couple of pics of the lam - it's grafted Franquette & Claro Walnut - I LOVE the brown and black streaks in this wood [:Y:] :

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As usual, ultra nice work.
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Thanks Jimmy - I'm back on Illustrator today to design the inlays for the fingerboards for builds 3 & 4!

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Is Virgil doing a simple inlay? wow7-eyes

Yes, and who woulda thought it only took about 20 minutes to do!

Rosewood fingerboard
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Paua dots:
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I was hoping you'd post a close-up!

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theguitarwhisperer wrote:
I was hoping you'd post a close-up!

LMAO - YOU know I can PhotoShop this stuff, but what I have found interesting is how to "Photoshop" in the "Wood shop" - I ended up using just s regular ol' drill bit to put these in - but would prefer using a Forstner drill bit the next time as you suggested - I DID have a Brad Point from my Harbor Freight set that melted like a candle whilst drilling into Cocobolo (Cocobolo is in between aluminum and cobalt) - a regular bit likes to travel, and that's the type of journey one would prefer NOT to take ;)

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So when can we expect to see the rest of this inlay :D

I agree whole-heartedly with the forstner bit recommendation. I've got a set, and they are awesome for stuff like that
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lol Roger - yeah man, I'm going for a "simpler" guitar, for those who wish to have something, well... a little more.... simple!

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I ended up changing the name of this guitar to "Diablo" and just finished it yesterday - did the photoshoot today and will be doing the video over the weekend - it plays real nice - have the action set fairly low, no buzzes, dead-on and sounds like.... well,,,, stay tuned for the video.

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22 Frets
25" Scale
12" radius
Body: Mahogany (chambered) Top: Grafted Walnut
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard inlay: Abalone dots
Finish: Clearcoat on top, "Eggplant Purple" on back (You can hardly tell it's not black until you put it near something that is black)
Skull inlay: Gold MOP/Recon stone for skull flames
Flame inlay pups/bridge: Purpleheart
Skunk stripe: Ebony, Purpleheart & Walnut
Tuners: Gotoh
Nut: Bone
Bridge: TonePros
Pickups: Bridge: DiMarzio ToneZone Neck: PAF 36th Anniversary
Wiring: Volume/Tone 3-way & 2 mini dp switches for coil taps
Vol & Tone Knobs: Tamboti wood

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Looks amazing Virgil! Great job.

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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
Looks amazing Virgil! Great job.


Hey Tony! Thanks man - great to hear from ya!

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