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Rathius replied to the topic "Another design! š" – 3 years, 1 month ago
@boo lol that I am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I canāt help it. I see things and, āoh that would look good with strings on it.ā 😂😂😂 It is a lot of fun I must admit. This one and the other design I… Read more»
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Rathius posted a new topic "Another design! š" – 3 years, 1 month ago
I drew up this design last Friday. Already had the headstock and body shape so drawing the other parts was the most time consuming. Still knocked it out in about 3 – 4 hours. Lot less than previous designs. First… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "something Iām working on" – 3 years, 1 month ago
After a few days of looking at this I decided to cut a 1/2ā off the width. May cut 3/4ā off though. The picture above the width is 13ā. Cutting 3/4āāoff gets it a bit less than the average rectangular… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Figured top with carved section" – 3 years, 1 month ago
Yeah after thinking about it I did realize the centerline in the carve would spread apart. Not really what I was wanting. I then thought perhaps make the centerline out of abalone but that wouldnāt look right in the end… Read more»
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Rathius posted a new topic "Figured top with carved section" – 3 years, 1 month ago
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I have another body design Iām working on thatās inspired byā¦, a pickguard. 😂🤦🏼♂️ I know, go figure eh? Iāve attached a picture of my first drawing on notebook paper and the question is about the bottom of… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 1 month ago
I know. I feel blessed.
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Rathius replied to the topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 1 month ago
BTW, I did go back the next week and took everything that was on the āscrapā pallet. 🙄😳 This was what I returned with to add to what is in the first picture I shared. I think Iām pretty set… Read more»
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Rathius posted a new topic "something Iām working on" – 3 years, 1 month ago
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A design thatās a bit personal to me since itās based on the letter G in a particular font from Adobe (canāt recall the name of it right now, sry) I use for my logo. Still working out… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Laminated neck – wood selection advice" – 3 years, 2 months ago
@markbailey here is one piece I picked up. It is 107cm long x 24.4cm wide x 4.7cm thick
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Rathius posted a new topic "Laminated neck – wood selection advice" – 3 years, 2 months ago
Where I fall down with building guitars is wood knowledge. I have very,very little. Its one reason I ask so many wood related questions. So you guys (trying not to be so southern United States here lol) saw the wood… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 2 months ago
Lol maybe sneak a fake one in one day so you can liberate hers. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Rathius replied to the topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 2 months ago
Most are 1 5/8ā thick. Not quite thick enough but definite candidates for a carved cap or drop top Iām thinking. Hoping I should say. 😂 As you can see the width and length varies. Iām thinking the longer ones… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 2 months ago
@boo I feel pretty blessed dude.
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Rathius posted a new topic "Look what I got today!" – 3 years, 2 months ago
Ok not a question but I couldnāt figure out where else to post this. 😁 I also had to tell yāall about finding a local (I live in a small town in the middle of Kentucky, USA) source of free… Read more»
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Rathius posted a new topic "Make Your Mark" – 3 years, 3 months ago
Thatās the subject of a bonus lesson in the build your own electric guitar course. Months ago I found a font I liked and have been printing my own water slide decals. Color laser, no ink jet. Anyway tonight I… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "A bit about myself and how I came to be here." – 3 years, 5 months ago
@mattbeels 😂 sorry about that, I should have been more clear. My apologies. Iāve traced my dadās family back to the 13th century and found a Sir William Glasscock. Canāt recall what part of England. My momās side has been… Read more»
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Rathius replied to the topic "Body blanks – how many pieces are too many?" – 3 years, 5 months ago
@markbailey thanks Mark, appreciate the help.
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Rathius replied to the topic "š¶šø Your Favourite Song In This Moment šøš¶" – 3 years, 5 months ago
@russ yeah you gotta have that neck pickup wired backwards to get the beginnings of his sound. Pure accident too they claim. Seems there were a few that happened to leave the factory like that and Mr. Green was one… Read more»
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Rathius posted a new topic "Body blanks – how many pieces are too many?" – 3 years, 5 months ago
So I have a local source for Honduran mahogany. The problem though is in order to have a big enough piece for a guitar body it will take several pieces to make the blank. I know there are plenty of… Read more»
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Rathius liked forum post "Revised my design" – 3 years, 5 months ago
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