Oakland Axe Factory BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL!! - Page 15

ForThisGift · 04-14-2012, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Drinkwater

Setting up SamSam's guitar today. I forgot how much I like the Dimarzio's DA8's. I can't wait for them to release more 8 string models.

LUCKY!!

Tom Drinkwater · 04-15-2012, 06:30 AM

Here's Sam's guitar 99.9% finished. It's all set up and and ready to shred. I just need to make the truss rod cover. At this point I've only played them through my little crate bass amp in the shop, it hasn't been properly tested through the 5150 or the Ashdown yet.

Tom Drinkwater · 04-15-2012, 06:31 AM

I should also put some knobs on there too

Stealthdjentstic · 04-15-2012, 06:33 AM

Damn tom, you're a machine!

technomancer · 04-15-2012, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Drinkwater

Here's Sam's guitar 99.9% finished. It's all set up and and ready to shred. I just need to make the truss rod cover. At this point I've only played them through my little crate bass amp in the shop, it hasn't been properly tested through the 5150 or the Ashdown yet.

Love the color, love the design... absolutely hate the sanded off arm contour and huge pickup routes (assuming there aren't active covers going on there).

ForThisGift · 04-15-2012, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by technomancer

Love the color, love the design... absolutely hate the sanded off arm contour and huge pickup routes (assuming there aren't active covers going on there).

If it changes your opinion of it, the contour was actually taken off with a chainsaw....how metal is that!?!?!

But in all seriousness, I think that looks pretty cool. If contrast was something you wanted, the arm contour is certainly going to provide it. I would love to see a shot of the back of the guitar with that beautiful rosewood neck too.

(four thumbs up).

Tom Drinkwater · 04-15-2012, 09:24 AM

The disappearing top isn't for everyone, that is for sure. I didn't care for it on some of the first guitars that I saw it on my then it grew on me.

The pickups routes are basically universal 8 string cavities. They give the owner the ability to use any off the shelf 8 string pups from Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan, Lace etc. If I get these guitars all set up ahead of schedule I may mill spacers like I did on Celticelk's guitar.

TMM · 04-15-2012, 12:13 PM

Do you not like EBMMs either, Steve?

I personally love the arm carves like that.

ForThisGift · 04-15-2012, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMM

Do you not like EBMMs either, Steve?

I personally love the arm carves like that.

I don't think he's talking about the arm cut itself. He is referring to the way the maple top dissolves halfway through the cut. I personally don't mind it and think it is kind of a unique touch. I can't think of another guitar I have seen that way.

Empryrean · 04-15-2012, 12:43 PM

Well Tom, it's only a matter of time now, I want an OAF even more now

Rap Hat · 04-15-2012, 01:49 PM

Some Strictly 7's had the "dissolving" top like that - here's a pic of one with it:
http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/t...%207/002-1.jpg.

When I first saw the carve in the video I was a little on the fence, wasn't sure if Tom was going to stain the body wood or leave it natural. Seeing it completed though, it's starting to grow on me. Having it the same color as the top helps a bunch too.

Re: pickup routes, hopefully there will be time to make the spacers. I'm pretty glad they're the larger routes since I'll definitely be trying various pickups, and it'll be nice to go from Lace to DiMarzio to whatever without needing to route myself. I may end up getting the active style covers though... Maybe it would be worth including these with each guitar? Got Guitar Parts? : Guitar Jones USA. They're pretty cheap.

ForThisGift · 04-15-2012, 02:20 PM

Yeah, I remember thinking during the carving video "what is he going to do with the top" when I saw that it was being removed in the process. But I was confident that Tom knows what he is doing and curious to see the result.

It will be interesting to see it with some of the other color selections. Also the truss rod covers he posted on FB look sick too. I was going to roll without one, but after seeing them I have changed my mind. It will be a cool effect to have the fretboard extend up onto the headstock.

technomancer · 04-15-2012, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMM

Do you not like EBMMs either, Steve?

I personally love the arm carves like that.

No, I didn't like the look of it on the EBMMs either when they were doing it, and on those the contour was curved so you couldn't do a drop top on them. The newer BFRs have the drop top and the horns where it can't be bent have a burst on them.

To be honest I really like the guitars from this run and was kind of regretting not ordering one until I saw the forearm cuts

Anyways I think we can drop this not without dwelling on it any further

IB-studjent- · 04-15-2012, 03:47 PM

Tom, brilliant color, quality, and top, but like techno I'm not really digging that cutaway but other than that it's perfect !

Tom Drinkwater · 04-15-2012, 05:05 PM

Re: pickup routes, hopefully there will be time to make the spacers. I'm pretty glad they're the larger routes since I'll definitely be trying various pickups, and it'll be nice to go from Lace to DiMarzio to whatever without needing to route myself. I may end up getting the active style covers though... Maybe it would be worth including these with each guitar? Got Guitar Parts? : Guitar Jones USA. They're pretty cheap.

Awesome, I've never seen these before!! Unless there are objections I'll get these for the guitars with the DA8's rather than milling spacers.

Rap Hat · 04-18-2012, 02:57 PM

I just caught the OAF Facebook pics of Sam's guitar, and the one showing the Luminlays is sick! I thought they were all going to be green; is it just Sam's that has the blue ones?

ForThisGift · 04-18-2012, 03:28 PM

Mine has pink luminlay.

SamSam · 04-18-2012, 04:53 PM

If I'm going headless I'm going with teh pinks for sure.

ForThisGift · 04-18-2012, 04:59 PM

They dont really make pink, but other colors would be awesome. I would love some bright whites so they can be color neutral.

SamSam · 04-18-2012, 05:06 PM

Damn you, you gave me so much hope!! I could envisage it clearly!!!

ForThisGift · 04-18-2012, 05:12 PM

On a related note, with these guitars nearing completion, I find myself with some very impatient impulses. I feel like its Christmas Eve and I am 8 years old again.

To say I am anxious to see the results and feast my eyes on these guitars would be an understatment. With that said, the waiting just makes the payoff that much sweeter.

SamSam · 04-18-2012, 05:21 PM

Seeing mine just makes me even more eager to see the rest, the finish really exceeded my expectations. I want to eat the damn thing. Can't wait for the family shot!

ForThisGift · 04-18-2012, 08:39 PM

Wow. The new pics of yours are SICK Sam. Congrats, that is a beauty. What body wood did you get? Ash? It came out incredible with that stain.

TMM · 04-18-2012, 11:49 PM

Luminlays FTW. That pic looks awesome, I can't wait to see mine done!

scherzo1928 · 04-19-2012, 12:15 AM

2 awesome pics I saw today.

Life doesnt get much better than an 8 string and a labrador.

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04-15-2012, 06:30 AM	#352
Tom Drinkwater ERG/ERB Builder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oakland Maine Posts: 775 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Here's Sam's guitar 99.9% finished. It's all set up and and ready to shred. I just need to make the truss rod cover. At this point I've only played them through my little crate bass amp in the shop, it hasn't been properly tested through the 5150 or the Ashdown yet. urklvt, SamSam, Bigfan and 4 others like this. Oakland Axe Factory uses Octave4Plus custom strings, Dimarzio and Lace pickups, Hipshot Hardware and Graphtech saddles.

04-15-2012, 06:31 AM	#353
Tom Drinkwater ERG/ERB Builder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oakland Maine Posts: 775 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I should also put some knobs on there too Oakland Axe Factory uses Octave4Plus custom strings, Dimarzio and Lace pickups, Hipshot Hardware and Graphtech saddles.

04-15-2012, 06:33 AM	#354
Stealthdjentstic Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canadia Posts: 19,978 Thanked: 338 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Damn tom, you're a machine! Tom Drinkwater likes this.

04-15-2012, 09:24 AM	#357
Tom Drinkwater ERG/ERB Builder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oakland Maine Posts: 775 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The disappearing top isn't for everyone, that is for sure. I didn't care for it on some of the first guitars that I saw it on my then it grew on me. The pickups routes are basically universal 8 string cavities. They give the owner the ability to use any off the shelf 8 string pups from Dimarzio, Seymour Duncan, Lace etc. If I get these guitars all set up ahead of schedule I may mill spacers like I did on Celticelk's guitar. Oakland Axe Factory uses Octave4Plus custom strings, Dimarzio and Lace pickups, Hipshot Hardware and Graphtech saddles.

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04-15-2012, 12:13 PM	#358
TMM UUDDLRLRBAStart Join Date: May 2006 Location: NH, USA Posts: 4,284 Thanked: 85 Feedback Score: 58 reviews	Do you not like EBMMs either, Steve? I personally love the arm carves like that. Oni 8 ISP Decimator <-- TC NDR-1 Nova Drive <-- VHT GP3 / AMT SS-30 Bulava <-- Two-Notes PI-101 WoS <-- Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP <-- Starr Labs Mini-Z <-- Apple MBP 15 <-- Two-Notes PI-101 WoS Demo THEMAMMONMACHINE

04-15-2012, 12:43 PM	#360
Empryrean Haahh!? Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Merced, CA Posts: 4,063 Thanked: 54 Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Well Tom, it's only a matter of time now, I want an OAF even more now Tom Drinkwater likes this. [ry_z] 4:17 am: You looked tiredness in the face, flexed, and canceled it.

04-15-2012, 01:49 PM	#361
Rap Hat the:pawn.project Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 547 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Some Strictly 7's had the "dissolving" top like that - here's a pic of one with it: http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/t...%207/002-1.jpg. When I first saw the carve in the video I was a little on the fence, wasn't sure if Tom was going to stain the body wood or leave it natural. Seeing it completed though, it's starting to grow on me. Having it the same color as the top helps a bunch too. Re: pickup routes, hopefully there will be time to make the spacers. I'm pretty glad they're the larger routes since I'll definitely be trying various pickups, and it'll be nice to go from Lace to DiMarzio to whatever without needing to route myself. I may end up getting the active style covers though... Maybe it would be worth including these with each guitar? Got Guitar Parts? : Guitar Jones USA. They're pretty cheap. SamSam and ForThisGift like this. Check out my soundcloud: Slothful Bong

04-15-2012, 02:20 PM	#362
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Yeah, I remember thinking during the carving video "what is he going to do with the top" when I saw that it was being removed in the process. But I was confident that Tom knows what he is doing and curious to see the result. It will be interesting to see it with some of the other color selections. Also the truss rod covers he posted on FB look sick too. I was going to roll without one, but after seeing them I have changed my mind. It will be a cool effect to have the fretboard extend up onto the headstock.

04-15-2012, 03:47 PM	#364
IB-studjent- ss.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 656 Thanked: 26 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Tom, brilliant color, quality, and top, but like techno I'm not really digging that cutaway but other than that it's perfect ! -Vik duality 8 fanned fret- -Vik DCA baritone 6 string- This just in: Apologies to the other Abasi fanbois out there....I have just recently - yesterday actually - moved to a new favorite guitarist. stated a relavent member of the music community.

04-15-2012, 05:05 PM	#365
Tom Drinkwater ERG/ERB Builder Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Oakland Maine Posts: 775 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Re: pickup routes, hopefully there will be time to make the spacers. I'm pretty glad they're the larger routes since I'll definitely be trying various pickups, and it'll be nice to go from Lace to DiMarzio to whatever without needing to route myself. I may end up getting the active style covers though... Maybe it would be worth including these with each guitar? Got Guitar Parts? : Guitar Jones USA. They're pretty cheap. Awesome, I've never seen these before!! Unless there are objections I'll get these for the guitars with the DA8's rather than milling spacers. SamSam and gregmarx7 like this. Oakland Axe Factory uses Octave4Plus custom strings, Dimarzio and Lace pickups, Hipshot Hardware and Graphtech saddles.

04-18-2012, 02:57 PM	#366
Rap Hat the:pawn.project Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 547 Thanked: 8 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	I just caught the OAF Facebook pics of Sam's guitar, and the one showing the Luminlays is sick! I thought they were all going to be green; is it just Sam's that has the blue ones? Check out my soundcloud: Slothful Bong

04-18-2012, 03:28 PM	#367
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Mine has pink luminlay.

04-18-2012, 04:53 PM	#368
SamSam GAS problems Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 981 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	If I'm going headless I'm going with teh pinks for sure.

04-18-2012, 04:59 PM	#369
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	They dont really make pink, but other colors would be awesome. I would love some bright whites so they can be color neutral.

04-18-2012, 05:06 PM	#370
SamSam GAS problems Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 981 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Damn you, you gave me so much hope!! I could envisage it clearly!!!

04-18-2012, 05:12 PM	#371
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	On a related note, with these guitars nearing completion, I find myself with some very impatient impulses. I feel like its Christmas Eve and I am 8 years old again. To say I am anxious to see the results and feast my eyes on these guitars would be an understatment. With that said, the waiting just makes the payoff that much sweeter.

04-18-2012, 05:21 PM	#372
SamSam GAS problems Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gibraltar Posts: 981 Thanked: 13 Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Seeing mine just makes me even more eager to see the rest, the finish really exceeded my expectations. I want to eat the damn thing. Can't wait for the family shot!

04-18-2012, 08:39 PM	#373
ForThisGift SS.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 323 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Wow. The new pics of yours are SICK Sam. Congrats, that is a beauty. What body wood did you get? Ash? It came out incredible with that stain.

04-18-2012, 11:49 PM	#374
TMM UUDDLRLRBAStart Join Date: May 2006 Location: NH, USA Posts: 4,284 Thanked: 85 Feedback Score: 58 reviews	Luminlays FTW. That pic looks awesome, I can't wait to see mine done! Oni 8 ISP Decimator <-- TC NDR-1 Nova Drive <-- VHT GP3 / AMT SS-30 Bulava <-- Two-Notes PI-101 WoS <-- Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP <-- Starr Labs Mini-Z <-- Apple MBP 15 <-- Two-Notes PI-101 WoS Demo THEMAMMONMACHINE

04-19-2012, 12:15 AM	#375
scherzo1928 has wood for you Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mexico City Posts: 4,692 Thanked: 33 $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $scherzo1928 is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2 awesome pics I saw today. Life doesnt get much better than an 8 string and a labrador. technomancer and Tom Drinkwater like this. Is this... guitar?

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