Nordic 8 -string completed!

flo · 01-31-2011, 03:47 PM

Pics first, specs later:

This is the guitar I've been building for SS.org member Schotter. He designed it (mostly), I build it (mostly).
The first guitar I've ever made for someone else. It's the result of over a hondred e-mails, and about a houndred hours of work. It took a long, long time to complete, but now it's finished.

Specs are:
8 strings
27" scale, 24 frets+ zero fret, ebony nut
the core of the neck is royal white ebony
rest of the neck is wenge
maple stripes to seperate the neck from the body
mahogany body wings
ziricote fretboard
hipshot locking tuners+hipshot bridge
3 way toggle+volume
Seymour Duncan Blackout PU's

the edges are treated with a chisel without further sanding to get this built-by-vikings kind of look. The mahogany body is burned and then oiled.

Here's the link to the designing/ building thread:
"Nordic Kelly" Custombuild-Phase 1 -making the plan!

Cheers, Flo

Alberto7 · 01-31-2011, 04:15 PM

Wow, that is one of the nicest guitars I've seen in a while! The woods are beautiful. That center strip of white ebony looks insanely good; love the color contrast. I also love the look of the chiseled-up sides!

And, also, I love the look of the end of the fretboard and how it goes on top of the pickup! Although I do smell problems with changing the neck pickup

... I hope this guy never wants to change his neck pickup sound

vansinn · 01-31-2011, 04:23 PM

I likes! Looks really beatyfully raw like in it's natural habiat, meant to be (a)bused.
Some cool atypical details, like a partly covered neck pup (assume the pup slides in under) and ebony nut (is this really slippery enough?)
I wonder what's the weight with those woods..?
Can we have soundclips, please..

SirMyghin · 01-31-2011, 04:23 PM

Looks very nicely done, I don't dig the edges but the rest is solid.

slash · 01-31-2011, 04:32 PM

Awesome!! Especially like the smoothness of the burnt Mahogany, bet I would have messed that up...

One more closeup of the headstock including the zero fret, please?

BlackMastodon · 01-31-2011, 04:37 PM

Great build! What exactly is a zero fret for though?

HaMMerHeD · 01-31-2011, 04:41 PM

Great looking guitar. I love the raw look of that rough edge.

Zero fret is a fret in the root position (as in where the nut usually is). The purpose is to give open notes as close to the same tone to fingered notes as possible. Fretted notes sound different from open notes because bone/plastic/tusq is not the same as the metal the frets are made of.

AcousticMinja · 01-31-2011, 05:18 PM

Delicious.
What's the point of the fretboard going over the neck pickup though? Just curious.

BlackMastodon · 01-31-2011, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaMMerHeD

Great looking guitar. I love the raw look of that rough edge.

Zero fret is a fret in the root position (as in where the nut usually is). The purpose is to give open notes as close to the same tone to fingered notes as possible. Fretted notes sound different from open notes because bone/plastic/tusq is not the same as the metal the frets are made of.

Makes sense, thanks man.

skyeDCCCXX · 01-31-2011, 11:04 PM

This is beautiful. It's funny how I don't like certain body shapes, but then someone does a custom and I'm like, that's pretty awesome!

scherzo1928 · 01-31-2011, 11:09 PM

Looks broootal. Love it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by AcousticMinja

Delicious.
What's the point of the fretboard going over the neck pickup though? Just curious.

just for the awesome factor.

b7string · 02-01-2011, 02:00 AM

I love that heel. I don't understand why most guitars have such an obnoxiously large neck heel all the time, and this one looks very comfy up around the northern regions of the fretboard. Nice work.

adrock · 02-01-2011, 02:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyeDCCCXX

This is beautiful. It's funny how I don't like certain body shapes, but then someone does a custom and I'm like, that's pretty awesome!

exactly!! I hate kelly's. but I like this one a lot. including the rough edges. great job man!

Ketzer · 02-01-2011, 02:35 AM

The rough edges completely sell me on it. It's like an amfisound. I'd kill for one of those bad boys, too.

kruneh · 02-01-2011, 03:34 AM

Looks cool man, love the neck

Goatchrist · 02-01-2011, 03:36 AM

WOW! I would kill for this guitar.. :P

Asrial · 02-01-2011, 04:04 AM

Post a cover of Amon Amarth on this guitar, and you'll release the ragnarok!

SD83 · 02-01-2011, 08:50 AM

Beautiful! The woods, the shape, I bet the sound also... it looks somewhat neck-heavy, especially considering that ebony & wenge are a lot heavier than mahogany. How thick is the wood over the neck-PU? And did you really glue the fretboard to the neck after installing the PU? Anyway, the result looks great.

Durero · 02-01-2011, 08:53 AM

Beautiful

Haunted · 02-01-2011, 03:22 PM

A true viking guitar...that's beautiful, especially the rough edges, makes it more like an instrument built by hand in the dark ages

I need to sign up to luthiery school ASAP

Vyn · 02-01-2011, 05:37 PM

DAMN

Congrats man, that thing is awesome! Taking any orders?

TimSE · 02-01-2011, 06:00 PM

Id prefer it more if the edges where as slick as the rest of it but still a stunning job man! really dig the neck pickup cover

very unique

JonEatsAirplane · 02-01-2011, 06:11 PM

looks SOOOOO amazing. pretty jealous. but what happens if you have to replace the neck pickup? hahaha

Beto · 02-01-2011, 08:33 PM

It seems like the world will be changed forever and mankind will never be the same after this guitar has been played.

I have never thought about buying a guitar in such shapes, but I have just changed my mind. I would buy this guitar if it was a 6 or 7 string, for sure.

Congrats again, man! You have really made this forum even better!

BlackMastodon · 02-01-2011, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonEatsAirplane

looks SOOOOO amazing. pretty jealous. but what happens if you have to replace the neck pickup? hahaha

Then it will suck

. But if this were to be attempted again by anyone in the future I would suggest mounting the pickups on the rear?

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01-31-2011, 03:47 PM	#1
flo Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Schifferstadt, Germany Posts: 890 Thanked: 22 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nordic 8 -string completed! Pics first, specs later: This is the guitar I've been building for SS.org member Schotter. He designed it (mostly), I build it (mostly). The first guitar I've ever made for someone else. It's the result of over a hondred e-mails, and about a houndred hours of work. It took a long, long time to complete, but now it's finished. Specs are: 8 strings 27" scale, 24 frets+ zero fret, ebony nut the core of the neck is royal white ebony rest of the neck is wenge maple stripes to seperate the neck from the body mahogany body wings ziricote fretboard hipshot locking tuners+hipshot bridge 3 way toggle+volume Seymour Duncan Blackout PU's the edges are treated with a chisel without further sanding to get this built-by-vikings kind of look. The mahogany body is burned and then oiled. Here's the link to the designing/ building thread: "Nordic Kelly" Custombuild-Phase 1 -making the plan! Cheers, Flo

01-31-2011, 04:15 PM	#2
Alberto7 At Fort Kickass Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Montréal, QC Posts: 2,044 Thanked: 16 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, that is one of the nicest guitars I've seen in a while! The woods are beautiful. That center strip of white ebony looks insanely good; love the color contrast. I also love the look of the chiseled-up sides! And, also, I love the look of the end of the fretboard and how it goes on top of the pickup! Although I do smell problems with changing the neck pickup ... I hope this guy never wants to change his neck pickup sound Sum, ergo cogito; cogito, ergo dubito; dubito, ergo cogito; cogito, ergo sum.

01-31-2011, 04:23 PM	#4
SirMyghin The Dirt Guy Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Anywhere but here. Posts: 7,160 Thanked: 41 Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Looks very nicely done, I don't dig the edges but the rest is solid. Guitar techs are for sissies. Learn some damn music theory, don't complain, and you'll be a better person. -Schecterwhore Show me a truly awesome guitar for under $1000 and I'll show you hateful lies.

01-31-2011, 04:32 PM	#5
slash ss.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 26 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Awesome!! Especially like the smoothness of the burnt Mahogany, bet I would have messed that up... One more closeup of the headstock including the zero fret, please? Found a spelling or grammar mistake? Please let me know via PM (if you have some spare time).

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01-31-2011, 04:23 PM	#3
vansinn such a shredneck.. Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cph, dk Posts: 1,354 Thanked: 17 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I likes! Looks really beatyfully raw like in it's natural habiat, meant to be (a)bused. Some cool atypical details, like a partly covered neck pup (assume the pup slides in under) and ebony nut (is this really slippery enough?) I wonder what's the weight with those woods..? Can we have soundclips, please..

01-31-2011, 04:37 PM	#6
BlackMastodon \m/ (ﾟДﾟ) \m/ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Windsor, ON Posts: 3,163 Thanked: 12 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Great build! What exactly is a zero fret for though?

01-31-2011, 04:41 PM	#7
HaMMerHeD Bass Player in Exile Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 927 Thanked: 9 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Great looking guitar. I love the raw look of that rough edge. Zero fret is a fret in the root position (as in where the nut usually is). The purpose is to give open notes as close to the same tone to fingered notes as possible. Fretted notes sound different from open notes because bone/plastic/tusq is not the same as the metal the frets are made of.

01-31-2011, 05:18 PM	#8
AcousticMinja String Theorist Join Date: May 2010 Location: Trabuco Canyon, CA Posts: 959 Thanked: 15 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Delicious. What's the point of the fretboard going over the neck pickup though? Just curious.

01-31-2011, 11:04 PM	#10
skyeDCCCXX ss.org Regular Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 51 Thanked: 17 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This is beautiful. It's funny how I don't like certain body shapes, but then someone does a custom and I'm like, that's pretty awesome!

02-01-2011, 02:00 AM	#12
b7string SS.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada Posts: 469 Thanked: 3 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I love that heel. I don't understand why most guitars have such an obnoxiously large neck heel all the time, and this one looks very comfy up around the northern regions of the fretboard. Nice work. https://www.facebook.com/lastphilosopher Daemoness Cimerian "Sleipnir"

02-01-2011, 02:35 AM	#14
Ketzer Good news, everyone! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Wynnewood, PA Posts: 1,755 Thanked: 40 Feedback Score: 34 reviews	The rough edges completely sell me on it. It's like an amfisound. I'd kill for one of those bad boys, too. "Appreciating the beauty in music fast enough to blow mortals' faces off." More notes per second = More emotion per second "Djent" just may be the worst word created in all of ever. SELF-APPOINTED EMG WIZARD

02-01-2011, 03:34 AM	#15
kruneh SS.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 553 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looks cool man, love the neck

02-01-2011, 03:36 AM	#16
Goatchrist Jebus Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Baden, CH Posts: 1,640 Thanked: 19 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	WOW! I would kill for this guitar.. :P You must unlearn what you have learned.

02-01-2011, 04:04 AM	#17
Asrial Heaviest brony Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Sorø, Denmark Posts: 1,233 Thanked: 21 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Post a cover of Amon Amarth on this guitar, and you'll release the ragnarok! The Asrial Project Bandcamp The Asrial Project Soundcloud The Asrial Project Twitter The Asrial Project Facebook JeffFromMtl: Anyone who says sex is over-rated is doing it wrong. I don't care how good your stupid toffee brioche pudding is. Myself: Han shot first

02-01-2011, 08:53 AM	#19
Durero prototyping... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Qualicum Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada Posts: 5,366 Thanked: 41 Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Beautiful CNC Luthiery Instructor: Summit School of Guitar Building & Repair band: Alpha Trion

02-01-2011, 08:50 AM	#18
SD83 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Münster, Germany Posts: 552 Thanked: 5 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Beautiful! The woods, the shape, I bet the sound also... it looks somewhat neck-heavy, especially considering that ebony & wenge are a lot heavier than mahogany. How thick is the wood over the neck-PU? And did you really glue the fretboard to the neck after installing the PU? Anyway, the result looks great. No one should be protected from the effects of their own stupidity.

02-01-2011, 03:22 PM	#20
Haunted Dedicated Headbanger Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Israel Posts: 235 Thanked: 34 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	A true viking guitar...that's beautiful, especially the rough edges, makes it more like an instrument built by hand in the dark ages I need to sign up to luthiery school ASAP

02-01-2011, 05:37 PM	#21
Vyn Of The Roaring 40s Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 286 Thanked: 6 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	DAMN Congrats man, that thing is awesome! Taking any orders?

02-01-2011, 06:00 PM	#22
TimSE SS Contributor Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 4,161 Thanked: 140 Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Id prefer it more if the edges where as slick as the rest of it but still a stunning job man! really dig the neck pickup cover very unique www.facebook.com/tempusfusionband http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/to-...ll/id507292058

02-01-2011, 06:11 PM	#23
JonEatsAirplane ss.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Wallingford, CT Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks SOOOOO amazing. pretty jealous. but what happens if you have to replace the neck pickup? hahaha

02-01-2011, 08:33 PM	#24
Beto ss.org Regular Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Somewhere Far Beyond Posts: 17 Thanked: 4 / 1 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It seems like the world will be changed forever and mankind will never be the same after this guitar has been played. I have never thought about buying a guitar in such shapes, but I have just changed my mind. I would buy this guitar if it was a 6 or 7 string, for sure. Congrats again, man! You have really made this forum even better!

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