New 7 Build - zebrawood/padouk

canuck brian · 11-19-2007, 12:52 AM

I've been working on this new project the past two weekends and I just finished slotting the trussrod channel (no pics...sorry.) I spent most of today making templates for the pickups (mabye EMG 707/81-7 or 2 JB-7's) and the bridge (hipshot 7 trem). It's a pretty thick zebrawood 2 piece cap over mahogany/flamed maple/mahogany backing. The neck padouk. I've got a flamed maple fretboard to use on this and I've a neat inlay idea going on...hope I can pull it off.

It's going to be 25.5 as I've got smaller hands.

ibznorange · 11-19-2007, 01:36 AM

dude. badass. thats lookin awesome

yevetz · 11-19-2007, 06:32 AM

That's looks awesome

robanomoly · 11-19-2007, 07:25 AM

Looks good so far! That's going to be a bright sounding guitar.

Why are you using flamed maple, then covering it with zebrawood?

Is the neck flatsawn? Will padouk be stiff enough if used flatsawn?

Can flamed maple be used for fingerboards? It's not recommended by Warmoth.

Stitch · 11-19-2007, 07:28 AM

Swaheet!

Any plans for body contours?

Piledriver · 11-19-2007, 07:33 AM

flame maple is used by jackson in the phil collen sig as a fingerboard.
man this is gonna be a great guitar, put in some warm pickups such as the EMG or bare knuckles and it will scream!

angryman · 11-19-2007, 07:46 AM

Lookin good bud.

Apophis · 11-19-2007, 08:12 AM

Very nice

darren · 11-19-2007, 10:01 AM

Mmm... zebrawood...

JJ Rodriguez · 11-19-2007, 10:04 AM

That thing's giving me some serious (zebra)wood.... Shut up, I couldn't think of anything else perverted to say.

technomancer · 11-19-2007, 10:16 AM

That going to be awesome

ohio_eric · 11-19-2007, 10:30 AM

That will look sweet!

BigM555 · 11-19-2007, 10:51 AM

Looks good.

Anxious to see further progress. Keep us posted.

Durero · 11-19-2007, 10:54 AM

Nice!

canuck brian · 11-19-2007, 12:56 PM

I've only got a stripe of flamed maple on the back, it's mostly a mahogany backing so the guitar isn't so bright. Warmoth also uses flatsawn padouk and I use carbon fiber rods.

Updates will be sparse - whenever I get to the shop (1.5 hours travel) but i'll make sure there are pics. Next weekend I'm hoping to have the fretboard glued up and the headstock properly shaped. I've been trying to design a headstock, but so far i'm kinda stuck. I whipped up a template with the steinberger scepter headstock as a 7, but I'm not sure it will work. Thanks again for the words guys!

Quote:

Originally Posted by robanomoly

Looks good so far! That's going to be a bright sounding guitar.

Why are you using flamed maple, then covering it with zebrawood?

Is the neck flatsawn? Will padouk be stiff enough if used flatsawn?

Can flamed maple be used for fingerboards? It's not recommended by Warmoth.

Shawn · 11-19-2007, 12:58 PM

Looks nice. Can't wait to see it when it's finished.

scott from _actual time_ · 11-19-2007, 01:02 PM

very nice work! glad to see you and some of the other 7-string builders on projectguitar.com over here as well.

skinhead · 11-19-2007, 05:01 PM

That padauk looks strange, I dig the color.

And the body has some nice woods on it.

budda · 11-19-2007, 05:42 PM

that looks really nice! Toronto eh.. that'd be a sweet 7 to try!

ShawnFjellstad · 11-19-2007, 05:52 PM

that's going to look great.

Leon · 11-19-2007, 06:06 PM

keep us posted

canuck brian · 12-18-2007, 03:05 PM

Okay! So the weather finally cooperated and let me actulaly GET to my wood shop this weekend. I was a day and a half late so my shop time got cut pretty severely.

Here's what I got done though.

I wanted to get the neck tapered and get the fretboard attached. This is the template attached to the neck blank before routing.

EDIT: Oops - There is a strip of ultra sticky two sided indoor carpet tape (super thin) between the template and the wood.

And here's the neck nice and flush tapered.

There wasn't a lot of material to be taking off, but check out the huge mess that padouk likes to make.

My trusty vacuum cleaner "George" will fix that shit up.

Here's a pic of my fret slotting blade. This thing probably chopped a solid 4 hours off my build time and the accuracy of the cuts is way beyond what I could originally do by hand.

And here's the finished fretboard with some naptha to bring out the flame.

Here's the fretboard all clamped up - next step will be to flush the board to the neckblank and route the neck pocket.

Randy · 12-18-2007, 03:19 PM

Looking great Brian! Really looking forward to seeing it finished. How do you run the 'board across the sawblade? (setting distance, etc.)

BTW, do you have any complete build walkthroughs/tutorials?

EDIT: Also, I have that same router.

Eric · 12-18-2007, 03:19 PM

Nice!

Apophis · 12-18-2007, 03:27 PM

Great

11-19-2007, 12:52 AM	#1
canuck brian Shred from the North Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,879 Thanked: 41	New 7 Build - zebrawood/padouk I've been working on this new project the past two weekends and I just finished slotting the trussrod channel (no pics...sorry.) I spent most of today making templates for the pickups (mabye EMG 707/81-7 or 2 JB-7's) and the bridge (hipshot 7 trem). It's a pretty thick zebrawood 2 piece cap over mahogany/flamed maple/mahogany backing. The neck padouk. I've got a flamed maple fretboard to use on this and I've a neat inlay idea going on...hope I can pull it off. It's going to be 25.5 as I've got smaller hands.

11-19-2007, 01:36 AM	#2
ibznorange Chief Officer/RHLC © Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 8,329 Thanked: 59	dude. badass. thats lookin awesome __________________ Reverse Headstocks or Bust ALL HEIL THE ADMINISHREDDER!

11-19-2007, 06:32 AM	#3
yevetz I am a COCK!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kiev (Ukraine) Posts: 8,144 Thanked: 258	That's looks awesome __________________ Sorry for my english

11-19-2007, 07:46 AM	#7
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11-19-2007, 07:25 AM	#4
robanomoly ss.org newcomer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Freedom, PA Posts: 154 Thanked: 4	Looks good so far! That's going to be a bright sounding guitar. Why are you using flamed maple, then covering it with zebrawood? Is the neck flatsawn? Will padouk be stiff enough if used flatsawn? Can flamed maple be used for fingerboards? It's not recommended by Warmoth.

11-19-2007, 07:28 AM	#5
Stitch Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 7,906 Thanked: 126	Swaheet! Any plans for body contours?

11-19-2007, 07:33 AM	#6
Piledriver ss.org Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Israel Posts: 364 Thanked: 5	flame maple is used by jackson in the phil collen sig as a fingerboard. man this is gonna be a great guitar, put in some warm pickups such as the EMG or bare knuckles and it will scream!

11-19-2007, 10:01 AM	#9
darren Decibel Guitars Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Greater Toronto Area, Canada Posts: 10,180 Thanked: 57	Mmm... zebrawood... __________________ http://decibelguitars.com http://twitter.com/decibelguitars

11-19-2007, 10:04 AM	#10
JJ Rodriguez Pantysniffing zombie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 10,325 Thanked: 71	That thing's giving me some serious (zebra)wood.... Shut up, I couldn't think of anything else perverted to say.

11-19-2007, 10:16 AM	#11
technomancer Gearus Pimptasticus Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 12,545 Thanked: 84	That going to be awesome __________________ Incoming Guitars KxK Sii-7ex - 25.5", ss frets, rosewood/ebony neck, ebony board, black limba wings, figured bubinga top KxK Sii-7 - 25.5", ss frets, white limba neck, ebony board, white limba wings, OFR7, gloss white KxK DCii-6 - 25", ss frets, cocobolo neck & board, limba body, flame koa top

11-19-2007, 10:30 AM	#12
ohio_eric Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 9,249 Thanked: 189	That will look sweet!

11-19-2007, 10:51 AM	#13
BigM555 I SS.org Salute You! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,640 Thanked: 26	Looks good. Anxious to see further progress. Keep us posted.

11-19-2007, 10:54 AM	#14
Durero prototyping... Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada Posts: 4,236 Thanked: 38	Nice!

11-19-2007, 12:58 PM	#16
Shawn Ibanez 7s Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 21,672 Thanked: 141	Looks nice. Can't wait to see it when it's finished. __________________

11-19-2007, 01:02 PM	#17
scott from _actual time_ grumpy old man Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 962 Thanked: 8	very nice work! glad to see you and some of the other 7-string builders on projectguitar.com over here as well. __________________ _actual time_ : prog/math/metal/???? on myspace download our EPs free at actual-time.com

11-19-2007, 05:01 PM	#18
skinhead Manager / RHLC © Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 5,602 Thanked: 52	That padauk looks strange, I dig the color. And the body has some nice woods on it. __________________ Back to da 'hood (sevenstring.org)

11-19-2007, 05:42 PM	#19
budda Guiterrorizer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London ONT Posts: 15,501 Thanked: 132	that looks really nice! Toronto eh.. that'd be a sweet 7 to try! __________________ Resident counsellor-in-training, awesome dude, and all around nice guy

11-19-2007, 05:52 PM	#20
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11-19-2007, 06:06 PM	#21
Leon {##[====:::. • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nebula, Ohio Posts: 12,262 Thanked: 81	keep us posted __________________

12-18-2007, 03:05 PM	#22
canuck brian Shred from the North Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,879 Thanked: 41	Okay! So the weather finally cooperated and let me actulaly GET to my wood shop this weekend. I was a day and a half late so my shop time got cut pretty severely. Here's what I got done though. I wanted to get the neck tapered and get the fretboard attached. This is the template attached to the neck blank before routing. EDIT: Oops - There is a strip of ultra sticky two sided indoor carpet tape (super thin) between the template and the wood. And here's the neck nice and flush tapered. There wasn't a lot of material to be taking off, but check out the huge mess that padouk likes to make. My trusty vacuum cleaner "George" will fix that shit up. Here's a pic of my fret slotting blade. This thing probably chopped a solid 4 hours off my build time and the accuracy of the cuts is way beyond what I could originally do by hand. And here's the finished fretboard with some naptha to bring out the flame. Here's the fretboard all clamped up - next step will be to flush the board to the neckblank and route the neck pocket.

12-18-2007, 03:19 PM	#23
Randy Argbadh/RHLC© Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Electric City, NY Posts: 7,878 Thanked: 80	Looking great Brian! Really looking forward to seeing it finished. How do you run the 'board across the sawblade? (setting distance, etc.) BTW, do you have any complete build walkthroughs/tutorials? EDIT: Also, I have that same router. __________________ Interested in learning how you can help keep SS.org clean and troll free? Click here.

12-18-2007, 03:19 PM	#24
Eric Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 1,570 Thanked: 36	Nice!

12-18-2007, 03:27 PM	#25
Apophis ROTER CUSTOM GUITARS Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 17,481 Thanked: 67	Great

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