Taylor's Consolidated Projects Thread

Got some templates made up today for the new body shape I drew up. Also tried drawing a new headstock.




The neck is carved and getting oiled right now.

 

Basically got everything done on this build that I can for now, until I can get some hardware.



Here's a nice comparison to my Xiphos. Don't judge the wallpaper, I don't have my own place at the moment

 

Doing a bit of work on the build for my gf. The neck is going to need a "bolster" at the heel, so that it sits a bit higher in the neck pocket. This was necessary due to the thickness of the starting materials.




She had trouble deciding what color she wanted the top dyed and couldn't make up her mind, so we're going to keep it natural and just do a coat of high gloss epoxy.

 

Famowood Glaze Coat. I've had some good results with it on other projects.

 

Hipshot term!

 

Got some hardware in the mail. The Floyd is installed as well as the hipshot locking tuners.



Also the pickups came in the mail today!




Little Easter Egg on the packaging.

 

Thanks! This will be the first time I've used them. Been wanting to try them for a long while now.

 

She still needs a proper setup, cavity plates, and a volume knob, but she plays! Pay no attention to the Line 6 PoS model. It was just on hand so I could make sure my electronics soldering was done properly.




I finally came up with a name for this model/shape. In honor of the inspiration for this build, I present to you the Chiron! Named after the song by All That Remains (Rest in peace Oli).

 

Been messing around in Inkscape drawing up different body shapes. Here's a lineup of everything I've drawn up. Some are more works in progress than others. Also need to think of more names for the different shapes. I'm pretty happy with the first five of the lineup but the last three need some tweaking. I borrowed and shared lot of lines and curves between models, and I don't know if I like it because it is kind of thematic, or if I dislike it because it makes them look too similar. Constructive criticism welcome!

 

Thanks for the input guys, the headstocks aren't set to specific body shapes though I do need to draw up some more.

I basically start with an idea like "I want to do my own super-strat, or X shape" and start from scratch. The Muse was drawn without any references but came out very similar to a Vik singlecut shape, which was very much unintentional.

 

Thanks! The pictures were taken before I gave it a good setup and got the action nice and low. I think the angle of the picture combined with the high action made the string spacing look off. The high E and low B have 1/8" to the edge of the fretboard. Been playing it a little now that it's setup and haven't had any problems with strings slipping off the edge. I do plan on starting selling once I'm confident in delivering an impeccable instrument. I feel like I'm getting there but there's still some skills I need to hone before I'm comfortable putting my name on something and selling it.