Daniels guitars builds and finishing

Danielsguitars · February 2021

SteveRobinson · February 2021

Nice! Are you going to remove the excess using a chisel?

Danielsguitars · February 2021

SteveRobinson said:

Nice! Are you going to remove the excess using a chisel?

I'll glue the neck in first then trim the along the fretboard with a chisel and leave the end until I do a pickup cavity, it's having a mojo firebird neck pickup, p90 bridge with a wraparound

ennspek · February 2021

Luverlly

Danielsguitars · February 2021

It's a massive 5.9lb now with a firebird neck pickup and pots left to go in, then I'm contouring, either way it'll be lovely to pick up, sounds great unplugged with a low action, it'll have a custom made pickguard when I've done everything else

Danielsguitars · February 2021

Here's a strat tele hybrid that's being made for Marc at mojo pickups, he sent me the guitar build limba body I'm doing the rest.

ennspek · February 2021

Lovely stuff!

Danielsguitars · March 2021

@Vintage-T neck builds nearly done

Vintage-T · March 2021

Eek!

Danielsguitars · March 2021

Few bits left to do but otherwise really happy with this, just under 9lb which is nice

webrthomson · March 2021

Wow - amazing tobacco sunburst

Danielsguitars · March 2021

1965 melod maker refinish, the original refinish was horrible and had the wrong headstock logo which I've redone in the proper silkscreen and aged

Danielsguitars · March 2021

New Evo models are coming along, new neck joints are needed to really get rid of that outdated clunky area

I've gone full width neck but long tenon, I've got a mojotron model that's quite heavily chambered, it's also getting a duesenberg Les trem ii, the next one is a burst with humbucker and p90 then a straight forward modern junior with a single humbucker

WezV · April 2021

you've changed man

Danielsguitars · April 2021

WezV said:

you've changed man

Lol not too much, it all started with that telepaul, I play that the most these days, the lightweight one I've got here is just superb, it's not finished and I keep picking it up

I'm bored of being restricted by woods tbh, I'll always love vintage guitars but they need updating imo

WezV · April 2021

i'm in total agreement there

Danielsguitars · April 2021

WezV said:

i'm in total agreement there

You need to try some obeche, Christ it's good, my build now will be about 6.5lb finished and it's got a tone I really like, more vintage than modern

I'm doing a 3 piece laminated neck in obeche next, it's similar to limba to me but lighter

WezV · April 2021

Danielsguitars said:

WezV said:

i'm in total agreement there

You need to try some obeche, Christ it's good, my build now will be about 6.5lb finished and it's got a tone I really like, more vintage than modern

I'm doing a 3 piece laminated neck in obeche next, it's similar to limba to me but lighter

I had an old Shergold made from it, not built with it yet though.

I think i would be worried it would be too soft for a neck, but definitely worth trying

Danielsguitars · April 2021

WezV said:

Danielsguitars said:

WezV said:

i'm in total agreement there

You need to try some obeche, Christ it's good, my build now will be about 6.5lb finished and it's got a tone I really like, more vintage than modern

I'm doing a 3 piece laminated neck in obeche next, it's similar to limba to me but lighter

I had an old Shergold made from it, not built with it yet though.

I think i would be worried it would be too soft for a neck, but definitely worth trying

If it's laminated quatersawn it's fine, my friend has already built with it like this and it never moved

The body weight alone is worth using even if you use a different neck

SteveRobinson · April 2021

I get the occasional email from these people https://www.ipaulownia.com/en/shop/guitar-body-single-blank/

Paulownia is super light but very soft indeed. I'm still tempted to try it for a body though

Danielsguitars · April 2021

SteveRobinson said:

I get the occasional email from these people https://www.ipaulownia.com/en/shop/guitar-body-single-blank/

Paulownia is super light but very soft indeed. I'm still tempted to try it for a body though

Definitely try it, my friend has already used it and he's making another one now

Philly_Q · April 2021

I've got a PRS Mira X with, I think, an obeche body (although PRS called it "African basswood" at the time).

It is very light - almost too light, even for me. It's like a Parker Fly or something, about 5 pounds.

And it does seem to be soft. It has a strange large-but-shallow dent on the side which was there when I got it.... it looks like it got dented by a marshmallow, the dent's visible but the paint isn't cracked or marked. I assume if the wood was harder either the finish would have cracked or there'd be no visible damage at all.

Danielsguitars · April 2021

Philly_Q said:

I've got a PRS Mira X with, I think, an obeche body (although PRS called it "African basswood" at the time).

It is very light - almost too light, even for me. It's like a Parker Fly or something, about 5 pounds.

And it does seem to be soft. It has a strange large-but-shallow dent on the side which was there when I got it.... it looks like it got dented by a marshmallow, the dent's visible but the paint isn't cracked or marked. I assume if the wood was harder either the finish would have cracked or there'd be no visible damage at all.

The obeche I'm using is more like my old growth limba which is on the softer side but will still hold up well, especially with finish on it, I've used it alot

Danielsguitars · April 2021

New models are coming along, this will get glued in tomorrow, this weighs 6lb at the moment and it's difficult coming back from lightweight and comfortable to play anything else

lovestrat74 · April 2021

Danielsguitars said:

Here's a strat tele hybrid that's being made for Marc at mojo pickups, he sent me the guitar build limba body I'm doing the rest.

Which set of his pups did he put in it?

Danielsguitars · April 2021

lovestrat74 said:

Danielsguitars said:

Here's a strat tele hybrid that's being made for Marc at mojo pickups, he sent me the guitar build limba body I'm doing the rest.

Which set of his pups did he put in it?

No idea he always just winds something different for himself, I'll post up the finished look, been waiting for the parts

60cycles · April 2021

May we ask about prices here? Academic at this point, but it's free to ask!

(if inappropriate i could always PM obviously)

P.S. "if you need to ask".. i know; but still

Danielsguitars · April 2021

60cycles said:

May we ask about prices here? Academic at this point, but it's free to ask!

(if inappropriate i could always PM obviously)

P.S. "if you need to ask".. i know; but still

Pm me please as these are very new model builds

webrthomson · April 2021

Danielsguitars said:

New models are coming along, this will get glued in tomorrow, this weighs 6lb at the moment and it's difficult coming back from lightweight and comfortable to play anything else

^ That tops cracking - can I ask what it is?

darcym · April 2021

that wave pattern is lovely, it's gagging for a stain

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