Daniels guitars builds and finishing

Philly_Q · November 2018

customkits said:

Philly_Q said:

That cocobolo looks great! What's the neck profile?

i do all my necks based on a 58 dc I've got that needs restoration, lovely profile but i can do what anyone wants

You won't recognise the cocobolo when it's been aged, needs to be very dark for an aged finish

This is curiosity not criticism, but why use the cocobolo if the ageing will hide the grain and colours?

Danielsguitars · November 2018

Philly_Q said:

customkits said:

Philly_Q said:

That cocobolo looks great! What's the neck profile?

i do all my necks based on a 58 dc I've got that needs restoration, lovely profile but i can do what anyone wants

You won't recognise the cocobolo when it's been aged, needs to be very dark for an aged finish

This is curiosity not criticism, but why use the cocobolo if the ageing will hide the grain and colours?

Because it's a great rosewood close to braz but won't look right on a light aged tv yellow finish

If you look at the one i recently did you'll see what i mean, it has a nice cocobolo fretboard from the same chunk i had cut up

Danielsguitars · December 2018

LP builds in progress, necks fitted and tapered now building boards ready for gluing on the neck, they get built on the neck

BluesyDave · December 2018

Very fine work Sir.

Danielsguitars · December 2018

BluesyDave said:

Very fine work Sir.

Thanks long way to go yet, I've got to transform this lot into 3 bursts and a goldtop that look like they came out in the 50's

Danielsguitars · December 2018

Needs ageing and fading and we're done

Tone71 · December 2018

That is very, very nice

Danielsguitars · December 2018

Tone71 said:

That is very, very nice

Thanks Tony, i found a sort of tele I'd like to make, it's based on an old epiphone, it's a double cut and set neck, right up my street

PhilKing · December 2018

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Is it one of these Darren? If so, I have one if you need any details on it.

Danielsguitars · December 2018

PhilKing said:

Is it one of these Darren? If so, I have one if you need any details on it.

It is indeed, lovely guitar

I wasn't thinking real replica i just really like those old epiphones so thought i might use my headstock and use the tele body outline, i fancy a pair of filtertrons, no idea about controls etc yet but I've got loads to do first before i even think about this

I'd love to try one some day

Danielsguitars · December 2018

Needs heavy fading and nice ageing

rexter · December 2018

Yum yum yum!!!!

Danielsguitars · December 2018

rexter said:

Yum yum yum!!!!

Thanks can't wait to get this faded and aged, I'm going a bit more aged than I'd normally do if i can get it heavily faded out on the browner side if my mix was good

designerseye88 · December 2018

Looks really good @customkits - Really enjoying following this thread. I love the tops you use, Im a big fan of the fleck in the maple.

Danielsguitars · December 2018

Glad these are done and ready for gluing on necks

Danielsguitars · December 2018

designerseye88 said:

Looks really good @customkits - Really enjoying following this thread. I love the tops you use, Im a big fan of the fleck in the maple.

Thanks you'll never see a perfect bookmatch top, i rarely bookmatch anyway, love mineral streaks too

Danielsguitars · January 2019

Fretted now, just needs a fret level and nut to set it up, lovely light weight honduran mahogany, pickguard courtesy of Neil at ivison guitars

Tone71 · January 2019

That is really nice, the neck grain pattern is lovely

Danielsguitars · January 2019

Tone71 said:

That is really nice, the neck grain pattern is lovely

You won't see it when it's aged, nice to know it's under it though, it's great rosewood

Danielsguitars · January 2019

Binding has started, 1 down 3 to go, I'm using vintage spec royalite binding

sawyer · January 2019

Some fantastic examples of your work here! Look forward to seeing more on your website. Awesome skills mans:)

Danielsguitars · January 2019

sawyer said:

Some fantastic examples of your work here! Look forward to seeing more on your website. Awesome skills mans:)

Thanks

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Danielsguitars · January 2019

Danielsguitars · February 2019

Been working on the carves, really like how this is going to look, weighs 7.28lb so finished weight will be good

Danielsguitars · February 2019

lightweight chambered p90 tele, the allparts neck was supplied to me but i made the custom body

Danielsguitars · February 2019

Second cavity route made with my new pin router template and pretty close to the 58 i looked at

Danielsguitars · February 2019

Here's a 56 goldtop I'm building for myself, it's got original 56 p90's and 60's bigsby, it's having a darkback and i will try and get it nicely aged
Really looking forward to this one

Danielsguitars · February 2019

after about 4 days sunbathing we get a lovely tea burst which will continue to age and fade

PVO_Dave · February 2019

Looks amazing!

Danielsguitars · February 2019

PVO_Dave said:

Looks amazing!

Cheers came out really good, this is before fading

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