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Posted: 22nd Aug 2016 14:32
Took a few hours over the weekend to continue with my little retro wine box backpack guitar here's a couple of pics the yellow cigar box next to the new project was one of two from last year, i have around 10 now and all play lovely

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2016 21:06 Edited at: 22nd Aug 2016 21:07
Never come to this part of the forum normally.Glad i did these look cool ,interesting hobby .

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2016 22:15
Cheers Dave, i make these and South American Indian flutes when i need some chill time
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2016 03:57 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2016 03:58
Nice! I made an electric guitar many years ago, but never put a finish on it, and it was stolen out of a storage unit, so I've never actually played it. I can see you made your own neck. Nice job! I bought my neck, I just crafted the body. I don't think I could ever be accurate enough to place frets. Again, nice job!


EDIT: Oh my god I just enlarged the picture and see you did that with nails? Even more impressive! Wow, just wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2016 16:54 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2016 16:56
Thanks Jerry if you look at the neck the nails match the name of the guitar (Nail Gunner) ive just finished body number two, i always have to do a hard one and this ones it, its a headless version in pic 2 you'll see the covers most of these type guitars are electric but what im going to attempt is to make it acoustic by channeling to lung shaped recesses into the body and a hole from the bridge through to those recesses to amplify the sound kind of like how a flute/ocarina works, then lots of sanding and maybe stain this one in two tone. Ps m8 i have a stock template for the neck size i use for fretting
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Posted: 24th Aug 2016 05:38
Quote: "if you look at the neck the nails match the name of the guitar"


Yeah, I noticed that, lol, very appropriate! Such a cool project! I like woodworking in general, as well, and I love seeing other people's work!. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted: 5th Sep 2016 13:13 Edited at: 5th Sep 2016 13:15
Did a little bit more over the weekend added the hardware so all thats left now really is to wait for the glue on the top nut to dry make sure the fret edges arnt sharp (dremmel time ) maybe sink the machine heads a little, touch up the paintwork, string it up and see what it sounds like
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Posted: 8th Sep 2016 13:22
Looking good,nice work Honkeyboy .

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Posted: 23rd Sep 2016 17:14
Thanks Dave, did a bit more on the little headless one today, its pretty much ready for the top nut, bridge and frets now think its turning out quite nice so far.
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Posted: 24th Sep 2016 12:15
Looks cool,Has a great look about it.Will you paint or stain it.

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Posted: 24th Sep 2016 14:21
i will most likely stain it Dave maybe two tone body and neck still pondering that one lol
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Posted: 24th Sep 2016 16:30
I think you would get a good effect with stain.The different grain in the wood will stand out well.

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Posted: 13th Oct 2016 18:18
Went with the stain, and here it is with two S American Indian flutes i made the bigger of the two is a drone flute both sound really nice. The guitar i used dark oak and gold/brass fittings its complete apart from i need to drop the action at the bridge end (should take 15 mins tomorrow sounds pretty nice tho and looks kinda cool for a first attempt at this kind of design
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Posted: 18th Oct 2016 18:35
i like it,looks cool.i see your into helicopters,i used to fly model aircraft many years ago.

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Posted: 20th Oct 2016 19:29 Edited at: 20th Oct 2016 19:30
Yeah Dave have 6 of different shapes and sizes the walkera 60 in the pic is a beast
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Posted: 21st Oct 2016 07:54 Edited at: 21st Oct 2016 07:56
Very nice choppers, i used to have a huge petrol driven Airwolf, and my dad used to have a Huey which he used to display with a group at airshows, was great fun they had remote control jeeps, trucks, tanks, helicopters, planes, all scaled to the right size for Action Man figures, and with pyrotechnics would put on a massive battle scene, was awesome to watch.

I still remember the first tie i tried flying mine, had to replace the rotors twice before i came up with a plan to avoid damaging them. What i did was i cable tied an old bicycle wheel to the runners that way when it tilts trying to lift off it doesn't tip over and catch the rotors on the ground, and vice versa when coming in for a landing it kept it more stable and less likely to tip, saved me a fortune while i was learning lol

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Posted: 17th Dec 2016 23:47
yeah i got a set of balls on sticks for the 60 lol never tried to use them, they are meant to crash lol thats half the fun of em ive got around 10 now quads and heli's much prefer the helicopters tbh least you know what direction they are facing and alot of them come with jap setups which throw you out as the pitch and roll/ turn are on the opposite sides which throws me out every time. :/ lol
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I'm just on building a bass, I also have a Strat with Brian May style phase switching, Mandoline, Uke and a bought cigar box guitar
The bass was a really cheap kit and it shows the hardware is ok but the body is really bad.. I'm not sure what I'm doing with it yet

Really nice work! Me and wood never got on hence why the bass was a kit lol
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Nothing wrong with a kit Arfur9 its all about the end result i have had mixed but all of them play and all have very different tones depending on what wood i use. the little headless one i made from scratch and was quite surprised with the end result (really nice sound) a little on the quiet side but defiantly there, maybe fit a little pico in it not sure yet. Now new years gone im kind of back on the outside stuff Bikes and heli's etc
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here's one for ye:
https://www.facebook.com/bigdamnband/videos/10154797235576323/?pnref=story

I like my cigar box guitar, with it being smaller than the strat and bass I find it easier to get my timing right, its a pre built one my wife thought looked cool, I've messed with it to lower the action and for what it is its great to just mess about with, I love your nail fret idea! I may give that a go as mine is fretless.
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The bass is built at the moment, it sounds ok, probably needs better strings

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Posted: 8th Jan 2017 11:16
Don't you mean the judean peoples front? :p

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