My Latest Build

[lbpesq]

Here's my latest build:

One piece extra light Swamp Ash body with hand rubbed oil/wax finish
Gancalo Alves neck, unfinished
Pau Ferro fret-board, unfinished, 10"-16" compound radius
Babicz Full Contact bridge
Grover locking tuners
Dunlop strap locks
Alembic STR/AE-1 pickups with added 3-way Q switch
weight:  6.8 lbs.

Bill, tgo

[sonicus]

That looks really swell Bill !

       Wolf

[bigredbass]

OMG, it . . . . it . . . . it  . . . . it's the SwirlOCaster !!

Nice, Bill !

Joey

[edwin]

I love it! I got to play it for a good long time on Bill's couch and it's got a lovely snap to it, acoustically speaking. Thumbs up, Bill!

[ed_too]

I love the look you got - is there any stain on the body before the finish or in the finish?


Ed

[StephenR]

I liked the neck on this guitar a lot better than the other one you brought to the gathering with the Modulus neck. Would be nice to hear them plugged in, too.

[lbpesq]

The finish is a product called "Wudtone".  First a stain is rubbed on the bare wood.  This is followed by 3 or 4 hand rubbed coats of a fifty/fifty mixture of the stain and a grain filler, depending on the wood.  (Ash gets the filler, maple doesn't). Then 4 or 5 coats of the gloss finish are hand rubbed.  After it cures for a couple of months, the finish can be burnished for a glossier look (if I can figure out what "burnishing" means!)

As for the neck, the Goncalo Alves has a wonderful waxy buttery feel.  But everyone is different, I LOVE the modulus neck on the other guitar I brought to the gathering.  That one can be seen here:


club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=16621.msg167889#msg167889


Bill, tgo

[StephenR]

I can definitely see the appeal of the Modulus neck, too. Nice light, fast playing neck. Nice pair of instruments each of the guitars has its own character and that's a good thing.