Recent content by kgrundy

well are you building it out of oak???it has been my expereince to practice on a scrap of what you will be carving....different woods carve different ways some definatly take more work and time than others and no I don't live in the neighborhd, but I always wanted to go to Holland

Well you can also carve an alder body fairly easy...my main line of work is custom entry doors and I have been dong a couple of carved doors and although i do most it by hand with a littel practice you coudl knock that pattern out easliy in a day or two. Just a thought, bu that is what I...

that was it thanks

Hey thanks...the thread I'm thinking of I thought said somthing about beer and a trach bag< but again I'm not sure

I am having trouble finding a thread that I thought I had read here discussing how to accelerate the spalting process or do the whole thing at home from scratch I should have access to anything needed and want to give it a try any help or opinions would be great thanks

I was given an older peavy so i thought like you why not try somthing, I stripped it dwon to the wood though. I also cut the horns down and madea custom wood pickguard I haven't go to work on it for a bit but I will post progress soon. Looks great man

I to sold everything and now own strickly eden, not only for my tone preferences but customer service and quality...go for it man Eden, Eden, Eden

go for it man I had a 5501 loved it until I played a friends 5502 go big or go home thats what I say

I played in a band that had them as an endorsment and I would use carvin stuff for anything guitars, pa, whatever, even though I don't play with the group now...carvins new ICON is sweet....but i use some of their parts and never had a problem

Precious Memories... That brings back a few...I actually one state a few times growing with the cars I built...it always made me feel good when I went to a big meet and there I was carrying my car in a shoe box and a tube of graphite. I would walk around and see the cars that the dads...

yeah I buy my lumber rough sawn and it come in 4/4(1") 6/4(1.5)8/4(2") roughly...that is how I order when it comes from the lumber mill but if you ask they can usually plane it down to whatever thickness you want if you don't have a planer and my supplier hasd done it for me at no charge

Well I have David Eden Metro...I bought it used for $1000 best amps ever in my opinion....but I played in a band that had Carvins endorsment and any of their I think it's called BSX line whatever their higher line is. and if I didn't already havea rig I would have bought the 4-10 with head...

I use to spray cabinets in a production shop and when we had that problem sometimes you can use a rag with Laquer THinner on it and wipe it off...it worked 90% of the time Just be careful it suck when you take stuff down to far and basically have to start over. Good luck

I live in Springfield, Mo and we have a Grizzly outlet here...check them out I have their, table saw, bandsaw, jointer, planer, shaper...never treated me wrong and great customer service I think it's grizzly.com or grizzlyindustrial.com you can also see some guitars people have made using...

Hey I promise I"ll try to post some progress on this guitar soon But I took the fendar looking body, cut down the horns for a little rounded looked and then cut a notch out where the back strap goes to mix things up....I did just finish cutting out the new wooden pickguard I'm making to match...