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@Nahguavkire - Cheers. I agree about the headstock, but I wouldn’t know where to start with a logo (or even a name) I’m no graphic designer.
@christianSpaceman - Thanks. Yeah, I used the facets method. To be honest, it left it with far too much of a U-shape, and I did so much extra profiling to achieve a C-shape that I’d have been as well just using profile gauges in the first place. One thing I learned for next time is that, contrary to my worries about making an uneven neck, maple is hard and doesn’t produce dents and bumps easily - it wants to keep straight lines, which is helpful!
It was a lot quicker, yeah. The first one took a couple of months for just the body, this one took a month with the neck included. The experience of the first one enabled me to work quite quickly, and I built the neck while the nitro was curing, so I was able to use my time better.
Next... not sure. I think I might want to make some kind of a doublecut design, set neck, with brass and stainless steel details, out of walnut. It’ll be next year though, the garage is getting too cold to work in!
rodan-
what's wrong with Rodan as a brand...and maybe a branding iron to burn it into the wood
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set neck, with brass and stainless steel details, out of walnut
All of this sounds good - look forward to it. I think I said this of your last build, but it's a really nicely proportioned body - so many people do their own shapes that don't work - it's cool that it's only taken two (and really only one) iteration to get it this looking so good.
You probably know this, but Rothko and Frost will do decals to your own design, and they disappear really nicely under nitro. Make sure the first couple of coats over them are un-thinned though - acetone eats them (ask me how I know....😁)
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christianSpaceman
Damn that is wild! Great job! You must come up with a logo for the headstock, looks a bit nakie without one!