Official Luthiers Forum! • View topic

Board index » Electric Guitar & Bass Construction

All times are UTC - 5 hours

My latest buuld

Page 1 of 1

[ 11 posts ]

Print view

Previous topic | Next topic

Author

Message

B. Howard

Post subject: My latest buuld

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:30 am

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:06 pm
Posts: 2739
Location: Magnolia DE
First name: Brian
Last Name: Howard
City: Magnolia
State: Delaware
Zip/Postal Code: 19962
Country: United States
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Here are some pics and a short video of my latest build. I am calling this model the Classic-50.

It features;
Hard Maple neck with Ebony stripe
2-way truss rod
Glow in the dark side markers
Schaller tuners
Fully chambered Ash body with Chechen drop top
Dimarzio area-T pickups

[imghttp://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag159/howardguitars/Custom%20Guitars/IMG_6700_zpsome3rhnk.jpg][/img]

_________________
Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

Top

Sandywood

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 9:11 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:17 am
Posts: 381
First name: Michael
State: AR
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

That looks excellent to me...it made me want to play it.

Never thought in all the years that I'd rather spend a day in a shop building a guitar than gigging but funny how things change. It's builders like you that caused that.

I enjoyed the video too.

Thanks for sharing Brian.

Michael

Top

Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:23 am

Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:04 am
Posts: 5755
First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
Country: Good old US of A
Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Beautiful work as always, Brian. Really like your engraved neck plate!

_________________
"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

Top

dzsmith

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:25 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Fri May 18, 2012 8:35 pm
Posts: 2658
Location: Austin, Texas
First name: Dan
Last Name: Smith
City: Round Rock
State: TX
Zip/Postal Code: 78681
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Very nice Brian!

_________________
wah
Wah-wah-wah-wah
Wah

Top

fumblefinger

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:00 am

Contributing Member

Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:06 pm
Posts: 413
First name: Allan
Last Name: Bacon
State: Kansas
Country: USA
Focus: Repair

Sweet!
Nice take on the Tele. And it's always nice to hear the maker's chops.

Top

Stuart Gort

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:49 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Posts: 2047
First name: Stuart
Last Name: Gort
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

I enjoyed watching you play it, Brian...that's a very nice looking Tele. I LIKE the Chechan grain. I hadn't heard of this before. I'm going to look into it....thanks.

_________________
I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Top

sdsollod

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:53 pm

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
Posts: 1905
Location: Raleigh, NC
First name: Steve
Last Name: Sollod
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Nice Brian! That is a cool engraved neck plate. How do you do that? Also, how did you stain the ash? Transtint? What color?

It also has very nice tone.

_________________
Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

Top

alan stassforth

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:17 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 10:32 am
Posts: 2616
First name: alan
Last Name: stassforth
City: Santa Rosa
State: ca
Zip/Postal Code: 95404
Country: usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Great job, Brian!

Top

B. Howard

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:03 am

Brazilian Rosewood

sdsollod wrote:

Nice Brian! That is a cool engraved neck plate. How do you do that? Also, how did you stain the ash? Transtint? What color?

It also has very nice tone.

The neck plate was done for me by these folks, I provided the artwork.
http://www.customneckplate.com/custom-image-neck-plates/

The ash was stained with Behlens Solar-lux to match the natural Chechen. Was One part Nutmeg brown, 4 parts Hickory.

_________________
Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

Top

Quine

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:23 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:42 am
Posts: 1135
Location: Hudson, MA
First name: Kevin
Last Name: Quine
City: Hudson
State: MA
Country: Usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

very tasty!! That brown color of the chechen looks great with the maple neck

Top

Shaw

Post subject: Re: My latest buuld

Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 3:19 pm

Contributing Member

Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:21 am
Posts: 668
Location: Philadelphia
First name: Michael
Last Name: Shaw
City: Philadelphia
State: PA
Zip/Postal Code: 19125
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Semi-pro

Nice looking Brian.

Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using Tapatalk

_________________
Another day, another dollar.

Top

Page 1 of 1

[ 11 posts ]

Board index » Electric Guitar & Bass Construction

All times are UTC - 5 hours

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Jump to: