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sytharnia
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Roswell build

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flash back to the early 90's when the roswell rhoads came out and I HATED it....fast forward 25+ years and guess what..I have serious GAS for one :mrgreen: . Wife said you aren't buying anymore bloody guitars ( i have 15 or so) so I said fine...i'll build it myself :roll:

i'm using a neck I built for a different guitar that never got made....mahogany w/maple strip and rosewood board (dyed black). Body is basswood and maple pancaked

so pictures so far.............

adding a limb
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stuck on you
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neck placement
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curves
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crop circles......... :x :x very tricky to do
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who doesn't like getting head
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am toying with the idea of doing a skeleton type back........
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more to come as I get time to build
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Re: Roswell build

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i really love the inlays
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Awesome! :)
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ok have done a crop circle skeleton back.....not totally sure if I like it but I have glued it on anyway because if i don't end up wanting it I can plain it off :D

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installing frets.....I forgot how stressful this can be :crazy:

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finally an update

Have had some problems along the way.......

The laminate I did for the headstock was to thick so the machine heads wouldn't go through far enough and after sanding it down to the point where they were long enough the wood was to thin and had the potential to snap very easily so what to do.....METAL

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now I just have to make sure it isn't sharp so the kids don't severe a limb

next problem was how easily basswood dents :mad: ...I spend ages sanding it nice a smooth just for it to get a dent when I sat it on a rough saw horse. So I ended up having to primer it early to harden the surface (worked a treat)

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obviously some filling has had to happen after the priming so hopefully it holds in there

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now that it has metal on the headstock I am going to have a metal plate where the strings go through the body (that will be painted the same colour as the guitar)

hopefully I can get it painted next weekend to give it a chance to dry for the tronfest....but that is pushing it a bit
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