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Now its time to fit my new PHD string block, since I dont have any CNC to pre make blocks, I must shape it and fit it like an inlay...

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Now its time to fit my new PHD string block, since I dont have any CNC to pre make blocks, I must shape it and fit it like an inlay...

What kind of material do you use for the string block? I am not familiar with the term PHD.

Very impressive work.

As a career advertising art director, let me compliment you on the excellence of your photos. I particularly like the last one, with the guitar posed on the cross-cut slab. Nice! I'm not qualified to comment as a player nor as a luthier of solid bodied guitars. I don't own one and I've never built one. But I'll tell you this: Your documentation thus far gives me a strong feeling of WANT....WANT.....WANT. I like it!

Patrick

I am a little confused though, (not being critical, just wondering) This is a right hand guitar with a left hand headstock?

doesn't the sapele mahogony make the guitars weight heavy?

Author:	helldunkel [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:18 am ]
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Hi guys, I am currently working on some orders, here is one of them, took some pictures for those of you who might be interested to see my work and how its done... I was recently very lucky to score this incredible top and another one (already built a 7 string with it), which both provide from a salvaged old growth 2000 years old Redwood tree and the figurine is This is how it looks like once glued on the Sapelli Mahogany body... Next cutting out the shape with the band saw... Sanding the sides, notice the quatersawn and very tight grain of this Premium one piece Sapelli Mahogany body! :rock: Working on the bevels and contours... First comes the integrated armrest bevel... Then comes the back bevels and I also routed out the control cavity and cut the recess... starting to look like a guitar The hardware is going to be awesome and all chrome! For the bridge, high quality Hipshot and Steinberger tuners... These tuners are going to give a distinguished look to the headstock which is going to be an old school modified reversed Fender Strat style headstock... The fingerboard is some gorgeous Indian Rosewood, now slotted, radiused and ready for trimming... Working on the neck... The neck is going to be "bolt-on" and not "screwed-in" (like on a Fender for exemple) Here I am using threaded inserts (bolt-on) like on my very first guitars built in 1996-2001 Truss rod in place, very snug fit... Which I then embedded in some high grade slow setting swiss made epoxy.... The cruciform (cant stand hex screws) screws have been custom built for me by a local company This is how it looks like once the fingerboard got glued... Routing the neck pocket... Now fitting the neck, very tight fit! The heel is still going to need some shaping at this point to bring it flush to the neck... as you can see, its very tight in there... :rock: Next step is fretwork (which are now ready for the edge bevel) and shaping the neck using a file... Getting ready to route the pickup cavities... more to come!

Author:	helldunkel [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:06 am ]
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Routing the pickup cavities... The bridge, first drilling the holes.... Now its time to fit my new PHD string block, since I dont have any CNC to pre make blocks, I must shape it and fit it like an inlay... ready to fit! very snug fit! not bad for a first fit! Now ready for leveling out... :rock: headstock! Oh look, a guitar!

Author:	Chris Pile [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:30 am ]
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Looking good.

Author:	pullshocks [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:16 am ]
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Quote: Now its time to fit my new PHD string block, since I dont have any CNC to pre make blocks, I must shape it and fit it like an inlay... What kind of material do you use for the string block? I am not familiar with the term PHD. Very impressive work.

Author:	helldunkel [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:29 pm ]
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pullshocks wrote: Quote: Now its time to fit my new PHD string block, since I dont have any CNC to pre make blocks, I must shape it and fit it like an inlay... What kind of material do you use for the string block? I am not familiar with the term PHD. Very impressive work. Thank you PHD is the name I gave to that high tech exclusive material which I discovered 4 years ago, it is made in switzerland, I am using it for crafting many parts of my instruments including string retainers, nuts and string blocks, you can find more information on this page, I also started building guitar picks with that material, here is also a cool video http://www.hufschmidguitars.com/picks.cfm

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Author:	cphanna [ Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:25 pm ]
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As a career advertising art director, let me compliment you on the excellence of your photos. I particularly like the last one, with the guitar posed on the cross-cut slab. Nice! I'm not qualified to comment as a player nor as a luthier of solid bodied guitars. I don't own one and I've never built one. But I'll tell you this: Your documentation thus far gives me a strong feeling of WANT....WANT.....WANT. I like it! Patrick

Author:	helldunkel [ Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:54 am ]
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cphanna wrote: As a career advertising art director, let me compliment you on the excellence of your photos. I particularly like the last one, with the guitar posed on the cross-cut slab. Nice! I'm not qualified to comment as a player nor as a luthier of solid bodied guitars. I don't own one and I've never built one. But I'll tell you this: Your documentation thus far gives me a strong feeling of WANT....WANT.....WANT. I like it! Patrick thank you very much kind Sir these are not good quality pictures but I try my best to try and capture the "moment" of the action I am doing... Here is a link to some of my better photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hufschmidguitars/

Author:	helldunkel [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:11 am ]
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second coat, still 5 more to go...

Author:	jimmysux [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:52 pm ]
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I dont buy guitars anymore, but I would dang sure buy a hufschmid.

Author:	BRC [ Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:26 pm ]
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Beautiful! Love the look of the Redwood! I am a little confused though, (not being critical, just wondering) This is a right hand guitar with a left hand headstock?

Author:	helldunkel [ Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:40 am ]
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Introducing the completed instrument Custom Built for Jacques Reynaud - France -Aged premium quatersawn one piece Sapelli Mahogany body (intense ribbon figurine) -Aged premium quatersawn one piece Sapelli Mahogany neck (intense ribbon figurine) -Indian Rosewood Fingerboard, 24 jumbo frets, 25.5'' scale, 12'' radius -Threaded Inserts T-nuts Bolt-on neck system (like on my very first guitars! 1996-2001) -Old Growth Highly Figured Redwood Top Salvaged from a 2000 years olf tree! -Steinberger Gearless Tuners -Hipshot Bridge -Hufschmid PHD nut - string retainer and string block -Custom handmade chrome Kent Armstrong pickups made by Kent himself. -Birshwood Casey Tru-Oil finish more (better) pics to come... BRC wrote: I am a little confused though, (not being critical, just wondering) This is a right hand guitar with a left hand headstock? you may want to check out "reversed headstocks" on google, almost every guitar builder and big guitar companies in the world offer this option.... Based on Fender's design....

Author:	helldunkel [ Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:25 am ]
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final pics

Author:	BRC [ Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:42 am ]
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I've seen lots of reversed headstocks on Jackson's, Ibanez's, BC Rich's etc, but never a reversed original Strat or Tele. I guess I learned something new......

Author:	helldunkel [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:31 pm ]
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guitar is now ready for delivery, cant wait!

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Author:	Wednesday [ Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:41 pm ]
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Another beautiful build! Wish I could find this kind of wood in Israel! Tell me, doesn't the sapele mahogony make the guitars weight heavy?

Author:	helldunkel [ Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:12 am ]
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Wednesday wrote: doesn't the sapele mahogony make the guitars weight heavy? this is a full solid body and it's only 2.9KG which is as light as a Parker Mojo...