Rabs

Well at this stage in my life its VERY unlikely I will have my own kids so its nice to have someone to do stuff like this for and that shes in to it at all. Maybe it will help make us a bit closer.. But hey shes a teenager.. They do their own thing. I dont take it personally 😄

Yeah shes been doing lessons at school and practicing at home.. As said I have offered lessons a few times but she hasnt taken me up on that yet.. Maybe when we buy the guitar, I will at the very least show her how to do a power chord. I have an okish relationship with her.. She doesnt want to hang about with me (she did when she was younger) but we talk ok. I also just went and bought her one of the limited edition Brian May mini amp things. Comes with a box and a keyring and stuff.. Queen apparently is her favourite. Its probably a little over the top but of course I want to encourage her as much as I can..

Well I cant say its the prettiest burst but you certainly did a good job of replicating it

I will start a new thread when I start making it which will be next Tuesday.. This is just the trailer as someone else put it 🙂

Yup too all.. This is going to be the closest thing to a proper copy I think I will ever do.... I totted it all up last night how much this is going to cost I spent about £50 just on binding... So yes.. Ebony board with block white MOP inlays, Gold MOP for the headstock inlays, custom made Nitro paint in that metallic red/pinky colour, 7 ply binding for the body, 5 ply for the headstock, gold hardware and yes, im even going to do NIBS... So far we are talking about £700 worth of materials...

Another sneak preview.. The headstock design.. Until now I have been using decals for my RabsWood logo.. But for this special build I have something special planned and it will be in gold Mother of Pearl... A bit more classy than my usual dont you think 🙂

Lovely guitar As the others have said.. Play slowly until you get it perfect and then speed up. And if you get too stuck, move on to something more fun and go back to it week or so.... One other thing to add is that if you are playing alone to practice. Get some sort of metronome or beat device.. Playing on the beat is just as important as playing the right notes.. So its always good to practice to a beat.

The thing is, she hasnt ever really heard me play yet. When we bought the acoustic I was having real issues with my hands and didnt play it much. This time and now knowing what music she likes. I think she will be quite impressed when I demo it for her.. Not saying that im a great player but I can bash out some good AC/DC and Metallica 😄

I think at the end of the day as much as I may like to think I know better, she has to chose the guitar herself. No one really knows what they like till they have some experience.. I could save her a lot of time and buy her a semi hollow but theres no way she will appreciate that I dont think. I will just make sure its a decent guitar and give it a good set up.. The rest is up to her really.

Ok I thought id continue this thread in here.. As it is a continuation of Betssie's story. So she is still practicing and playing. I havent managed to get her to have a lesson with me yet even though I have offered many times. But its her birthday again soon and she does want an electric guitar. So I said I would by her a cheap one to start with and as we all know cheaper guitars are pretty good these days AND I will build her, her own one too so she has something that is unique to her 🙂 I was also really chuffed as I saw her tonight and she was listening to AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and wearing a Nirvana t-shirt 😄 Awesome.. I got her to look at guitars and see what shapes she likes and tonight she showed me ones she has been looking at.. Not PRS but not Gibson. She has been looking at theses. Schecter guitars. Doesnt like Les Pauls at all but does like SG shapes.. And she wants a red one.... So like last time we will go to the shop in a week or so and pick a good one out for her. It does make me happy shes getting in to all this BUT she is still young and it may be a phase.. Still, we are going in the right direction at the moment. Also I guess I will have to work out a good amp for her too. Being young she might like the modelling amps as you can control it from your phone and all kids are on their phones all the time these days..

Cool.. Enjoy man. Very interesting finish on the top and I like the inlay markers too..

If anyone was wondering.. I was gonna start this week but the workshop is all booked up.. So I have now booked well ahead of time and will be going in on the 11th.. So.. You can expect, most likely, probably an update on that evening 🙂 Which is ok as I am still waiting for stuff for this build anyways. I should have it all well by then..

Full album from the official Pink Floyd channel

If I didnt already have my one with P90s I would have bought that by now....

Ohh nice.. Thanks for that I will keep that for future use I gotta get these other builds done first though for sure.. In a way I have built a similar guitar that was chambered but it just didnt have any F holes (that flamed blue DC I did with P90s)

I really need to stop looking at Reverb 😄

Wow.. Another 336 M2M with P90s.. And man look at that top... https://reverb.com/uk/item/67597680-gibson-custom-shop-cs-336-quilt-top-p-90-made-to-measure

How about this one https://reverb.com/uk/item/60830724-gibson-es-235-2019-black

Hmm, im not 100% sure.. I have been using these pre slotted boards since I started doing this (after wasting about £80 of rosewood trying to do the frets slots myself).. So I have always had them pre done.. I think the very first time I used one I think I did the same thing but used it anyway. And all of my guitars have had zero issues with intonation... So today I went and measured the template against one of my pre slotted boards and it lined up exactly... So.. Yeah, its a bit weird.. But then we are talking tiny differences. I know some of my boards have been 24.6". I always make sure I double check the scale length before I drill for the bridge...

@jdgm Wow... Look at the neck on this one https://reverb.com/uk/item/58803925-1980-gibson-es-artist-sunburst

Not sure I have seen one of these before.. From 1980 and used to have a Moog system.... Interesting looking thing.. https://reverb.com/uk/item/65334809-gibson-es-artist-antique-sunburst-1980?bk=

Yeah. That probably was my main thing... Let the wood do the talking... I think I only ever did two coloured guitars and both were trans finish... All the rest were natural. Also I used the snake head type headstock and a smaller headstock angle..

Also I will say right now.. This will still be a RabsWood guitar.. Never would I make a fake Gibson (or fake anything).. Copy, in this case yes, fake, NOPE as I would never do that. In fact I have resisted making copies for the whole time I have been building. The way I always saw it, if you want a Fender or a Gibson, go buy one. Theres loads out there.. So I always tried to make my guitars just a bit different. This is a personal project cos I loved that LP Lite I saw and there arent any more (not that colour anyway). And I guess this is a small test for me just to see how close I can get and how much I have learned over the years.