my wife the Luthier...

[Budman68]

Thanks all-

Great pics and work Dave!!

And please tell me you are not going to dye the top of the guitar Pink??

no worries, no pink (this time - )

How long was the total machining process?

You're looking at about 3-4 hours but I wasn't treating it like a money maker -

Dave Amazing!

Just load that CNC program and let'er rip:ROTF:

If only! lol!

Aw, man, I wanna go play at Dave's house, but my mom says that he lives too far.

Come on by anyway -

Dave - I just found this thread today. First of all, I'm very glad to hear that your wife is doing so well. I know how bad it can be when your wife is facing serious health issues.

Second, this is an amazing thread to read through and watch. As others have said, you are a man with a wealth of talents. I really appreciate that you took the time to share the photos and insights with us.

While I'm fascinated and intrigued, I know that what you do is beyond my skill set. After all, "A man's got to know his limitation".

I bow to you and your talent!

I'm looking forward to seeing more progress reports and the final product.

Thanks so much, the words mean a lot-but don't limit yourself, if you want to try it, then go for it if you haven't already!

I think we're all ready for the "Budman Floyd Rose"

Believe it or not, I've actually played with the idea of this, who knows!


another update coming up shortly!

[S-man]

Impressive stuff here...thanks for sharing!!!

[Budman68]

So I worked on drilling the holes for the string through ferrules and quite honestly, I'm not sure I'm loving how they came out. It's hard to come up with something different when doing a pattern for these as it seems everything has been done. What I ended up doing was to take the angle from the headstock, and copy that pattern for the ferrules to give that "fast-even when sitting still" look. Without the strings installed it looks kind of odd but when I was done, I temporarily put some strings through and I guess it looks pretty cool but I'm just not sure. You'll have to let me know when it's all said and done - lol

One more thing, you'll get to see the binding installed in the secondary route for the pickups as well -

First I drilled the holes for the top ferrules. Rather than measuring everything out on the front and back so that the holes meet perfectly, I stopped just short of going through (you'll see why in a bit-pun intended! lol!).




Test fitting the top ferrule-






I then use a very small bit to "follow" the previous bits drill point to proceed the rest of the way through. This gives me a small hole on the other side for my Forstner bits tip to "find" the exact center of the hole from the other side. Instant perfect center location!!









Drilling the rear ferrules holes-





Rear string ferrules checked for fit-





The final result!







You'll appreciate the angle of the string ferrules when you see the whole guitar in one pic, it really does make a difference.

That's all for now!

[Jack Napalm]

You'll appreciate the angle of the string ferrules when you see the whole guitar in one pic, it really does make a difference.

That's all for now!

Damn fine work!

When is your price list coming out?

[Sukisyn]

Wow ... you are moving along. Looks great!!

[mm2002]

Wow! Coming along nicely bro!
But......I thought the title of this thread was "my wife the luthier".
Maybe you should change it to "my wife and her husband, the luthiers".
(tell Lisa we said hey!)

[pebber]

killer, Dave Erlewine !

[AlexL]

Dave, the angle of the string ferrules will look great when its completed. I like it!

- E.

[Special-K]

Looks really well

[Norton]

What color,is the finish going to be?

[sully]

i really like the binding idea around the pickup routs; very nice! question about the top ferrules: is there an edge on the perimiter or are they rounded? i haven't seen ferrules that tall before, i think they look pretty neat.

[sully]

oops! missed the previous page; please ignore the "edge" question!

[VitaminG]

y'know, at first glance I wasn't real thrilled by the angle of the ferrules. Seemed a bit extreme in that last pic.

But now that I've thought about it some more, and imagined a full view of the guitar strung up, I think it's going to look feckin' awesome. The ferrules matching the angle of the tuners is a genius idea, and all strings appearing to be the same length will be cool.

[sully]

hey dave, i messed around a bit in photoshop and here's some color options for ya:

oiled:



honey:




dark yellow:




red:



blue:



green:



and of course....



sully

[Special-K]

Honey or green