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Pauleo
December 6th, 2011, 10:08 PM
A couple of my violin guitars in all purpleheart and yellowheart.

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And one with a swamp ash body and a maple top with a Nashville Tele layout of course.

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bcarter_1
December 6th, 2011, 10:19 PM
Wow, very nice!
PennyCentury
December 6th, 2011, 10:27 PM
Astounding! I'm always interested in tasteful, new designs. Yours have it in spades.
Can't wait to see them finished!
TeleTim911
December 6th, 2011, 10:29 PM
WOW! Just beautiful work. Keep up the pics please?
Pauleo
December 6th, 2011, 10:37 PM
Can do. I just got the pickups from Pete Biltoft wound!
oramac7891
December 6th, 2011, 10:55 PM
Cool
justin72deluxe
December 6th, 2011, 11:16 PM
Very nice. Kinda reminds me of an ampeg bass. Can't wait to see more.
PHawley
December 6th, 2011, 11:16 PM
For some reason they just look like jazz basses to me (not a bad thing at all)... I know they don't REALLY look like them, but I can't get it out of my head. Maybe it's the lower part of the body going more to one side? They look awesome though!
Maricopa
December 6th, 2011, 11:27 PM
Wow, very nicely done.
Pauleo
December 7th, 2011, 12:54 AM
I did a couple before these.

http://www.pauleliassonguitars.com/wp-content/gallery/cocobolo-violin/cocobolo-violin-guitar-6.jpg

http://www.pauleliassonguitars.com/wp-content/gallery/red-violin/red-violin-4.jpg
Lostinthe50s
December 7th, 2011, 12:58 AM
wow. just wow. Skills FAR beyond your years.
jkingma
December 7th, 2011, 06:44 AM
Nice work.
brookdalebill
December 7th, 2011, 07:17 AM
Really cool.
I'd never heart of yellowheart wood before.
Are there other shades of "heart" wood, too?
OpenG Capo4
December 7th, 2011, 08:17 AM
Tell me more about those "Charlie Christian 'buckers". They look awesome!
fretman_2
December 7th, 2011, 08:50 AM
How in the world did you get such a glassy finish on this one???

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toadman
December 7th, 2011, 09:08 AM
those look great but i think they's look cooler with a squirrel tail headstock like those old Ampegs! that is some FINE work there, young fella!
vanklomk
December 7th, 2011, 09:11 AM
Love the headstocks!
LocustPlague
December 7th, 2011, 10:07 AM
How are you cutting the contours? With a rasp/spokeshave? Some other magic?
StoogeSurfer
December 7th, 2011, 10:14 AM
This guy (person) needs to go into business!
Big Dawg
December 7th, 2011, 10:20 AM
i would buy one! they are awesome!!!
Allthesound
December 7th, 2011, 11:53 AM
Wow I love the design great work!!
Pauleo
December 7th, 2011, 12:02 PM
How are you cutting the contours? With a rasp/spokeshave? Some other magic?

You guessed it. I clamp it down to a table and draw out the depth and width of the contours with a pencil and rasp the edges down until they meet the lines. Then I sand them even. Sanding scratches are a pain to get out of these woods because they are so dense.
Pauleo
December 7th, 2011, 12:06 PM
Really cool.
I'd never heart of yellowheart wood before.
Are there other shades of "heart" wood, too?

There is yellowheart, purpleheart and redheart. Here is redheart. It's hard to find in any useable width for a body but for a neck...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jlx0AMamQW4/Tt-bCV-SajI/AAAAAAAABA0/cj4Ag6Y1J2Y/s640/IMG_2116.JPG

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This will be the neck to the swamp ash/ maple top body. Thinking about spraying it a black to red burst to match the neck.
Pauleo
December 7th, 2011, 12:08 PM
How in the world did you get such a glassy finish on this one???

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Sherwin Williams automotive finish.
Pauleo
December 7th, 2011, 12:13 PM
Tell me more about those "Charlie Christian 'buckers". They look awesome!

The Charlie Christian humbuckers were custom wound by Pete Biltoft of Vintage Vibe. They are a riff on the idea of Seymour Duncan P- Rails. Except the rail coil is wound to sound like a Charlie Christian instead of a Fender single coil.

The other coil is wound like a P90. There are two dpdt on- off- on coils that toggle between the Charlie Christian coil, P90, and series humbucker. They are very hot in humbucker mode at 11.7 and 14.6K for the neck and bridge respectively but still sound nicely complex because of the mismatched coils.

They also contain composite magnets, basically an alnico 2 magnet for the rail coil and alnico 5 for the P90 coil.
jonal335
December 8th, 2011, 06:05 PM
Very nice work! How are they for weight?
Motor
December 9th, 2011, 01:21 AM
Gorgeous guitars!
Motor
Pauleo
December 9th, 2011, 08:46 PM
Just waiting on some hardware to arrive so I can put these guys together. I'll let you know what it all ways in total. Don't be surprised if it clocks in close to or over 10 lbs.
Pauleo
December 29th, 2011, 11:27 PM
Think Prince would like it?

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