June and raining

Friday, 18 June 2010 at 18:36 | Posted by Keith
I just checked and I've not updated this blog for ages, oops... I have been so busy with 101 things; guitar making  
mostly but other stuff too. Been to a wedding in London with a fantastic reception on a cruse up the Thames, very cool stuff! Now I got to try and think of something to put on here, ummm hmm.. .
  Saw a funny film the other night, Mary and Max. It's an old fashioned stop-motion animation, excellently done. I never usually like any kind of animated film but this one is damn funny and a really cool story. If you are bored and fancy something pretty refreshing I'd recommend :]

Here are a few pics :
The boat interior :

My partner and her two boys on ones 18th birthday


And I roped Kathy into helping with the guitar! She is busy here soldering some pot's for me :)


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I diddnt want to play anyways

Monday, 24 May 2010 at 00:19 | Posted by Keith
I just tried to sign up for the UK lottery online and was faced with this !
Apparently 'Keith's' aren't allowed to play lotto =( 
*cries*

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A few guitars

Friday, 21 May 2010 at 18:12 | Posted by Keith
Just a quick update, im so busy *sigh* *looks for sympathy ;)

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Sawdust in my coffee

Thursday, 13 May 2010 at 01:37 | Posted by Keith
So I've been busy in the shed over the last month, and I now have a bit of wood that looks abit like a guitar body, yay ! Granted I spent most of that time putting up shelves and making a workbench and other stuff to make the shed more workshoppy, but I do have a little progress !

This is the mainly before piccys :-

And this is the mainly after :)


I must say it is a fun thing to do but man, there are sooooooooooo many little things that you need to either have or know to tackle some of it it boggles me! 
Will be good to have an electric guitar again once im done:)
 I have been thinking about putting up a step-by-step guide here but Im not sure if anyone is really interested to tell the truth, its technical and all that so not everyone's cup of sawdusty tea :)
Oh in a fit of teenage-throwback (I was something of a 'goth' but once upon a time^^) Ive decided to name the guitar ....... THE RAVEN ! hehhe xD 
Here's a suitable pic, best raven pic i could find! 


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I don't want to get on the cart!

Friday, 7 May 2010 at 01:21 | Posted by Keith
I'm not dead.. :]

Just to let people know I haven't updated this blog for a while as I've been too busy with sorting out a shed-to-workshop conversion thing. I'll update with lots of pics soon :)

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Just a quick post

Friday, 16 April 2010 at 19:06 | Posted by Keith
This pic made me lol so im sharing :]


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Some of my sketches, work in progress!

Saturday, 10 April 2010 at 20:16 | Posted by Keith
   


Here are some of the sketches I've done so far. The design isn't final (by far), I'll most likely get through 4 or more revisions of the shape before getting the nuts to cut out a router template!
Have decided the woods though; Brazilian mahogany with a deep chocolate stain for the main body. A book matched  herringbone inlay and brass (no expense spared :p) details. The neck is from a birds eye maple with an ebony fretboard, with undecided marker materials.
Using 2 humbuckers with this but not chosen the machine heads yet.
Nothing is final as I said.. It could change completely before I get to the cutting!


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