kjq69 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Hey all, So i was ready to move on with my next creation. I just loved the "Hamer Silver 25th Anniversary" guitar silver "Purfling" binding detail.... I had two of these lovely guitars and they are truly "Lovely"....... the only thing I didn't like about them was the silver tarnishing on the fret board. I thought, how can i duplicate without using Silver........?......Stainless Steel was the answer. Well how do i get little strips of SS 60" long for this detail......Well, my buddy had a water jet machine and i grabbed a cutoff of 040 thick SS and had him water jet strips for me......What a crazy thought!!!! I still wanted to stick with my detail of Binding, fret board and cover plates all being Macassar Striped Ebony.......so I went to work.....Do you have any idea how hard SS is to work with????.....I was nuts!!! African Mahogany Body & Neck / Flame Maple Top / Striped Macassar Fret Board, Binding, Cover Plates & Truss Rod Cover / SS Purfling / Taku Sakashta "Tribute" Pickups / Mother of Pearl Nut, Tuner Buttons and Fret Board Markers with SS Rings.......... Definitely feeling Taku's influence on this build as well ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Dude, that is just drop dead gorgeous. Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjq69 Posted February 4, 2021 Author Share Posted February 4, 2021 Thank you so much.......!!!!..... the SS was quite the under taking......I actually made a block of wood that matched the carve of the guitar top...I attached to a Makita 1” belt sander. The SS was proud of the top so I had to sand it down even with the body contours being ever so careful not to heat it up as then it would expand......so time consuming but worth the effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew816 Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Wow! Just wow. Okay, how much!? I don't see the "order" button anywhere... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncans Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Pretty dang nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 2 hours ago, kjq69 said: Hey all, So i was ready to move on with my next creation. I just loved the "Hamer Silver 25th Anniversary" guitar silver "Purfling" binding detail.... I had two of these lovely guitars and they are truly "Lovely"....... the only thing I didn't like about them was the silver tarnishing on the fret board. I thought, how can i duplicate without using Silver........?......Stainless Steel was the answer. Well how do i get little strips of SS 60" long for this detail......Well, my buddy had a water jet machine and i grabbed a cutoff of 040 thick SS and had him water jet strips for me......What a crazy thought!!!! I still wanted to stick with my detail of Binding, fret board and cover plates all being Macassar Striped Ebony.......so I went to work.....Do you have any idea how hard SS is to work with????.....I was nuts!!! African Mahogany Body & Neck / Flame Maple Top / Striped Macassar Fret Board, Binding, Cover Plates & Truss Rod Cover / SS Purfling / Taku Sakashta "Tribute" Pickups / Mother of Pearl Nut, Tuner Buttons and Fret Board Markers with SS Rings.......... Definitely feeling Taku's influence on this build as well ~ Oh, damn... that is fantastic... 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menehune Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 That #5 guitar is just too gorgeous, Ken. You have the gift. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjq69 Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Drew816 said: Wow! Just wow. Okay, how much!? I don't see the "order" button anywhere... 😉 This one would be hard to part with. The build took over a year for me and it has “Taku’s” pickups....... still can’t believe he was killed by a drug addict out on parole.....let me think about it and I will reach out to you ..... Look up Taku Sakashta Guitars ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I like stainless steel binding with nibs. Ducking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Gorgeous guitar. Are the pickups PAFish or do they have some other flavor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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