'ello there!

[Katastrophe]

I can see the reviews now...

"With this elph I get no screaming solos."

[tot_Ou_tard]

I can see the reviews now...

"With this elph I get no screaming solos."

That

*sniff*
is the funniest thing

*BwaHahahHaa*

that I have heard in a long time!!!

....really makes me cry.

Avec cet elphe je trouve aucun solos hurlants!

In German & Swedish please! Pretty Puhleeeeze!

Chris & Robert & Super Swede, I'm counting on you....

[ZoSo65]

Yo! Check this out, not to harp on the noobie thing here, there's this gentleman that makes guitars with Corian,,OK I've talked to him a little before I made mine, ya' know asking for a littla advice on using the solid surface material and bonding it to the wood. Well his replys where kind of mono tone and self absorbing, atleast that's what I thought, especially for the fact that whe I first emailed him, telling him my interest of using solid surface and that I was going to try it, asking him which glue he used. Keep in mind, I've been working with these solid surfaces for 20 years, I know about the glues used to fuse these materials. His reply was basically "can't tell you my secrets", Well that kinda blew me away, as he was acting like I was trying to "steal" business", but I replied politly, no biggy to me.
OK well, I checked out his site thouroley, and he seems to be very biased, "what he does is the bestest" you can't do it better then me, kinda feal. Granted he's got some really good things going, but,,,you'll catch what I mean if you check his site out.
I sent him some pics and info of the axe I built, and this was his reply:

Looks good. That stuff adds some nice range to the sound doesn't it? Avonite doesn't have as much bite as the corian but the Walnut I am sure helped with that. Also I am sure that the Avonite helped those EMG's since they kill a lot of tone.

C'mon, you see what I see?!!!

Anyhoo, check his site out
CNTarasi
But please don't do anything offending,,I don't think anyone here would though,,,great group of people here.

That's it,,heh

[r_a_smith3530]

ZoSo, sorry that it has taken me so long to get around to welcoming you to the forum. I'm one of those "old farts" and I suffer from CRS Disease (Can't Remember Squat!).

Hey, that is one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen. If it sounds anything like it looks, it is both a winner and a keeper!

I look forward to hearing more.

[tot_Ou_tard]

Yo! Check this out, not to harp on the noobie thing here, there's this gentleman that makes guitars with Corian,,OK I've talked to him a little before I made mine, ya' know asking for a littla advice on using the solid surface material and bonding it to the wood. Well his replys where kind of mono tone and self absorbing, atleast that's what I thought, especially for the fact that whe I first emailed him, telling him my interest of using solid surface and that I was going to try it, asking him which glue he used. Keep in mind, I've been working with these solid surfaces for 20 years, I know about the glues used to fuse these materials. His reply was basically "can't tell you my secrets", Well that kinda blew me away, as he was acting like I was trying to "steal" business", but I replied politly, no biggy to me.
OK well, I checked out his site thouroley, and he seems to be very biased, "what he does is the bestest" you can't do it better then me, kinda feal. Granted he's got some really good things going, but,,,you'll catch what I mean if you check his site out.
I sent him some pics and info of the axe I built, and this was his reply:


C'mon, you see what I see?!!!

Anyhoo, check his site out
CNTarasi
But please don't do anything offending,,I don't think anyone here would though,,,great group of people here.

That's it,,heh

Yeah, that seems rude.

What is avonite? Is it another kitchen counter material? Why did you choose those materials & more importantly what is the tone like.

[ZoSo65]

Yeah, that seems rude.

What is avonite? Is it another kitchen counter material? Why did you choose those materials & more importantly what is the tone like.

It's a blend of polyesters, basically a fairly dense kind of plastic. Yep, it's used for kitchen counters and more actually.
I chose it, just because I like the way it looked,,hehe,,simple enough
I figured if it didn't sound good, I would've made a new body of solid wood.
Actually I'm thinking of making another one with a through body neck.
Tone is terrific, I can't wait to put it through the ValveKing, that'll be the real test!

[tot_Ou_tard]

It's a blend of polyesters, basically a fairly dense kind of plastic. Yep, it's used for kitchen counters and more actually.
I chose it, just because I like the way it looked,,hehe,,simple enough
I figured if it didn't sound good, I would've made a new body of solid wood.
Actually I'm thinking of making another one with a through body neck.
Tone is terrific, I can't wait to put it through the ValveKing, that'll be the real test!

That's freakin' amazing ZoSo. I wonder what else you can make a guitar out of.

If this was 30 years ago you would have made it out of avacodo flormica with burnt orange shag trim!

[ZoSo65]

WOW, found a pic of my other axe.

[ZoSo65]

ZoSo, sorry that it has taken me so long to get around to welcoming you to the forum. I'm one of those "old farts" and I suffer from CRS Disease (Can't Remember Squat!).

Hey, that is one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen. If it sounds anything like it looks, it is both a winner and a keeper!

I look forward to hearing more.

Thanks smithy!
CRS, yeah I think I got a touch of that,,,I think?

[ZoSo65]

I wonder what else you can make a guitar out of.

Oh yeah,, B.C. Rich makes a couple out of acrylic!
B.C Rich ACRYLIC SERIES

[ZoSo65]

Here's a pick of our jamroom/studio. I took it with a camera phone
This was pre-Black Betty,,,heh
I'll see if I can find some more

[tot_Ou_tard]

Here's a pick of our jamroom/studio. I took it with a camera phone
This was pre-Black Betty,,,heh
I'll see if I can find some more

What's that on the ceiling & how did you get your elven magesty up there to paint it? Magic?

[Spudman***]

Cool! I love a great jam room. Yours looks great.

[M29]

Hello Zõ§õ,

I had to write you and compliment you on your guitar build and also welcome, I just arrived here recently myself.

Congrats again and the nice build.

M29

[ZoSo65]

Thanks you M29 for the compliment! I really appreciate it!
I said it before and I'll say it again,,,there's a great group of people here, very friendly, helpful, and open minded, qualities that seem to be missing on some of the other sites I've ventured to for help.
"Help" was the reason of how I found TheFret.Net, and I'm really glad I found this site.
I'm not saying the other sites are "bad", but some seem to have a "click", some are just so full of "whacked" out opinions(not all bad though).
For example, one site I visit is, I guess you could say prejudice to a degree, not all the members mind you, but they seem to influence some members of those members too(make sense?). Point- Someone asked about an amp the happened to be made in China, by a reputable amp maker(Peavey), (and no it wasn't me, LOL)
One of the first responses was, "It was made in China"
So the guy with the question responds, ",,so what if it was made in China, what's that have to do with it?(and what I asked)" The guy responds, and I quote, "Study world history"
What kind of friggin answer is that!!!!! C'mon, some of these dudes have got a complex, or a personal thing going, plus it didn't help the guy asking for help! And to top it off, the thread ended up having nothing to do with the original question, it got hijacked, you could say.
I seen the same kind of thing with amps that have tubes mounted to IC boards (integrated circuit boards), calling them worthless, it ain't a real tube amp, etc, etc. C'mon, technology has taken leaps and bounds since the early days of tubes, VOX Valvetronix is a perfect example, and it'll get better.

Anyhoo, enough of my ranting and thank you again!
And Thank You Robert, for a great site!

[Tim]

Words of wisdom well spoken there ZoSo. Here we are one happy family. We accept others by who they are, not what they can't afford. It's not about owning the big and expensive equipment, or I wouldn't be

[ZoSo65]

WOOT! VERY GOOD point Tim,,,kudos!!!