Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by HNB » Sun May 09, 2021 7:51 am

Looks great!
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue May 11, 2021 10:28 pm

Contours!

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue May 11, 2021 11:08 pm

And the second bod!

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed May 12, 2021 7:03 am

Also, I'm still playing around with designs.

I made the headstock a bit smaller.
I printed out the last one to get an idea of the scale and it seemed massive so I quite like this one.

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Ooh. Actually works quite well with a "swoosh"
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by HNB » Wed May 12, 2021 7:16 am

They look awesome!!
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by Gordon » Wed May 12, 2021 6:08 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Wed May 12, 2021 7:03 am
Also, I'm still playing around with designs.

I made the headstock a bit smaller.
I printed out the last one to get an idea of the scale and it seemed massive so I quite like this one.

https://i.imgur.com/m823M6b.jpg

Ooh. Actually works quite well with a "swoosh"
https://i.imgur.com/exZoM9v.jpg
I like the swoosh. But in my opinion for which you didn't ask ( :ph34r: ), carved headstock seems to be every boutique-builder's gimmick right now. :( They're all over my Instagram, the trend is raising...
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Wed May 12, 2021 7:14 pm

Noted.
I don't tend to care what other builders are doing.
It does kind of have a bit of a Fano vibe, which is cool.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Fri May 14, 2021 10:40 pm

Just seeing how it looks with some random parts on it.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by HNB » Sat May 15, 2021 2:26 pm

Looks awesome!
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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by smjenkins » Sat May 15, 2021 4:08 pm

Love it. Such a cool body shape.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon May 24, 2021 8:10 pm

I reckon this headstock design will work well on this body.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by noisepunk » Mon May 24, 2021 8:36 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 8:10 pm
I reckon this headstock design will work well on this body.

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oh hell, that's gorgeous.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by countertext » Mon May 24, 2021 10:37 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 8:10 pm
I reckon this headstock design will work well on this body.

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All the best Guild vibes on this one.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon May 24, 2021 11:48 pm

Guild. Oh yeah! That's a good comparison.

Here's another design I've been working on for ages.
Will probably build this one day.
Would look cool with one of those Goldo tremolos.

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Re: Cross Guitars - projects and restorations

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Tue May 25, 2021 2:53 am

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Mon May 24, 2021 8:10 pm
I reckon this headstock design will work well on this body.

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I think you might be on to something here. It looks great!

Looking forward to seeing it come to life.
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