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TGP is a funny place... I can't raise a comment there to save my life. Seems incredibly clique-ish for some reason.

This shows the RockBeach 5-string bass with the neck just sitting on the neck pocket extension which is much longer than it will be when finished. The body is myrtle top and back with tulip poplar midsection.

A local guy with a wood shop that has had it lying around for years. He didn't know quite what to do with it. It is 2 pieces bookmatched, actually. The guy is happy as hell it is becoming something so nice!

You have to see this one even with just sealcoat on it... I am going to have to leave this one natural rather than a burst... It will have a maple neck with pau ferro fingerboard and the red tortise pickguard shown in the other RB-Tele thread.

Gonna have a brown tortise pickguard with HSS configuration and Tesla pickups. VR-Extreme in the bridge and Opus-S1 middle and neck positions. Neck will be olivewood with pistachio fingerboard.

No questions are dumb... The extensions are for mounting and reference points on the CNC machine. They get cut off only after the last of any secondary operations are complete. The jack goes inside the notch facing the player so if you use a right-angle jack, it simply falls down towards the ground without having to loop it through the strap and it will not come out if stepped on. It also still allows you to stand the guitar on the two strap buttons and lean it against a wall or a couch or a chair without a stand as The_Patriot mentioned. If you use a straight plug, it aims it up to the strap for easy looping. Also, it is easy to find on a dark stage without messing up the finish of the front of the guitar hunting for it. There is a reason behind everything I do when I design something.

Walnut and tulip poplar like the last one but I have modified the pickup cavities to be able to accept virtually any pickguard/pickup combination... I am building this one for me...

Thanks, man... I try to present my products as more than a hobbiest effort.

They balance out just fine. Scale length can be whatever the customer wants, but I like going with a conversion 24.75" scale although I have built a couple at 25.5 and they do balance well too.

A guy here in town sold off his father's woodworking supplies and those two were going to be gunstocks originally. It was in his garage... Check and see if Oregon Wildwood has any. They sell myrtle tops and backs for guitars.

Contouring with a rasp is tough on the hands, but it does get the job done... eventually...

Thanks, Erik. Remember that the first one with the GFS hardware is really a test build. Nice cheap way to prototype if you will and it may even end up being a nice piece in spite of itself. You are right in that my market is more of a quality market. I can modify the design just slightly and probably use the B16 and I may end up trying one out. I have a B5 in stock as well... The nice thing is, people seem to really like what I have done with the bottom of the guitar to make it a bit more modernized while retaining the essence of a classic... Most manufacturers' guitars are recognizable by the headstock. Mine are more recognizable by the bottom of the guitar.

Any more tilt-back would certainly not account for a 1/2" difference. The parts were apparently clearance priced for a reason...

Presently doing the contouring with a couple of rasps...

That bit will be removed and the neck pocket finished when I get the neck ready for installation. It is wider than it needs to be at the moment. I like a snug fit. That will be trimmed off.

suh-NAP!

It will be a hardtail and also will have the relief cuts like the other project one but I know these will fit and locate properly since I built them properly to begin with... The poor color balance is from my friend's phone camera which took this picture...

Yes. I simply drilled and threaded new holes to relocate the bridge on the plate. I am working on many simultaneous projects along with working my regular job so this project has kind of dragged out, but the body is now sealed and ready for finishing. As you mentioned, these are ALL GFS supplied parts. I know some folks want to blame me for the mis-fits, but a lesser builder would have just put them together without checking first and found out too late. I always measure 3x first before cutting...

I had a few spare minutes to do some work on that Tele project with the GuitarFetish trem and body. There were a number of things incorrect on the body as manufactured, but I was able to compensate for that. I did some carving for belly-cut and forearm relief and decided to go without the pickguard (although I could still go back to it if it is something any buyer might like instead). I am thinking of doing a simple white with blackburst finish but am open to suggestions. There is no finish on the body presently. The neck is finished. The gold flame in the neck might suggest some other kind of finish. Scouting for ideas.

I figured Scott's was going to get the most votes, but I really had to go with Shad Peters' entry. Just stunning woods... I think there are only 4 entries because when folks saw the quality of those 4 entries, they probably figured "No way... Not this month!" Brilliant work, all!

While there are some true stunners this month, I gravitate to the interesting and unique and the superb execution of it. AAL-LC, you got my attention, 1st post or not!

I am entering this RockBeach CamelBack CB-III again because I have changed necks to an olivewood neck with a pistachio fingerboard. I have found olivewood to have a beautiful slick feel especially with Murdoch's Hard Oil for the finish which is also what the walnut topped and backed tulip poplar solid body (with a larger than standard pickup rout chamber) is finished with for a satin look. With this neck in place with a very snug fit and extra beef at the neck heel (which you cannot feel when you play it), this guitar resonates like a cigar boat! Seemingly all of the strings' energy is captured by the body which gives this guitar a thick yet Stratty tone to go with the spanky quack. Sustain is forever and it projects remarkably well acoustically. This neck is the Holy Grail in this guitar!!! I can build another, but this one is MINE! Scale length is 25.5" and controls are pure Strat. Yes, there is more wood around the outside of the pickguard and it does maintain my ergonomic design at the bottom of the guitar so it doesn't fall over if leaned against a wall or sofa or chair and also the output jack is located in the cutout so it will not come out especially if you use a right angle plug. The cutout also fits around the inside of the leg for a perfect classical seating position. Familiar traits while maintaining my trademark character.

O- and not that i'm a fender buff ( wezV , where are yoo?? ) but that aint no standard tele bridge . Those are stratocaster saddles in that upper pic....... Good to see I am not the only one who spotted that... Note how much farther away from the pickup the saddles are on the Strat saddled Tele than they are on the GFS roller assembly... It's about 1/2 inch which is exactly where I am saying the roller needs to be but can't get there because the posts are in the wrong place.

Hmmm...