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well... they also have thermotreated Itauba - - - has anyone used that? http://www.ecoastlumber.com/brazilian%20hardwood/itauba.htm

Thanks! Strandbergs stuff is insane So I made some progress in terms of finding some good local thermotreated Ash - - however it's only available in a 22mm thickness - - is it a good idea to glue two 22mm blanks together? Also, my recent woodworking classes have given me some amount of confidence to try and make a fanned fret neck - - but I'm really not sure what the mathematics would be - - I have a fret distance calculator spreadsheet, can I use that, input different scale lengths and plot a fretboard accordingly? Or should I input a minimum and maximum scale length and work from there? On a side note, has anyone tried using Ukelele tuners on a guitar? they look suspiciously similar to Steinberger tuners...

I really love this - - being someone who's played a conventional strat all my life, this is by far the most exquisite instrument I've ever seen. There's no going back now; my own designs for guitars look so silly compared to this Amazing work, RestorationAD - - really inspiring to greenhorns like me

Thank you, Prostheta and RestorationAD - - In the meantime I've been taking classes in woodworking - - no matter how much I CNC, I'm sure I'll need high competency in manual woodworking to pull this off. I had a question about hardware...has anyone on this forum tried to machine their own bridges or tuners...? I've seen an interesting headless bridge/tuner design that someone posted on a site called buildingtheergonomicguitar - - is this an isolated case or do many professional luthiers machine their own hardware?

Thanks! I'll definitely look up thermotreated wood - - - I'm still far off from making it, of course, drafting it right now with some 2D CAD software...so just have some basic doubts in that area.. 1. What should the thickness of this guitar be? (considering its an 8 string bass/guitar double neck) Rather, how thin can I go...? 2. How does on calculate string spacing for a bass? Theres a really nifty tool for this in the downloads section, for guitar, but how can I adapt this to bass? 3. Does scale length mean the distance from the nut to the centreline of the bridge, or the edge of the bridge,or...? having some trouble drafting the nut and the bridge ends...not really sure what I'll go for. What do the folks here use when it comes to 8 string headless bridges (almost sure I'll go headless on this one - - seems to be too heavy to have a headstock...) and nut ? I'm pretty sure double ball end strings are not an option for me,so.... 4.I'm planning to draw this out as accurately as possible,then try to CNC as much as I can - - is this a good strategy,or am I expecting too much? 5. Seen some wonderful graphite neck instruments here...what's a good place to source these necks from? Sorry for the late reply - - jobs been rather demanding lately.. Thanks again! J.

Hey! Just thought I'd put in an informal introduction - - I've been playing for a while now, always wanted to make my own guitar, and have been saving up for that...this year I finally decided to stop procrastinating and dive headfirst into this project - - Found this amazing site, and the quality of work is really breathtaking! Of course I'm starting completely from scratch, so there's a long way to go, but I want to make sure I do everything perfectly; have waited a long time for this so no way I'll rush this build - - - I guess I'll have a lot of questions along the way and pick everyone's brains here, and apologies for that in advance Here's a sketch of what I'm planning to do... https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwMVia471c4SS2lDZHk4YTFjaFk/edit?usp=sharing basically a mix of all the guitars I've fallen in love with over the years...I guess the first bit of advice I'll get is to start with something basic,like a stratocaster build - - and although I agree with that in principle, this is probably the only build I'll be doing, atleast within the next few years (day job, other limitations), so I really want it to be something special. So how does one go about making something like this? I guess I should talk a little bit about the ideas I've been having about this guitar to give it a bit more clarity.. - its an 8 string electric and a 6 string bass, double neck - I'd love to make them both headless, but I've never seen a pack of double ball end strings where I stay (New Delhi, India) and it might be an inconvenience.however, if there are any really innovative solutions to this (seen some amazing creative use of steinberger tuners on Klien-esque guitars to make them headless...on this site called "Building The Ergonomic Guitar") I'd love to try them out - The body shape is half Klien, half Strandberg - - just trying to marry the lovely armrest of the Klien with the lower half of the Strandberg. - In terms of wood, I'm open to all suggestions - - -New Delhi has a really extreme, fluctuating climate, and I just want wood that is very resistant to warp, and has really good sustain, and hopefully not too heavy. There are some local woods here that luthiers have used to make excellent instruments, including Indian Cedar, Indian Rosewood, Indian Laurel, even Mango (!) wood. I've also heard of tactics like getting old,seasoned wood out of demolished buildings etc, has anyone here tried that? - What can I do to make the wood I use more stable...are there any ways to treat it prior to the build? - I have access to a CNC machine (a friends) so will use it if this is suggested to be a better method...I have some experience with CAD/CAM so the software shouldn't be an issue. - A neck through (rather,two necks through) would be nice, right? - Carbon fiber? Is there any way this can be attempted? Know a guy who works at one of those car modification places, so may be able to attempt it, if I know what I'm doing - Want to mount a few circuits of my own in the electronics , a bandpass filter, maybe an onboard preamp, simple things like that. Have done these on other peoples instruments so this shouldn't be an issue.. - so many more questions.... Basically I'm scared to death of messing up during the build process, and want to go through this step by step. I really hope all the amazing luthiers and hobbyists here can help point me in the right direction Thanks, all, Regards, J.