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Thank you all for the comments! Here are some more pics Fingerboard attachment to the neck The neck fit to the body (no frets) The neck fit to the body (with frets)

You are right. I used threaded inserts everywere. Here are some in the neck part

Hi there, Well I believe that this is not the best place to introduce myself but since my first post was in the GOTM thread I believe that I have to give some information here. First, my name is Christos, I live in Athens, Greece and my english are also not very good. To tell you the truth I did not understand everything in this thread but I think that I am in the meaning. Well, my first post in the forum was in the GOTM thread. My opinion is that the GOTM thread is an area that we post our complete job at its end, not to compete but to present it. Then the members vote and just pick the best work of the month. Nothing more or less. (Let me know if it is) I made my build thread at the same time with the GOTM entry because of the completely innovative design of my instrument. I first wanted to see If my instrument was completely functional and then give the details of the building proccess so that I can answer any questions about it. An other reason is that I am not a proffesional luthier and it took me about a year to build this guitar. A build thread would be easily lost because I would be able to post once a month since the building progress was realy slow. I also believe that it is an obligation to contribute because the forum really helped me with my project. I may have not participated but I have read and learned many things here.

The neck Two piece mahogany Yeap, I made 2 guitars The wood grain Neck rough cut The neck part of the joint The same part cut The fretboard and the headstock design The headstock One neck done Neck and Body

I already have guitars with bare wood. I always wanted one in white/pearl so I painted this one.

There is no sustail lost and the instrument is very resonant. Even if it is made from mahogany the sound is also very bright and closer to a strat than a les paul. The joint is made in such a manner so that the neck and the body are always in full/tight contact (no gap between) whatever the neck angle is.

Here are some pics of the building proccess The body

Thank's! There is very solid. There are 6 bolts used. 4 to hold the neck in place and 2 to regulate the angle This is a plan I designed before I start the building Here are some pics of the joint The two screws that are used for the angle regulation are pushing against the force of the holding screws and this makes the joint very solid. I was also thinking of more curves but unfortunatelly I don't have the tools.....yet. The pickup changing is done through a swich between the bridge pickup and the harness. I connect the pickup, groung etc to the changing swich, without touching the 5 way rottary there is also no bridge ground problem because the bridge ground wire is connected to a body insert of the wraparound bridge which is always in direct contact with the tele-like bridge Here it is angled/wraparound And "flat" with tele bridge

MKM custom guitar Hello, This is actually the first guitar that I have compltely designed and built. Specs: Mahogany body (flattop, custom contoured) Mahogany neck 22 fret ebony fingerboard 24 3/4" scale Kent Armstrong pickups 1 volume, 1 tone, 5 way rottary switch Grover tuners Dual action truss rod The guitar can either use a wraparound or a telecaster bridge Color: white with blue pearl This guitar features an adjustable neck-angle joint of my design/invention (patented). More at http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=44260 Wraparound setup Tele setup headstock back More images here (sorry only 4 permited) http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/h...km/DSCF9219.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/housmkm/mkm2.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/housmkm/mkm1.jpg http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g420/housmkm/mkm5.jpg

Here is my custom designed and completely built by me MKM guitar. I started this project about a year ago having in mind a solid body electric guitar that could perform some additional features than the "normal" electric guitars. I designed this guitar completely from scratch. We have: Mahogany body (flattop, custom contoured) Mahogany neck 22 fret ebony fingerboard 24 3/4" scale Kent Armstrong pickups 1 volume, 1 tone, 5 way rottary switch Grover tuners Dual action truss rod The guitar can either use a wraparound or a telecaster bridge. This guitar features an adjustable neck-angle joint that I have designed myself. The joint is using a convexo-concave formation that can regulate the angle that makes the neck relative to the body. This can make possible the use of a waparound bridge, which is relatively "high", by tilting the neck backwards about 3-4' degrees or a telecaster bridge, which is relatively "low", by having the neck completely aligned to the body. Well the instrument is finished but I will post some pics of the building proccess Here it is "transformed" with a tele bridge