Slaughthammer Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 (edited) so i started my first guitar built. i have a neck from an old acustic guitar that sorryly was destroyd when falling down... but the neck survived, and so i will use it as my first training object its gonna be a 12-string rhoads V with the ESP Alexi Laiho sig. body shape and also just one humbucker and one volume pot the frets of the neck were not in a good condition, already popping out of the fretboard, so i'll do a refret job as a first step here are the pics: http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...964_IMG_LOW.jpg http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...965_IMG_LOW.jpg http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...966_IMG_LOW.jpg http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...967_IMG_LOW.jpg http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...968_IMG_LOW.jpg and a pic of the back http://fullservesite.com/slaughthammer/gui...971_IMG_LOW.jpg i thik the heel has to be reshaped, i will se what i can do here does anyone know, what kinds of wood were used here? i think, the outer laminates are mahagony, but what is the middle laminate? i also heaven't decieded on the body wood, but as this is only for training, i will search and get what i can get locally and cheap. maybe pine. feel free to ask anything i didn't mention (which might be a lot) so good night so far... Edited November 3, 2004 by Slaughthammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Cavanaugh Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 It all looks to be mahoghany in the neck, but it's hard to say for sure unless I really saw the grain up close. The middle part is probably quarter sawn if it is mahoghany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 What's the scale length of that neck? You may find that this scale length might not be well suited for your prupose. It could be too short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted November 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 the scale length is 632,6mm which would make 1 cm more than 24 3/4". i think i can handle it. question: why should the scale length be unsuitad/what would an unsuited scale length be? It all looks to be mahoghany in the neck, but it's hard to say for sure unless I really saw the grain up close. The middle part is probably quarter sawn if it is mahoghany. no, the middle part is definitive a different wood. it's not very straight-grained, but it is quarter sawn. the new frets are now in, but i ahve to wait for a dremel to arrive (hopefully tomorrow) and then i will trim the frets to the proper length and post more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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