rsguitar Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) Well here is the third neckthrough I have been working on. This one is for myself, and I can't wait until this one is done!!!!! So here are the specs. Neck 5 piece with curly maple and cherry, with rosewood stipes surrounding the cherry. Hot Rod truss rod carbon rods along truss curly maple cap on headstock with walnut stipe under it Body Cherry body with walnut stipe under quilted maple top a piece of walnut seporates the neck from the body sides Hardware Sperzel tunners in satin chrome The T-Bridge from LR Baggsin chrome chrome schaler strap locks chrome knobs and switch Electronics Bridge pickup: JB seymore duncan Neck picup: Hot Rails seymore duncan three way selector switch 25 1/2" Scale Fretboard will be ebony bound with curly maple like the padauk neckthrough with custom inlay of some sort? Enjoy Mike . Edited September 18, 2006 by rsguitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 thats so hot i want its babies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 (edited) thats so hot i want its babies! Man that was a great comment I started to LOL when I read it. Thanks Mike Here is another pic. Mike Edited August 31, 2006 by rsguitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prs man Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 vary cool nice looking would like to see it when its all done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Here is one more pic. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Still not an enormous fan of the body shape, but the work is top notch, and the woods are lovely. What was your weapon of choice for the carve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Still not an enormous fan of the body shape, but the work is top notch, and the woods are lovely. What was your weapon of choice for the carve? My teeth I was realy hungry.....LOL No I used a router on the body sides before the glue up and then finished off the rest by hand with a chisel and sandpaper, and a lot of time. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkielad Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Very nice - I don't suppose you want to make a sister for it do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince D Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 That is some very nice wood you have. I like the overall design, but i think the top horn looks a little funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 That looks like it's going to be a seriously cool guitar. Nice choice of woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted September 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Thanks for all the great feedback guys!!!!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted September 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 finaly got my fretboard for this thing a couple of days ago, but I still haven't had any time to work on it. And it;s KILLIN ME!!!!!!!!!!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 I know what you mean i really badly want to work on my bass but im waiting for my truss rod to be deliverd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Lovely work and I like the body shape as well. Let's see some more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The royal consort Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Not wishing to come across too heavy handed but... NOT STAINING WOOD THAT FIGURED SHOULD BE A CRIME!!!!! Even if you want to stain it in a natural tone (there are some good walnut effect stains out there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 that work looks so clean it looks almost like the pictures are computer-generated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalien21 Posted November 20, 2006 Report Share Posted November 20, 2006 hey, now that's a neat idea. my biggest problem with doing through-neck guitars has been getting the face of the guitar flush with the wings and the center. because you can't really plane or sand it with machines very well because of the bit that's sticking out where the fretboard glues on. you seem to have a solution for that, by having the place where the neck sticks up be curved like that rather than a right-angle. you could just machine that on any sort of belt sander. cool idea. thanks. but what about pickup routes? i guess i could do the ol' drill n' file. but that's sort of lame. or i could suspend the router over it. which would probably work best. cool work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 hey, now that's a neat idea. my biggest problem with doing through-neck guitars has been getting the face of the guitar flush with the wings and the center. because you can't really plane or sand it with machines very well because of the bit that's sticking out where the fretboard glues on. you seem to have a solution for that, by having the place where the neck sticks up be curved like that rather than a right-angle. you could just machine that on any sort of belt sander. cool idea. thanks. but what about pickup routes? i guess i could do the ol' drill n' file. but that's sort of lame. or i could suspend the router over it. which would probably work best. cool work! as far as the pickup routes that is easy. You just use a jig to fit the spot you will route.... Thanks for the great coments on my work................. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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