themetalhankey Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 (edited) Specs: Fretboard: Maple Body: Mahogany, 1 3/4" thick Chrome TOM bridge with 7 string ferrules, so string thru bridge 1 humbucker at bridge 1 single coil at neck (single coil is angled because of angled fretboard, Caparison style) Neck: 5 Piece , Maple with 2 Walnut accents Head: 13º neck joint, Maple Veneer, Caparison, 4x3 2 way Truss Rod Body Blank: Body is made out of 7 pieces of varying widths of mahogany, which were all around 3/4" Bad pics of the blank The body just cut: The neck glued together at the neck joint at 13º: (sorry don't have pics of neck blank, but you get the idea ) Stuff to do on neck: Sand neck joint until perfectly flat at the head Trace out final neck and head shape Trace out routing channel Stuff to do on the body: Sand edges of body until no more sight of relief cuts Trace cavities to be routed First Guitar I'm making so don't flame me Thanks to the SwedishLuthier for most of the help of the template I'm not sure about pic rules on this forum but post something and I'll change em, but it should be ok, since all the pics are sized down Edited November 29, 2006 by themetalhankey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahilltrade Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 this is gonna be awsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetalhankey Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 sorry I havent been updating here, but heres a link to the ultimate guitar thread, I'm always there, http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475304 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahilltrade Posted December 20, 2006 Report Share Posted December 20, 2006 please do not dye the fretboard like that ugly dean. it makes the guitar look so cheap and corny. but come on with some progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetalhankey Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 please do not dye the fretboard like that ugly dean. it makes the guitar look so cheap and corny. but come on with some progress! lol im sorry, but I have all the progress + LOADS of pics of this , here http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475304 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetalhankey Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 (edited) Here is a preview of the guitar with the woodwork complete: All of the pics of progress can be seen here: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showt...817#post8018817 I post on Ultimate Guitar because I like the way that you can keep a lot of pictures in 1 post Edited January 23, 2007 by themetalhankey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I would consider relieving the edges as it makes the guitar look a bit tubby. It's actually VERY scary that I dropped in this thread as i'm halfway through a very very similar project. I won't let the cat out of the bag yet, but it's special.... I think you've discovered what *not* to do when fretting! I think you'll have a hell of a time getting them dressed to be playable and then setting in a reasonably low action. What hammer did you use? I think you might need to invest in a soft faced hammer to protect future fret installs :-D I presume this is going to be a bolt-on neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 The body looks like about 3-4 pieces. Did you glue pieces on the sides and top to get the correct thickness and width? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetalhankey Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 yes it'll be a bolt on its actually 7 pieces and yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Welp, all I gotta say is great work on the body! It really does look nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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