Blackdog Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 This is the first guitar I'm building entirely based on a customer's specs. It's a rather traditional solidbody guitar, based on this design: Specs: Solid white limba body, 36mm thick. Deep carved flame maple top, 18mm thick. One piece Korina neck, 13degs tilt-back headstock with a rosewood faceplate. CF reinforcements and HotRod. Flame maple bound IRW fretboard, 25" scale and 22 frets. Single 12th fret inlay. Adjustable wraparound aluminum bridge, locking vintage style tuners. P90 on the neck slot and humbucker at the bridge. 3-way Toggle, 2 volumes 2 tones. Finish will be nitro, natural on back and trans-black/charcoal on the top. Some pics of what I've done so far: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 I really like your style- the guitars are very "rich looking" and your work is clear! Looking forward this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Some more pictures of the progress of this build. A couple of pictures to illustrate the top angle. I've been doing this since the second build but never took a straight side-view picture before. And some views of the belly carve. All rasps and sandpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Some more progress pictures: The slot for the Truss-Rod and the CF reinforcements have been routed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) hey blackdog, nice build as usual. are you sure that you have enough area in the bottom side of the neck pocket for a glued neck? by the way, incredible design. i like it a lot! Edited June 27, 2009 by Hector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdog Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 hey blackdog, nice build as usual. are you sure that you have enough area in the bottom side of the neck pocket for a glued neck? by the way, incredible design. i like it a lot! Hello Hector !! Not sure I understand the question... The neck extends all the way into the neck pickup cavity, there's significantly more contact area in this design than on the doublecuts I have been building. This neck joint idea is the same applied here: Even though the heel progression is a bit more extreme on this build (from the 15-16th fret on the bass side to the 21st on the treble side, vs. 16th to 19-20th on the previous), you can see that he pocket was pretty big in the previous build. I don't expect it to be a problem now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Buttman Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I'd like to mention that you route too deep wire channel. It's like cutting the body in two separate parts. I think 0.5 cm deep channel will be enough. ( i mean the last pictures) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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