low end fuzz Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 so way back when; i started cutting up some wood and glued up a neck; the neck is mahogany with a tapered center of osage orange, the fingerboard; tho it doesnt show in the pics, and for that matter prolly wont show in person when finished; is curly ebony; right off the planer you can see the 'lightning bolts all over it, but i had a fretless i used a piece for, and it looks more like dull spots on the board, when you look closely; ah well...its still ebony i had a one piece 1" mahagony body with a quilted maple cap and lacewood center, kinda using up cool woods i had; i needed to find something around half inch to stick between to bring it up to thickness; and couldnt find anything, and eventually just put it on the shelf; a recent build i did had a 21" cutoff of wenge, when i saw it just sitting there it triggered my interest, i already had all the hardware and pickups so here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyp Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks pretty cool. you using some of Toone's aluminum bar in the neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireFly Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 That's such a pretty top! And +1 on "What's with the giant neck hole?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 giant neck hole?? are you reffering to my truss rod channel? only the access is done with the bullnose, goes up to the nut of the rod, its a normal stew mac 2way hotrod; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 This is very cool Grant, lots of awesome woods in play here. Osage orange ought to be a great neck wood. I'll be very interested to hear your opinion of it when this is done. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Grant how many strings are going on this one? Excellent top. Made me do a double take. That is a horrific trussrod channel ... looks like you could drive a snowmobile through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 hey Scott; I will tot he best of my ability give a testimonial to the osage; alot of my judging will come from how its like to work with, cuz im not a guitar player and dont hear certain characteristics well; and yes its a guitar and will have the classic 6 strings; the neck pickup will be practically riding the edge of the fingerboard, and the truss rod has a 1/4" hex nut on it; and i need the clearance for the tool to fit; so quite givin me a hard time this 'tunnel' wont be seen but its the same way i do all my bolt on acesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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