jowilmei Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Having grown tired of my previous build and grown obsessed with headless ergo guitars. I decided to work on a experimental build. Thus far I have got the body and neck made. The body is chambered walnut/maple with a richlite top. Neck is 5 piece walnut maple with richlite board. I am going with a completely flat fingerboard. After realizing that I prefer a 16"+ radius, I figured "Why not go to infinity?" The body is absolutley strandberg-esque, but it is significantly smaller as I feel that strandbergs look a bit goofy with their sprawling horns and armrest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ghostdive Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Richlite top, very interesting...looking forward to seeing this take shape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowilmei Posted March 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 1 minute ago, ghostdive said: Richlite top, very interesting...looking forward to seeing this take shape! Yeah, the only other build I have ever seen with richlite on the body was the Avanc 8 string on youtube. Only downside is it is a heavy material. I'll be pushing 5 lbs with this which is a bit more than I hoped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 wow, somehow missed this thread but has a look of cool going on. where does one even buy richlite for tops? I've seen the cool fretboard carves on them with the crazy patterns... def on my todo list... would be cool to do a 5/8 carved top out of it. anywho, headless looks great. s/b a killer look with all that flat black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 11 hours ago, mistermikev said: where does one even buy richlite for tops? https://www.richlite.com/fretboards https://www.richlite.com/partialsheets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 1, 2023 Report Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, avengers63 said: https://www.richlite.com/fretboards https://www.richlite.com/partialsheets wow, they are offering all sorts of variety for sheets. cool beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowilmei Posted May 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Alright. So I wasn’t happy with the walnut maple combo, so I started over with cherry replacing walnut. Got a bit farther and then decided it was too “busy”. I have since completely started over with simplicity in mind. 1 piece walnut body Semi-birdseye maple neck with rosewood fretboard. I found the maple while perusing home depots hardwoods as I often do with my moisture meter. I don’t really know what else to call it. The non-chambered walnut and maple build is already lighter than the chambered version. Richlite is super dense. Call me crazy with all the restarts. I just don’t want to “waste” expensive hardware on a guitar that I don’t like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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