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i used that rosewood for my fret boards, the piece wasnt big enough for a top its only like 5" wide, how toxic is the dust i havent been wearin a mask or respirator but i havent been gettin a skin rashes or anything ive also been workin with black walnut at the same time and have had no problems MzI

i have a chunk of bolivian rosewood, cost me $9 a bdf, it is quite heavy makes maple feel light to say the least, i like the looks of it better then brazilian and the piece i have has an amazin grain pattern totally unique and the color variation is great heres a pic or two 1 2 MzI

8/4 and 4/4 refers to the nominal thickness, actual thickness will very but is generally less than the nominal if i remember correctly i think its 3/32 or so less then the nominal dont quote me tho MzI

the headstock 2 thumbs up but the body, to be nice competely scrap it, use the headstock as a basis for your design i think you would turn out with a better lookin bass in the end MzI

heres three more pics im so outta it right now ill explain what i did the last two nights tomarrow when i get a chance, this heat is really killin me right now 1 2 3 MzI

go to guitarbuild.com there is a couple free versions of cad there i found that of the couple there turbo cad works best tho i dont use it MzI

are you making the V outta korina or mahogany? it also strikes a resemblance to mine that im workin on, very cool tho MzI

im thinkin the same thing, as im workin on it i cant wait to play it updates as requested, my neck is done for the most part and the neck pocket is done, the neck fits in theres a couple spots where its not like tight the way it should be but im thinkin im gonna use poly u glue to make sure its a good strong bond with no gaps, i did screw up the heel a lil bit but i just made it so that the neck body connection is at the 24th fret yea talk about upper fret access, i started radius sanding the fretboard and of course i had to go and break my sanding block so its sittin for the night so the glue can dry and ill finish that tomarrow next step is to set up my fretting press and instal the frets then put the neck together depending when i get my bridge in ill prolly be done building by the end of next weekend and ill put it together and get it set up then take it apart and spray it look here <---- there is 5 or 6 pics i think at the bottom to check out MzI

more work got done today so i have more pics the neck is just about done, its shaped i just hafta finish up by the headstock and by the heel once i get the body extension cut, shaping the neck was actually beyond easy i was totally suprised prolly cuz i didnt use a spoke shave or a rasp, i instead used the orbital sander i think its called i cant rember but whatever it only took me 30 mins to do the main part of the neck no way will i be using a rasp to do it when its so easy on the sander it came out good too and its only sanded to 80 grit, the headstock is rough cut like really rough cuz i was havin a hard time with it and it was gettin late so i left it for tomarrow, theres like 12 more pics at the bottom and i dont feel like posting 12 different links so heres one link enjoy MzIlink

get out a pad of paper and start sketchin, see what happens MzI

thanx, im hoping to get 15-20 fret boards outta that slab, and btw i only paid $30 for the whole thing MzI

i didnt do anywork cuz i had other stuff goin on, like runnin around to fix a busted pipe that was leakin on the eletrical panel yea really good stuff to mix water and eletricity, luckily we have a second box where you can turn the other off nothin got blown up tho anyways i did take pics of my fretboard with the inlays, its not radiused yet maybe tomarrow night also there is pics of the block of rosewood that i have left from the fretboard MzI Rosewood pics of the rosewood have the ruler in em yes its an 18" ruler 1 2 3

that sounds similar to the stuff i have, the particular type is like medium hand rubbed finish or sumthin like that, but as of now i think its gone i can get more tho cuz i work for a painting company, ill prollly get the high gloss, im definetly gonna try it prolly in the next 2 weeks or so if everything goes according to plan maybe sooner well see, ill post my results as soon as possible MzI

no trem here im goin with a black tone pro and strings thru MzI

too late i already did the inlays, they are only 5 mm tho so they are more of like accents they dont take much from the wood, tho i still have a lot of rosewood left, i bought a whole block of it, i usually play standin tho ill post some pics of it tomarrow with the inlays MzI

another update, i routed my truss rod channel, i also finished the inlays but i still havent taken pics of the fret board lazy me o well, i do have pics of the truss rod route, tomarrow will be rough shaping of the neck and mayb radiusing the fretboard 1 2 3 4 5 thats it for now, yes i kno some of them are not upright i keep forgetin to rotate em when i shrink em down more to come tomarrow as usual MzI

you clink sumthin by typing too fast and not checkin over what ur doin hahahaha, yea sorry bout the misspellin, im in love with that fretboard cant wait to see it when its on the guitar, im goin with small 5mm dot inlays so it wont take away from the wood too much MzI

pictures pictures more pictures, i spent most of the day workin on the guitar, i got the fret board slotted and most of the inlays all marked out, i hafta mark the 12 and 24 th fret inlays, then ill b done with that for the night, i still hafta make my radius sanding blocks, i also made my scarf joint and glued it up, the piece i used for the headstock looks a lil messy right now but should clean up nice once i start shaping the neck and headstock heres the link cuz i dont feel like posting like 7 or 8 different links clink me <---- ill prolly route the truss rod channel and start shaping the neck this week and hopefully start gettin the body together next weekend MzI

is the explorer originally a gibson or did you make it MzI

more pics yes more pics, today i started workin on my scarf joint, i got the angle cut and i glued up a two piece blank to use as the headstock itself, of course i didnt take pics yet and im too lazy to walk down two flights of stairs, sorry pics of it will be up tomarrow, the other thing i did today was resaw my bolivian rosewood and measure out all the frets, Link 1 link 2 the second one is a lil bit blurry i wasnt quite comfortable with slotting it so ill do it tomarrow its late any ways i dont wanna screw it up i also started to work on my control cavity on the body nothin major their so no pics yet, ill be doing more work tomarrow cuz i have no work cuz its a holdiay o yea MzI

i go to parkway music, best music store in the whole capital region i wouldnt go anywhere else MzI http://www.parkwaymusic.com/

Big Balls, hahaha jk yea they dont really have ballads MzI

i forgot a very bluesy rock band AC/DC

i have autocad 2000 and 2004 lt, i also know 2004, very easy programs took me like 30 mins or so to learn it, it does cost alot of money for the one yr license i think the student version is around 600 usd or so, another program you could try is sketchup you can download an 8hr trial version at sketchup.com its very similiar to autocad, o yea and its a 3d modeling program MzI

its pretty damn fast for my tho im runnin on a cable modem here at home so no complaints from me MzI