Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted any of my work on here... in fact I've had to take a bit of a break from guitar building for a couple of months but I'm back in full swing now. After much head scratching I've decided to put my last guitar build on the shelf (some of you will remember seeing my Black Limba Singlecut on here) and start a fresh. Although there were no major errors with it, there were just too many small things that bugged me (I'm a bit of a perfectionist ), especially after starting work on my 6 string bass I could see that my work could be (and should be) a lot better. Anyway, don't panic the Singlecut won't be WOD'd or burnt I'm sure I'll do something with it one day but for now I want to concentrate on other projects.
The 6 string bass is coming along nicely, in fact it's almost ready for final sanding and finishing (updates coming soon), while I was waiting for some side dot material to arrive (bloody postal strikes ) I decided to start work on my next guitar, here's the spec...
Korina body with an English Walnut top
Wilkinson trem
2 humbuckers (not decided what I'm using yet)
22 fret, 25.5 scale
I'm still undecided on the neck/fretboard wood, I do have a piece of Wenge that I'll be planing tomorrow, so we'll see... a Wenge neck is tempting, I'm just not sure if I want anymore splinters! Anyway, here's some pic's, sorry if some of them aren't that great, my camera is on it's last legs so these were taken on my phone.
The English Walnut top(s)
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssbookmatch.jpg
Glued on to the Korina
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssblank.jpg
Sanding the edges after routing
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/sssandingedges.jpg
Sanded to shape, front...
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssbodyshaped.jpg
...and back
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssback.jpg
Rounded over, front...
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssroundedover.jpg
...and back
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssroundedover_rear.jpg
Bridge pickup and front trem cavity routed
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssfront_routed.jpg
Rear trem cavity
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssrear_routed.jpg
Control cavity
http://usera.imagecave.com/Simo/ssrear_cavity.jpg
And finally a shot of the rear as it looks now...
More updates coming soon