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That looks like a great heel.

I think you messed up on the 3rd ring on the bass side, shouldn't it have been abalone instead of pearl? Or did you do that on purpose?

Looks nice and clean though.

Ending credits :O

Nice sounding guitar, especially the cleans. Should have added more gain to the lead though. But hey! This isn't about your settings or anything.

Congrats on the guitar!

I love that finish.

Same here :O

Obviously two bridge pickups!!!!

lolol

Okay, finally a good-ish shot. With a good camera.

Though the string path is doing some funky tricks in this picture.

56mm nut, 76mm 24th fret.

thanks for the replies!

a neck pickup? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH METAL MATT?

HAHA even the pickups are a bit odd for me

what kind of pickups are you using?

Purpleheart and bubinga are the worst smelling wood I've ever smelled. Especially when freshly cut on the table saw.

a neck pickup? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH METAL MATT?

Do you find that the EMG45DCs squeal? Mine did in my proto'd wenge/zebrano 30" eight-string.

What do you mean?

I've found the 45dc to be perfectly fine, maybe it's cause I use a noise gate?

whoa, what's this?

more pictures later.. When I can use a better camera.

Next thing you should do is clean up that neck/fretboard or make a new one for it.

Great work on that stand!

And that Ibanez is amazing, what model?

How did you do your RGA-type carve top? I'm interested.

Are you popeye now?

And I'm going to try a flap disc soon, but on an angle grinder instead of my drill press.

Don't think I could do it accurately on a press.

thanks. i also slotted the fretboard today, and decided that the fretboard is gonna get some nice ebony binding as well. the dual action truss rod is on its way, got a 20" from this place, stewmac only offers 18 and 24, so i thought i'd give these guys a shot

http://www.doeringerguitars.com/servlet/th...2-Guitar/Detail

they haven't gotten back to me on how deep the channel needs to be, so i'll likely have to wait until i get it to be able to route the truss rod channel. and people, please don't fret because my truss rod won't be centered it's by design, this is a prototype build, testing quite a few ideas of mine, so thats one thing i'm prototyping. i basically want to get the benefit of a dual truss rod(where you can get different amounts of relief on the bass and treble side of the fretboard) so i'm trying an idea i had of putting the truss rod in between a different set of strings than the middle, it'll be 1 set of strings closer to the bass side, and the goal of it will be to get slightly more relief on the bass side than on the treble side. anyways.

Sounds interesting, hope this works out, as it sounds like a cool idea. Also, nice job on the carving (front and back)

Please tell me you're using the Bicote for the fretboard.

And, nice score on the wood.

8 string V! You should totally do that. It would be epic to the max.

stop teasing us!!

I like the neck pocket!

Great looking bass.

Good job!

I could never imagine myself building a lefty.. Too confusing!

Matt, that heel looks SEXY. I would love to play this thing. The shape has grown on me a lot; when I first saw it I didn't like it at all, but now I do.

And that cavity rout looks really nice n' clean. Good stuff.

keep in mind,

8 stringers parts cost a heck of a lot more. unless you make a bridge, you are limited by your choices. all of which are above 150 bucks. then, unless you use a bass pickup, your choices are limited to a emg 808, for like 120 bucks. just adding perspective

Like I stated above, he knows the expenses so everybody needs to lay off that its just beating a dead horse. The hipshot bridges are $114 from where I get it and thats a far cry from 150... And he will either use an 808 or a 45 Dc bass pickup. Both work fine, so please stop badgering him with parts costs, he knows.

Bass-man43

ok man, calm down there. i diddnt see anything about cost so i just thought id mention it. see ya

EDIT:

and now i looked, and there is not one thing about cost before i mentioned it. i dont know what your talking about.

He knows about the costs involved and the dedication it takes. He's thought it through and this is what he wants.

Bass-man43

It was the post right before yours, by the way.

Stop arguing, he knows the prices, he knows it won't get finished in 2 days, and he knows it won't be easy. Thanks to anyone who's actually gave information about anything.