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YetzerHarah

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  1. I would suggest making a full size mock up out or cardboard (including the neck) or something else stiff, just so you can hold it up w/ a strap & sit down w/ it & see if those horns are going to be comfortable, or if they're going to be stabbing you. I know that was one of the problems w/ the B.C. Rich Seagulls.

    If you're making a mock up, going to make you choose the angle your neck sits at in relation to the body (essentially your body's centerline) & how for into the body your neck sits, which is going to determine your bridge & pickup position.

    If it were me, those would be my first couple steps.

  2. Unfigured 4/4 maple is cheap (& what a lot if not most of the classic era Richs are made of (unfigured maple, Mal told me they ordered 10/4 not 4/4)), glue up something like this & you'll have a great guitar (w/o any questions when it comes to stability), & it'll look good enough that you won't even have to paint it black (it'll be a choice, not a necessity):

    tumblr_mqayl6p7FI1r80ikgo1_1280.jpg

    That's just my opinion though

  3. You're not going to find many fretboards that are stiffer than a well seasoned piece of ebony. That doesn't mean you can't do quite a bit to build a stiffer neck, such as:

    • use thicker fretboard
    • quartersawn wood
    • laminated neck (whether it's from the same board w/ the grain direction flipped, or if you decide to add stripes of a harder wood like ebony or rosewood)
    • CF reinforcements

    Balance is a harder issue to conquer (although getting a 3" leather strap often gets rids of that problem). Since you're planning on refinishing anyway you can add fishing weights to the body (or your strap for that much), or you can experiment with moving the strap buttons around. In the end if none of that works you're down to building another body out of a heavier wood.

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