Mr_Buttman

Nice shape and very nice top wood. But yes, it looks like pregnant woman on that photo

Thank travismoore, i can't wait to see it done too

Some progress:

I had huge problems with this guitar... After sealing whole guitar i've found some problems with binding so i decided to sand the sealer, route new binding channel and seal again and more...

So now i've sealed the guitar again and added the color (in reality it's lighter and you can see the texture very good)

Rough neck profile:

The wood that i've cut with bandsaw under the freatboard surface is long and thick enough to use it for 2 guitar freatboards, which i'll do in next projects.

Some progress

And the pieces of makore which i've wanted to use are so heavy that i decieded to use Sapele instead:

Update:

I've never faced with bleaching before...

mlennon, what do you use to bleach the wood, if it's not a secret?

It can be quite difficult to dye maple blue as the natural tone of the wood can give it a greenish hue.

I've used Rustins wood bleach on a couple of jobs now

Wood Bleach

It was always a headaсhe for me, when i have the wood with red tone and need to give bright finish to it. It's really nice solution, thanks.

Thank you!

I've never faced with bleaching before...

mlennon, what do you use to bleach the wood, if it's not a secret?

That's awesome color!

Forgot to mention, the one thing i found wrong is that the strings are too high above the freatboard and T-O-M don't have any room to be lower... (hope i am mistaking).

http://www.devansdesign.com/files/semiholl...mihollowTop.jpg

My vote is for Dave too - very nice designed and built guitar!

Thx guys for your comments.

WezV

Agree with you that's why i am using nice wood here.

But the more i build guitars the more i like the natural look of the wood.

ae3

It's going to be forest , not forest GT.

Why the nice multi lam neck, If its going to be painted? Just for strength?

Yes. And also i like padauk+wenge tone - the padauk billet was like a bell so the glued blank has very interesting tone.

And i hope that i can leave the back of the neck transparent - will talk about it with the customer after sealing the guitar, hope he'd like the look of his guitar...

The progress pics:

The lower is for this guitar:

Along with bass build i have another neckthrough project - ESP Forest Style guitar.

The worst in this build is the finish - the guitar will be black (the customer wants it only black...) but the wood is so nice...

So, it's gonna be 7 string guitar with 12-72 strings.

Specs:

7 string

25.5" scale

24 frets

48mm nut width

Tune-o-matic w/ String-Thru-Body

black hardware

Neck:

wenge/padauk/wenge/padauk/wenge 5 piece neck

madagascar ebony freatboard

2-way truss rod + 2 carbon rods

stainless steel fretwire

Body:

Makore body

Harware, electronics:

Tone Pros TOM bridge

Hipshot grip-lock tuners

2x EMG 707 pickups

Here is the wood....

The freatboard is in the center:

The neck blank:

And rough cut right wing :

Neck blank and wings together:

Then i leveled the neck blank and routed the wings with template (it's not a fingerboard there, just scrap wood):

I'm going to give the shape to headstock next week (it'll be Tobias style) but before i've tapered the fingerboard and cutted fret slots :

I'd like to show my favourite project - it's a neckthrough bass with Yamaha RBX body style and with Tobias Classic neck style.

Also i've decieded to use standard 19mm bridge spacing here and wider fingerboard.

Specs:

5 string

34" scale

24 frets

48mm nut width

19 mm bridge string spacing

golden hardware

Neck:

maple/bubinga/maple/bubinga/maple/bubinga/maple 7 piece neck

Curly Madagascar Ebony fingerboard

2-way truss rod + 2 carbon rods

"gold" LMII fretwire

Body:

40 mm thick

zebrawood/wenge/sapele/wenge/zebrawood wings

Hardware, electronics:

Hipshot A style bridge

Hipshot tuners

2x Nordstrand dual coils pickups

custom built preamp with 3 band EQ and middle frequency switch.

Here is the neck wood:

And the fingerboard wood:

Very very nice neck!

Aligning the fret slots dead-parallel when gluing would be unbelievably hard considering human error & the board sliding around when clamping.

The board won't slide if you'll use small nails before clamping - two on 3rd fret and two on 12 (or any other). After clamping you can easily put them away. Sometimes it's not possible - for example if you use big plate to clamp the board. In this case u can use toothpicks insead so the won't jut out from the fret slot.

So, i slot, taper, clamp and then making radius.

That's one of the prettiest neck blanks I've ever seen.

-Dave

I can say that it's one of the prettiest wood choices for the whole guitar i've every seen.

Very nice wood.

The deep black freatboard (for ex. madagascar ebony) will match the guitar nice too.

Nice top and cool idea with cavity on the back.

Waiting for finishing results.

SJE-Guitars, is it possible to make a bit with 8mm shank?

Hello.

I'm building the guitar where i gonna use Kahler 2300 series tremolo. (image)

But i'll get it only in July and need couple of dimensions now:

1. Minimal saddle height

2. Saddle height adjustment range

I appreciate if somebody can measure .

Thanks