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Cool. I had to ask because with the missing fret I thought it was even shorter than 24.75 in. I thought it might be 22.5 in. like the Daisy Rock guitars. The next question would have been why. Short scale has been on my mind lately and maybe that's why I noticed. My wife and I had a baby girl 4 weeks ago and of course I've been thinking about building her a guitar! Thanks for the info and nice job again. Best Regards, Mike.

I can't believe I did it but I was compelled to vote for that amazing acoustic. That flame all the way up the neck is simply delicious. The inlay is amazing and all the lines just flow. Great fluid symmetry throughout from the shape of the bridge and soundhole to the angle of the neck inlays. Just beautiful. I would love to own that guitar. I'd love to hear it played. Best Regards, Mike.

Very nice! I like it. Great first project. Two questions for ya. What is the scale-length of the neck and why only 20 frets? Also, is the nut overhanging the sides of the neck or is that an illusion? Again, I like it and good job. Best Regards, Mike

I always thought Guitarfrenzy would make a good mod. Setch too. Frank Falbo and Myka are right up there, but may be too busy actually building guitars to mod. My dos centavos. Best Regards, Mike.

Lacewood is a bit on the dark side so you might want to consider bleaching the wood first. Do a quick search on this forum for bleaching techniques. Drak (a senior member on this board) did an unbelivable purple stain on a lacewood Warlock...incredible. I'm pretty sure he bleached first before dying it. Good Luck! Best Regards, Mike.

Custom Tele made for a friend and mentor: Couldn't resist throwing in an action shot! Here are the specs: Body: One-piece swamp ash 3-pickup route custom on-off switch string through body design with gold string ferrules water soluble Transfast orange dye Electrosocket output jack 12 coats of Minwax tung oil 2 coats of Minwax finishing paste modern design gold bridge Neck: Birdseye maple 3+3 custom headstock with gold locking Sperzels custom waterslide decal logo graphtech nut 22 fret, 24 ¾ scale ebony fretboard 4 mm edge inlayed abalone fret markers 6105 fretwire gold neck ferrule attachment

Great eyes Greg! The Little 59 is exactly what he put in there. I forget what he said the middle pickup was, but it's something special too. I believe the neck pickup is just a stock Fender Tele pickup. Great variety of sounds. The tuners are locking Sperzels. He also added a separate tone control for the neck pickup. Hmm...can't think of anything else. Thanks for checking it out Greg. Best Regards, Mike.

I caught up with my teacher today and got to see the custom tele I made for him with all the electronics and the tuners in place. The thing looks great, plays great and sounds awesome. We actually did my lesson today with him using the custom tele and me using the custom JS6 that I made not too long ago. Really cool. Here's a shot of Roman diggin' in deep: Here's a couple more shots of Roman with the Tele: Roman Holding Tele 1 Roman Holding Tele 2 I couldn't resist taking a couple of shots of the two guitars together: Tele with JS6 1 Tele with JS6 2 Thanks for looking! Best Regards, Mike.

Wow, great answer Frank! You were one of the "senior members" I was thinking of and you came through in spades. Thank you very much. So I won't worry too much about buying that expensive jig and just keep practicing as before. Good stuff. Best Regards, Mike.

Very, very nice work Wes. I know what you mean about the humidity in Texas. I drove through the pan-handle one summer and everytime I had to stop for gas I thought I was going to pass out it was so hot and humid. I can still vividly remember how it felt everytime I opened the car door.....wham! I lived in Indiana for nearly six years and in New York for nearly 4 years so I'm no stranger to humidity. Texas has those places beat hands down. Anyway, congrats on the awesome axe. Good work. Best Regards, Mike.

This tutorial should get you where you want to go: http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/bridge...e_guitar01.html Good Luck and Have Fun! Best Regards, Mike.

You know, I've been wondering about this lately as well. It's also unclear to me how leveling frets using this thing helps: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting_suppl...e_Neck_Jig.html My only guess is that leveling under tensions might account for any twist created under tension. As you point out, you are going to add a slight bow in the neck upon setup. I've done 3 fret levels and had good success doing it just like you. That is, get the neck as staight as possible and then level. I do take a couple of extra passes on the upper frets to impart a bit of a drop near the tongue end. I hope one of the senior members here can enlighten us. Best Regards, Mike.

I've used polyurethane from a can with great results. It sets up very quickly. I was able to wet sand within 3 days of application. Go for it! Best Regards, Mike.