ThePlague

your work makes me drool.

<-- me

simply amazing.

My 2 favorite guitars ever

i don't even like singlecuts. but that first one is absolutely gorgeous.

i completely agree with maiden. tailpieces are ugly IMO.

i'd also like a price on the 8 string 36 fretter if you wouldn't mind giving me a PM. also what pickups will be used in the 8 stringers.

i know what you're talking about drak. i went through that in the planning phase of my guitar. (which i'm HOPEFULLY going to really get into soon).

i don't know off the top of my head, but the ibanez site will give you the dimensions.

i like that padauk in the center. it stands out.

beautiful guitar. i love your playing as well (i also have seen it on musicianforums).

i have thought of that, but it'd probably mess with my head more than anyone else's.

and yah i'm trying to keep it all simple.

i'm going to be starting work on my custom rg style guitar (first build) probably in the next week. i've got it all planned out, except for the inlay.

to start with i was just going to do side dots and have a blank top of the fretboard, but then i saw GuitarMaestro's (i think that's the right name) 7 string with the dot pattern inlay. i've started thinking i might do something like that, since i wouldn't need a dremel for it.

so i started playing around in paint with a rough idea of what the guitar will *hopefully* look like, and this is what i came up with. what do you think? doable for a first timer?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/eig...stomRGInlay.jpg

looks fine to me if you plan to play it standing up. sitting down it'll probably be a little awkward.

It's not a matter of taste, it's a matter of logic. If glue is bad, then neckthroughs are worse than setnecks, given that they feature at least 3 times as much gluing surface as a standard mortise and tenon neck joint.

but the logic behind a neck-thru is that the strings are anchored at both ends to the same piece of wood. there's no glue or bolt joint in between to mess up the vibrations.

but in reality, a well made guitar of any construction type will have enough sustain for any practical use.

body looks pretty nice! but i think a sharper edged headstock would look a bit better. looks to much like a tele. and i hate teles

looks like a kramer/explorer hockey stick headstock to me. fits well IMO.

you're gonna need some heavy strings to drop that E to B using a 24 3/4" scale. i'd probably use 13's.

but yes it is doable.

i like it. looks like a fernandes ravelle crossed with an explorer.

a 25 1/2" scale guitar will be a little bit better for downtuning. the longer the scale, the more tension required to bring the strings to the right pitch. so if you start out with more tension, you'll be able to tune farther down while still retaining a playable tension.

What happened to all the RG clones?

hehe. don't worry i'll be making one soon.

i really like that design. it's a pretty unique design, but it doesn't seem like it would be uncomfortable at all.

btw, what pickups will you be using in the 8 string version?

the only thing you cant do if you were to do that method would be an arm scoop, like on a strat.

it would actually look pretty cool if you did the arm contour after the top was glued on.

Hope these pictures inspire someone to start building....

they've definately got me wanting to get into my project more. too bad the router bit i need hasn't come yet.

i like that carved rg design. (on the left)

http://www.nymphusa.com/tele/

click on Build your own guitar or something like that.

very nice work. i can't decide if i like the top or back better . or the neck for that matter. the entire guitar is beautiful.

it was 2 days ago.

but yah, i want to see pics of this too. also never seen a hollow sg.

yah i dunno how that's gonna look in wood. that's one that i'd picture as a metal inlay too. cool design.

i've never heard of guncalo alvez. what does it look like?