TheDolphinSpectacle

yeah, the guitar in that picture is pretty much what I'm trying to do. Where can I get ferrules for the front?

Having a mere fraction of the creativity and technical skills of most of the people on this board, I figure a good place for me to start working on and finishing guitars is with the Warmoth bodies and necks. I'm having a bit of a problem, though with their flexibility over what they will and will not do/tell me how to do... What I want to do is have them drill for a tune-o-matic bridge. But I don't want to use a stop-tailpiece, I would like to drill string-through holes myself. When I asked the friendly staff at Warmoth, they told me that they don't know anything about tune-o-matic string-through, and thus couldn't advise me on it, and that I'd be doing it at my own risk, etc etc.... I'd like to know a few things, actually: First, is it a good idea? Is their reluctance to tell me anything about it a clue that their bodies aren't build for that kinda bridge arrangement? Secondly, if it's ok to do this, is there some minimum/maximum distance that the string-through holes must be from the bridge? And, also, I know Warmoth sells string ferrules for the back of the body where the string goes through, but what about when the string comes through the top? What can I use to protect the finish from the emerging string? Thanks in advance to any who post on this!

That's the one, thank you! I just browsed through my history for like a half hour!

I remember browsing across a site not too long ago (could've sworn it was linked from the project guitar page), where this guy finishes a tele-looking guitar with a blue wood stain with natural binding, PRS-style. The site was multiple pages long, and was very in-depth, and, sadly, I can't seem to find it again! Has anyone else seen this site, and can you point me back at it again? Thanks!

That IS very impressive. It also makes me wonder something about laminate tops. Is there a way that laminate tops can be applied so that when contours are carved/shaved/sanded the edges don't completely disappear like near the cutaways on your axe? I never understood how factory-manufactured guitar-makers did that. Again, beautiful job there!