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I think it is not the most scariest part of the buil, but the most critical. You screw the neck, no matter how good the guitar is, it is worthless! And the neck per se is not the hard part, I find carving a body more challenging, but the fretting! Even the bought ones need a bit of work! to Include Carvins and Warmoth. Of the 4 necks that I have boought (not that many) all of them needed a bit of attention. ← Yes. It's the most critical. That's why folks are "scared" off. Not sure what you're saying though. On the one hand you say the neck isn't the hardest part but then you say fretting is. Fretting, that is, cutting slots, dressing, etc. is all part of the neck no? Also, fret dressing is also an art in and of itself. Properly levelling frets is something most who try, think they can do correctly. Takes dozens of tries before you really know what you're doing.

Yes, yes, I know these are "project" guitars but let's face it: many take the easy way out and buy a neck. I don't care about bridges or pups or anything else. The neck and body are two most fundamental pieces of the instrument. As Perry said, you give credit where credit is due. If you build your own neck which most openly admit is the "scariest" part of building a guitar, then I'll give you more credit. A guitar would have to totally blow me away in every other aspect to get me to vote for it with a purchased neck. Dave

Doug gets my vote. It's unique, has great wood, execution and is totally custom made. I also think the degree of difficulty was the highest of the bunch. I also cannot vote for a guitar that isn't completely scratchbuilt including the neck. Say what you want but that's how it goes for me. I hold myself to high standards and I hold the builders of ProjectGuitar.com to the same. Dave

You can also do this using small brad nails. You can see more about how I built the Egress at my site. http://www.downinfrontht.com

+1

You've got to shrink that upper front bout.

Really nice. Looking at pic #2 though, I'd really like to see that flat portion of the neck, that is visible extending out of the neck pocket, to be rounded and contoured back to the body line. This way, it looks too much like a neck from another guitar that was bolted to this body.

Normally, I don't like this type of design because it always appears to me that the designer just took an existing design and tried to make it more outrageous than another guitar that looks just like it. But I have to say, I like this very much. The body make look small but for a one pup design, it works. It's symmetrical and I always dig that. Kind of looks like an old Baby Dean V with a little Peavey Predator mixed in (scalloped sides). I may have to build one like this one day. Dave

Congrats, Matt. I know it feels great to finally finish one.

Hey guys. My next project is going to be a 24 fret bolt-neck explorer. I've got my body shaped and was thinking I'd like to bind it with ebony. Just the top side. I got the ebony wood binding from Stew Mac and and questioning whether I'll be able to bend it enough around the explorer's sharp corners. What do you all think? Impossible? Experience? Thanks and here's the body. Dave

That's a great looking guitar!

I voted for 2 but I'd do 2 all the way down.

Jeremy, I'm not in love with the color on the back either. I have to chalk that up to my inexperience to finishing in general. I didn't know how the dye and the nitro would react together. I'm still learning. Coming from you though, I take your comments as a compliment. Thanks for taking the time to look! Dave Frattaroli

Everytime I do a search, I can't retrieve any of the threads that it returns. I click on one and it can't retrieve the thread.

The comments and support I've gotten from this forum have made it all the more worth the effort. Thanks so much, everyone. Dave

I thought the lines in the fretboard wood were curved too. Didn't realize they were straight till I looked at some of the other build pics.

I think it's safe at this point to concede victory to Phil. It's well deserved. In fact, I voted for your bass as well. I'll see you all in a future GOTM. PS Thanks to all of you who voted for my guitar and also for all the great compliments. Oh and Drak, you're most welcome! Dave Frattaroli

I sure have. First, just to make sure it was wired properly and then a day later to really listen for the differences. I've only since just looked at the guitar sitting in a stand next to my desk. This weekend, I'll shim the nut (until I get new blanks to cut another), adjust the trem springs, do the intonation and fix the pup heights. Then, I'll do some sound clips.

Don't even know that means man. ← You mean you've never heard of Thorn Guitar's? ← I don't think I've ever seen those before.

Don't even know that means man.

Logo, signature, whatever. I'm talking about the fact that the "signature" was on his second guitar.

Perry, you had your logo developed by the time you built only your second guitar? Impressive.

That's right, marksound. I haven't set the intonation yet. It hasn't been completely set up yet.

It's more like, "I got my guitar done a day before voting starts".