reantel

Such a clean build! I love how you did the headstock angle...carving from the back. Its lookin really really good. Cant wait to see more.

Looks like you have a cool design going. It will be interesting to see how this one turns out.

Very Cool...A "CLEARly Different Instrument" indeed.

Well Done. How does it sound?

YES!!!!! I love your shape and the carving you do. Can't wait to see the progress on this guitar.

My vote is for Jaden. I love Paul Gilbert. Awesome 80's guitar. That is totally something he would have played. Nice work.

Yeah. I came across it on EdRoman.com

I can't remember the story behind it, but i think it was a tribute to Yngwie Malmsteen.

But then it was stolen and no one knows where it is. But its cool.

it was $30,000.00

http://www.edroman.com/featured/expensiveguitars.htm

They also have a chopsaw and bandsaw coming out.

http://www.sawstop.com/products-future-products.htm

too bad your finger has to be wet and salty. i dont usually wet my fingers when wood working. maybe i should start though.

Very NICE! Thats my kind of guitar. I'm making a guitar with at reverse Jackson headstock and a tension bar.

Lookin good!

I like the Burl.

yesterday...

Well. I started the inlay cover up idea and quickly realized i just need to bind the whole fretboard. so i'll just be binding it.

I carved the tummy contour in the body. Once i get the neck bound i'll probably glue it on then start working on the contouring between the heel and the body. for now....

fretboard pictures...maybe next week. the whole neck has just been a never ending dissapointment. I feel really bad for messing up the beautiful ebony fretboard i got from Erik. Hopefully it will turn out better.

---Thanks for looking.

Cool. did you scribe away the "negative" flame inlay into your alder body with the laser cutter?

Very cool. Way better than my first guitar..

Where did you get those awesome red dots!?!?!?!?

Today.....I routed the control cavity......it goes all the way through the body because i will have the quilted maple top.

anyway. turned out nice...clean rout...no tearout. I had to go with the magnets in the cavity instead of the standard screws. i've always wanted to try it.

I've seen it done here before, but how is the magnet/metal attached to the cover plate? Thin magnet tape? or sticky metal backing tape?

here are some pictures of the current body.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/CIMG0194.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/CIMG0198.jpg

Side dots turned out....really bad. I dont know what happened. I've done side dots before on ebony fretboards, it was dissapointing. so i have an idea to cover it up....its like binding but only for the inlayed frets.

Once i get the supplies in the mail. i'll post some pictures.

anyway...thanks for looking

Yes, It holds in place...

I cut about 4 inches of the end of the neck and glued it on the bottom, its about an inch and a half thick at the neck tenon.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1859.jpg

I want to carve the back of the body to meet with the back of the neck, and maybe do some work on the bottom horn the more i look at it the more it looks out of place.

I'll try to knock out the rest of the side dots later this week. I routed the neck pocket...not as long as i thought, but it goes in a little over 4 inches. Neck fits in pretty snug. Here are just some pictures of its current stage.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/CIMG0138.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/CIMG0140.jpg

I got some control cavity templates from stewmac, i will be hogging out the cavity, then clean it up with the template and a router, hopefully thursday. Then....I need to fit the piezo into my bridge and get my maple top glued on.

I'll sand down the neck tenon flush with the body after glueing, then put the maple top over it. It should look pretty clean. Hope to get all that done by the end of the month.

thanks for looking

I've got a charvel with an angled Dimarzio Evolution Pickup in it. It sounds fine, balanced, i think if you just place it how you have it in your drawing it should work out fine. I do like the idea of two single coils, that could look cool.

Yeah Wenge looks awesome!!!!

How heavy is it?

why not a dual rail pickup.....no individual poles, just rails.

Thank You!

Can post a picture of the different colored units?

Are you going to have cross inlays as fret markers on the fretboard?

Its been a while.....But i've been at work. I shaped the body and make the neck. Got my 28 fret ebony board. decided to go with the reverse Jackson/Charvel headstock and a not so long neck tenon. I inlayed the neck with 4mm MOP dots, I couldn't find a brad point 4mm bit so i just winged it, so the inlays kind of vary in position....which sucks!....but its not as bad as it could be.

I started drilling holes for the side dots....and this happened... ......

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1918.jpg

This was not motivating...but i glued it back together and will fill in any cracks with some ebony dust and it should be back to normal.....i would like to know how I should drill holes for the side dot now....should i clamp the fretboard and then drill to avoid this?

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1911.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1913.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/rea...yshaperoute.jpg

Anyway....I'll be routing the neck pocket later this week and working on fitting the piezo pickup into the bridge.

Thanks for looking.

I like it. The head stock looks really clean...well done. And the Crown of Thorns inlay is awesome.

Look great. Can't wait to see some more pictures.

Thanks so much for posting this. I'm going to order some parts this week and try it out.

Thanks again