ToneMonkey

I take it you mean a neck through (and you'll need a truss rod, however you decide to do it).

All answered in the book

Just off the top of my head, I think that Touchstone Tonewoods is your closest place to get supplies from. They have good stuff but they're a bit pricey. I think David Dyke is down your direction too, but they are pricey (but you get what you pay for and they do good stuff).

If you're short of funds, you can always butcher a knackered guitar of all it's bits.

Good luck and definately go to the libary and order that book. It'll help more than you realise

Ian

Welcome to the forums and I hope that you've found the tutorial and supplier sections.

Where abouts in the UK are you? We're getting quite a few Brit's now.

Kaj

I kind of figured that if it was rack mount then it probably wouldn't have an air intake/outlet in the top. One of my mates fried an amp (DJ amp, not guitar amp) by putting the skinning up tray on top of it, over the vent.

Though I should point it out as I wouldn't want anything to happen to that beautiful bit of kit

Hey Drak,

I hope that the equipment on the top of the amp isn't covering any vent holes

I can see the vent in the front but you should have about 100mm of clearence above the amp (if there are vents in the top). But hell, you know better than I do.

Kaj

For your plans go and have a look at www.guitarbuild.com They also have some very good plans over at MIMF (www.mimf.com) but I can never seem to find them.

LP's are mahogany with a maple cap (there probably are exceptions to this).

I think that they also had mahogany necks (althoug I'm using maple for mine)

As for the manufactured woods (ply, mdf etc) - leave those for templates.

I would highly advise you to get hold of Melvin Hiscocks book, Build Your Own Electric Guitar as it's easy to follow and will have all the information that you need. The chances are that you can get it from the library (that's where I first got it from and it's what got me hooked on building guitars).

Good luck with the build

Kaj

PS. Where you based?

You could route off the back and then hollow it out using a router.

There was a discussion about this sort of thing a few weeks back and the general concensus was that you cannot do it with a bandsaw. Have a search around for 1way's first thread (I think it was in that).

BTW, To hollow out my cheep strat (to make the polished-turd-ocaster) I routed out the body and routed out a lip to put a cap on. I did it all freehand (but neatened the edges of the lip with a chisil) as I was just playing about. It worked though and with a bit of filler you couldn't tell. I wouldn't really recommend this method though (especially the freehand bit).

Kaj

Only having done one, I'm certainly no expert but here's what I learnt....

.....DO NOT CUT THE FRET SLOTS BEFORE DOING THE INLAY. As I was cutting the holes for the inlays I sliped with the chisil and snapped off the wood between my inlay hole and the fret slot.

nothing wrong with thin either though...as you get older i think your tastes will broaden.

As, inevitably, will your woman

I'm certainly no clay master, but I'm sure that it shrinks when it's drying. Also, would you want to put a fretboard in the oven at 275 degrees?

As for finishing the surrounding wood and the other questions, I'm not the one to be answering them as I've only done 1 proper inlay (gibson trapeziod blocks) and I have to say that I'm less than happy with the results (but not too bad for a first go)

I try to paste only very small photos (use the resize picture option in XP for example) so I don't overload people who still live in the 20th century (i.e., no broadband). I also only put one photo per post and add links to others if needed....don't know what the official rules for that is though

I'm sure you guys have already read this....but just in case, here are the official rules regarding pics:

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=11235

Okay thanks for the heads up...

Also, since I got your ear-- is it possible to change your user name without losing your posting history, etc?

I'm getting tired of people calling me 'idch' ! I might as well change my name to 'bocaster'

Good question.

Bit late though 'cause I changed mine about 15 minutes ago