necroscience13

i like it but loose the washer on the pickup selector

i like #1 and #3 the best. good luck on the build

very unique build. i like it, nice work

Cutting out the body was a success. The next step will be getting the neck cut out. I'm not exactly sure when I'll be able to do that. Maybe this week or the next. That's where I stand though.

Here is the body:

My final neck dimensions:

My final headstock design:

Scarf joint tracing:

Neck tracing:

Here's a draft of what the final product should look like:

Oh, and I'm not going to use the v plate, I will use ferrules.

Very cool idea but I'd also change the headstock.

alright cool thank you

its 2 humbuckers, 2 volumes, and a 3 way blade switch

thanks for the help

Update:

I was able to cut out the body today. Here it is:

Body blank:

Body thickness:

the black and creme is ftw

awesome job, i looked at some of your other work, its very good.

Hopefully it's not too late, but did you take into account the string height of a TOM bridge? You said you want a 0 degree neck angle. With a TOM being so tall, you either have to make sure the nack is raised high enough like on an SG, have a neck angle, or use a recess to seat the TOM lower into the body.

Nice work! those plans are so detailed, and good plans make a great build.

That's some tasty curly maple you've got there, but are you going to dye the ebony board? Or do you like the streaks? You can buy fret board dye from Stew-Mac, in case you didn't know.

Good luck on your first.

Damn, If i ever wanted to know how to build a rhoads, here's the schematics!

As far as the joint you have going on there, did you plane it and make sure it was completely flat with complete contact before you glued it together? It looks a little uneven on one end. I'm sure running it through the plainer will fix that, but I noticed, so i have to point it out.

For the use of the band saw, I would see if you can squeek in some extra credit on a woodworking side project. My robotics teacher let me do that when I was in highschool. He added a point to my final grade for wiring up my pickups in my bass.

Revised neck dimensions:

I've run into a problem, the wood is too thick to cut with a jigsaw and is slightly uneven. I didn't know what to do at that point but a friend of mine suggested that I use the bandsaw at school which was a great idea. As for the planing I was going to hand plane the wood but I'm pretty sure the school has a thickness planer also. I am on good terms with the shop teacher because he also teaches Autocad and I had him last year. I'm hoping he'll let me do it. Anyways, here is what I've been up to in the meantime:

My alder wood blank all glued together:

The wiring diagram I am going to be using (tell me if there are any mistakes):

Wood rasps for shaping the neck:

The wood rasps were a great investment, they're really sharp and should have no problem shaping the neck. I only wish I had gotten them sooner when I was scalloping the neck on my other guitar. In addition to the rasps, I recently purchased a fret file which should be coming in the mail soon.

My birthday is coming up in February and I'm sure I'll get some money so that I can get the rest of the materials. Here is a list of what I still need:

Jack and jack cover

Knobs

Tune o matic bridge with either a flying V tail piece or top ferrules

Pickups

Pickup rings

Pickguard Material for the control plate

Tuners

Nut

Paint supplies

Screws

Side Dots

3 way switch

An oil stone for leveling the frets

Nice looking curly maple neck blank:

Curly maple grain shot:

Ebony fretboard:

Group shot of supplies:

Body glued together:

First concept:

Revised concept:

Alder body blank:

Alder grain:

Dimensions:

Template:

Template cutout:

Neck dimensions:

Custom headstock:

I have been checking out this forum for awhile now and checking out some awesome builds. Here is my first.

Here is what I'm going for:

RR24 Style Guitar

2 piece alder body

One piece set curly maple neck

24 fret ebony fretboard

Non-beveled top

25.5" Scale

Tune o matic bridge with either a flying V tail piece or ferrules (string through body)

13 degree headstock angle with scarf joint

Custom headstock shape

Body, neck and headstock painted solid black

2 Humbuckers

2 Volumes

3 way blade selector

Zero degree neck angle

Dot inlays

Jumbo fretwire

really nice job on the guitar, looks great, but the fret dots are in the wrong places