Hey guys. This is my first post here, even though I've been a member for a while. I love this site and what you guys create, so I figured I'd contribute too. All suggestions and criticisms are welcome.
Specs:
xiphos body
28" baritone scale
24 frets plus a zero fret
five piece neck-thru (wenge/sapelle/wenge/sapelle/wenge)
sapelle mahogany body wings
ebony fretboard (I'm not dyeing it; I love streaky ebony.)
string-thru gotoh tune-o-matic bridge
locking GFS tuners
EMG 85/60 combo (I might get the 85x and 60x, not sure yet)
1 volume, 1 3-way switch
black hardware
anything else I forgot.
My wood:
this is the birdseye maple that would have been in the neck-thru. more on the wood choices later.
wenge
the ebony. I didn't realize at the lumberyard that it had a huge crack in it though.
It's still usable for at least one fretboard, so I'm not going to cry or anything.
The sapelle had really deep sawmarks that I couldn't hand-sand out, but you can still see the nice color.
Group photo. Not too bad for $250 considering I'll have a lot left over.
The wood with my MDF template.
I originally wanted to use limba instead of sapelle for the neck laminates and body wings, but my lumberyard didn't have any, and turns out I can't find any good sources of it. I bought the birdseye because I was going to use it in the neck, but now I think sapelle would look better. I've got enough wenge for two necks, so maybe I'll use that combo for another build.
Wish me luck.