MrValentine

How long ago did you purchase this kit? I don't see it offered anymore on the website.

I think their stock changes regularly

Thanks! Time to save money

Would you recommend their kits to a fairly novice woodworker?

As it is too hot for spraying a guitar body at my shop would it be possible to paint with acrylics?

dont give up!

gorgeous

the reason i dont/cant add an adjustable rod is that the build needs to be finished faster than i can aquire one and plus i am weird and want to do this as an experiment mostly

ive decided to add a 1/4" steel rectangle tube with a solid steel rod through it for reinforcement

the neck will be bolt on so that if i ever decide to i can carve a channel in the back and add some CF reinforcements

A side question; I'm making my first mahogany neck this summer, with an ebony fretboard; non-angled. Will there be any strength issues that I should be aware of?

I dont think there would be

Where have you played a guitar with no truss rod before. For the last 100 years any decent guitar has some type of truss rod, even if not adjustable. The only ones I can see not using one are the cheapest on the market, and that's not really a guitar to make any comparisons to.

Classical / nylon strung guitars don't have a truss rod. Is this what you're building?

its an electric but i started out on nylons and i wanted this to feel similar

i think taking a large piece out of the neck and replacing it with metal makes the sound more metallic/tinny. keeping the wood imo keeps the tone and sounds more natural

the neck is thick cuz i like them that way and i just think having no truss adds to the tone

im used to a fairly high action so i should be ok?

my neck is going to be a roughly 1.5" thick solid mahogany thats sat in a garage for 4-5 years in extremely varying temps with no warpage...would this stand up to light (8-48) strings?

Crate stealth 100 head!!!!

Inlay the sides & heel. Put a finish on the inlays but not the neck itself. Like the hilt on a sword. Be cool as fook man

WITH. Definitely rocks harder

What were you thinking in terms of price for pickups, because that really determines a lot. If you want to stay in the lower price range, the pickups you mentioned earlier might be your best bet if you can get them cheaper than normal. (I don't know if those prices are cheaper, I only know states prices). If you want metal,, but don't want to pay EMG prices, you could always try some of those dragonfire knockoffs, I heard that they aren't too bad for the price, but if your favorite artists both used the dimarzios, I say go for them and see what you can do with them, we all know dimarzios sound good. Also, your amp can really determine what type of music you can get out of a guitar also, a nice high gain amp can make any pickups more thrash-like.

Agreed although guitarheads actives are more "metal" if thats what you are going for...

I think i just jizzed my pants

That is one sexy guitar, keep 'em comin

looking amazing, keep up the good work!

I'm diggin that fretboard, where did you get it?

sweet

My first build's bolt-on joint didnt have a plate, nor ferrules. I just used those screw cup things, thin bits of brass. A year later, still going strong, neck joints impossible to shift by hand, tuning stability's great. I wouldnt do it again, but it can work.

were they similar to these http://www.zjzhenhua.com/pro-09-03/big/screw-cup-washer.jpg ?

have the book and i read it, i just needed to ask to see if this was the way they did it.