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Ash Cairbre .

So specs are, bookmatched ash top on a chambered ash back with a walnut veneer between. a 5-piece Maple and walnut neck and a wenga fretboard.
Gotoh tuners, Gotoh bridge, Seymour Duncan pups ,a Pearly Gates in the neck and a custom 5 in the bridge. Both are coil tapped from the tone.

25 1/2 scale, 6105 frets, bone nut, 500K CTS pots and Mallory 150 series .047mfd tone capacitors, all wrapped up in Melamine lacquer to allow the tone to shine through.

We do indeedy Scott , we had a pretty good summer but I'd say that's it for this year .

Cheers Scott , I like to leave the neck heel a little meaty and have clear distinction between neck and body. I use to blend them together but I like how it looks and feels this way but knowing me that will probable change again sometime soon .

And build 2.

And all done .

Stuck this one in GOTM contest this month .....

Cheers Scott , yer a gent.

Balor.

Body ... One piece yew on Sapele .

Neck.... Sapele and maple and a maple fretboard with yew binding .

Pups.... MHD . Home-wrecker .

Bridge.. Wilkinson .

Tuners.. Grover .

Inlays... Abalone .

Finish... Shellac .

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Very nice .

No if anything it's more out of the way because it's at the back of the guitar .

And build 3.

Going for a multiscale on this one me thinks....

And build 2.

Bit more done this week.

Build 1.

Cheers Scott much appreciated , Spot on there Paulie that was the idea I had for it , to put a glass eye in there but in the end I decide it would have been too over the top in fact that's how it got the name Balor ,the one eyed monster from Irish mythology .

Stunning build Scott , there's not one thing I'd change on her from woods to colour amazing.

Thanks man, that means a lot.

......so holy crap dude--that avatar springs up out of nowhere! When were you planning to share that beauty with us?

SR

Haha ... I think I'll take you up on that comment you made in GOTM and stick up a tread on the build of the guitar in my avatar.....

And I see you did just that. Very cool build man. What a smart move listening to your wife turned out to be.

SR

Haha ,Only saw this now Scott ,And ya it's always a smart move listening to the wife....

And I'm with Paulie , let us know when yer planning to enter this one into gotm.....don't want to embarrass myself.

And on to build 3 .

Ash body walnut veneer and sycamore cap, neck is walnut with maple and bubinga veneers.

Bookmatching the sycamore

And woohoo.

So build #2

Off to get some sapele .

Now time for Noel to pick a cap...

Flame Ash .

One piece Horse Chestnut .

Flame sycamore.

Or Spalted Beech.

This is as far as I've got with this one for now Should be back on it tomorrow so more pics later in the week .