All,
I've been working on this project for a couple of weeks now, mostly working on the plans but this week, I actually got some real work done. The guitar is an Explorer style body with a Ken Lawrence style headstock.
The body will feature a 1/2" (maybe 3/4" - not sure yet) Black Korina top over Honduran Mahogany.
The set neck will be a 5 piece hard rock maple / Jatoba laminate with a Mahogany scarf jointed headstock with black Korina veneer (to fully match the body), angled at 10 degrees.
The Tune-o-matic bridge will be recessed into the body to ensure comfortable picking hand positioning, 2 humbucking pickups, grover mini tuners, braided wiring, 3-way toggle switch on the upper region of lower bout and a fender strat style jack cup on the side of the guitar. The finish will be most probably polymerized Tung Oil buffed to a nice sheen to enhance the natural beauty of the wood. I might put a thin coat of french polish to ensure extra protection.
Here's what I have so far in my photo album http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid13121210
The Headstock - Notice that the string pull isn't perfectly straight. This is the best I could do given the headstock design. Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve on it (edited with new, improved version)
The neck laminates ready to be glued together with the fretboard showing on top.
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL912/43163...0/194313608.jpg
The body template which still needs a bit of work on the straight lines. I'll fix those up at the same time that I do the neck template, probably within 1 week or so.
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL912/43163...0/194313601.jpg
The neck and bridge setup
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL912/43163...0/197333086.jpg