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she's looking amazing so far man, I just hope my carved top comes out this nice!

If I had access to CAD or even knew how to use it I definatly would do so, but thank you for the heads up, and batfink I had planned on toning the meteor down a bit, it would simply be too difficult to route out all the tiny bits on it without cnc, im going to draw it out on paper how I want it first then hopefully I will get somebody to do a cad for me of it.

yeah im finally down to 2 jobs! , I guess you could call it a "stickittodamoneosis" attack I should also mention the inlay at this time, this neck is going to be on a carved top SS im working on and its going to be a final fantasy VII tribute guitar so to speak (what with advent children, dirge of cerberus and all the other VII based games coming out soon, it seemed like a cool idea, and hey I love FF!) so this is basically what i have in mind, Meteor from the 12th-15th fret with the VII on the 7th fret, now i just need somebody to cut those bad boy's out for me! (and theres the tricky part) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/Ff7logo.jpg

awesome man, I really like the inlay on that neck, im going to have somebody cut the inlay for me on this guitar, and im going to inlay it myself *hopefully*

some of you know about a certain deal that went bad on me (mods im not going into anything farther then that, and if anybody here wants to know, look it up) but anyways, we all hear about how people are afraid to start building there own neck, and it may be scary at first for some people, but im confident enough now to start building my own (I have put the ironbird project on hold right now im still not confident enough in myself to start working on her!) so with that being said here we go! (sorry about picture quality, im still getting used to this camera) this thread should also prove the purpose that IT DOES NOT take 2 years to build a 27 fret neck. Here is my maple neck blank (thank you yet again rich for the awesome woods!) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/neck001.jpg nextly I located the center line of the wood and marked out the width of the truss rod (Im using a stew mac hotrod) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/neck002.jpg after I did this, I marked out the angle of the headstock using hiscock's book (I actually have it marked for a 10 degree and 13 degree angle, I will be using the 13 degree) http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/neck003.jpg Either tommorow or tuesday I will be cutting out the scarf joint and gluing it up, more pictures to come then.

Im going to have to get a book or video on fretting pretty soon, i have never done it before and am a little worried about it!

no joke man, I made all three of alexi's esp guitars when i was going through a fanboy phase, and didnt have my camera at that point, if I can track down the owners of them now i will snap some pictures

I didnt want to put words in anybodies mouth, so thanks for the clarification, i knew they were available, i just didnt know how (you could always go with conklin...just make sure you have enough money to buy a ferrari first though! )

Perry, you want to chime in this?

dont blame ya, i made the 3 esp models he has

very nice alexi laiho rhoads

feel lucky It was your wood and not your fingers man, live and learn

kevan If I remember right jeremy said that hipshot infact do make an 8 string trem, but its much more expensive then the standard bridge (please correct me if im wrong)

well guys I went to the home depot today and found some zinc plated inserts that are 1/4-20 x 20mm, will these work for guitar building or am i out 3 bucks?

As you can see in the title I need some brass inserts for a neck im getting ready to build, so if you have them or know where I can find them, it would be really appriciated!

they need work there is no doubt about that, but keep on working on them you should have a design in no time, just work on them to scale

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=2828 that contains everything you need to know about the download section.

thats not really hard to do these days....but eddie you have a knack for some awesome guitars man

thanks mattia, i will have to do that, now to get a 27 fret ebony blank...

stew mac is the way to go for hiscocks book i can tell you that much, as for your woods, look around your area for hardwood shops and ask if they have what your looking for, if they dont you may ask some of the guys around the site and see if they can help you out, either way good luck building and show us pictures when the time comes!

when cutting a scarf joint, is there enough wood there to volute? im getting ready to build a bolt on neck for an old project and am really curious

eddie that is literally one of the nicest warlocks I have ever seen, awesome work man, do the guys @ the shredder know about this one?

Im not too keen on the color myself, but it is an awesome guitar man, very nice work/.

well Im not too keen on the design, if it were a little more sleek looking it would be pretty cool, it just looks really bulky (even for an 8) keep us posted on it though man, not many of us actually have gone through and finished an 8 yet (i think jeremy is about it, most of you know mine got trashed)

I would just like to chime in here since all the woods that i have recieved from rich for my ironbird are amazing, rich is an awesome guy to work with and I will buy from him again in confidence.