goth_fiend

cool beans drak, but how dare you slaughter a bon jovi song!

2 rods wouldnt be necessary, but i would definatly suggest using some form of reinforcement in the neck, with the 8 i was building, i had 2 carbon rods in it with a single truss rod, no problems (that is until my cousin got to my blank.....) as for pickups you have very few options, you can go with an emg bass pickup (which is an emg 85 in a bass housing actually) or you can go with duncan customs, and im not sure about dimarzio's (jeremy could tell you more, i havent checked with them on anything) also are you used to using extended fretboards because i can tell you, in most cases you will not be using those extra frets (i have a 28 fret neck one of my guitars, and thats as many as i need)

there is another option in itself as well, and i may just do it that way, thank you for the insight wes

Here is my dilema guys, I have all my plans completly done for my ironbird, everything is ready but im not sure how im going to go forward with cutting out my neck blank! i was figuring 1 of 3 options, and i would appriate some insight on all of them if possible.

1. Bandsaw the basic side profile and plane the top of the neck down to proper the proper angle.

2. create a template and route the "side" profile of the neck, the plane down the top to proper angle

3. go the old fashioned route and just start hacking away at my blank checking my progress with my templates as i go (not my first choice...)

I know theres not really a "right" way to do this, everybody has a different way of building (the concepts are all the same though) i just dont want to really mess up my first neckthru! (using carvin necks right now would make me really happy, but i decided not to use them anymore!)

I second that idea, i think i would look kinda cool

Neal Moser and Moser Custom Shop are being sued by Kustom Musical Amplifications, Inc. (a subsidiary of HHI: Hanser Holdings International, and a corporate affiliate of B.C. Rich Guitars). The suit wrongly claims that neither Moser nor Moser Custom Shop has the right to build guitars involving Moser's own designs, including the Rich Bich, Moser 10, Genesis and Phoenix. The suit also wrongly claims that the “Spawn” & “Beastmaster” guitars infringe upon Kustom Musical Amplifications' trademarks. Neal Moser and Moser Custom Shop vigorously dispute the claims made by Kustom Musical Amplifications, and will pursue counterclaims against Kustom for its wrongs against Moser and Moser Custom Shop.

you and jeremy just keep on making me want to spend my money!!! awesome paint man!

superb work as always jeremy, awesome finish

I've got an rg-350dx adn i love the feel of this guitar, but i cant stand the bridge on it! (note it has an edge III) my question is this, if i wanted to put a gotoh floyd into this guitar, would I have to reroute the cavity or would it be a direct replacement?

thanks for the heads up matt, hows the brutalizer coming?

very nice looking man, details on her?

no real updates to speak of, but all the parts are collected minus the top and fretboard, which will be here very soon

The only way you'll get a better price than Shamray, is by going with a new builder/DIY'er who is undercharging.  It's your call, but this route is extremely risky.  Ask Gothfiend how his transaction with Jeff litchfield worked out... *

*But not in this thread, or the mods'll have my nuts for raising the subject

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LOL i think we all know how i feel about that....and setch, nobody wants to see that happen

but sam, i would seriously consider work from perry, or myka for sure, both these guys are top notch guys and as for shamray, i have heard mixed reviews about them, but i have a few friends who own them and say there incredible, so tend to trust those guys

slight update, the finish will definatly be transparent purple, all temps are cut out as i said before and now im just collecting parts.

all my templates are cut out now, and im just waiting for the rest of my woods to come.

well a friend on neal mosers website made this and its exactly what im doing

simple and it wont show up too badly when its finished

well now im starting to really think about color on this bad boy, so im going to put it to a vote, trans blue, green or purple? its going to have black hardware no matter what (im poor and i already have all the parts -minus knobs and small stuff like that) i want to do a really nice finish on this guitar to show off the monster quilt top im getting from rich

oh yeah it will have a reverse headstock, I just think it looks a heck of a lot better then the widow, bcr classic (3perside) or a normal pointed headstock

body and neck woods came in today so im going to be starting cutting out the templates later this week, if not monday (depends on how work goes) pictures up later tonight

*here they are

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_f...ironbird003.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_f...ironbird007.jpg

as you can see the woods are a tad bit small for the size of the body and neck, this is not really a problem though, only a small obstical, as for the templates i know i havent cut them out yet, not all of them are done for that matter! comments are always welcome guys!

i just got my half of my woods in today, and they are totally awesome!!!! cant wait until i get the rest of them

bridge came in today as did the tuners (gotoh floyd and schaller m-6's black respectivly) still waiting on woods, but that gives me time to triple check all of my templates and make sure that i have them correct and ready to cut out.

its not a bad design, however, the headstock will get in your way (but you already knew that) and im not really digging the body horns, but i do like the overall design, looks pretty

carbon fiber and truss rod came in today, so now im just waiting for my woods to get here, should be a little later this week, they were sent out today to my knowledge, more pictures tommorow, i still have a few to resize.

and the more i think about it, the less i like the idea of such a monster of a electronics package, it would be nice, but what i am going to do is instead is keep the varitone and a single booster with the treble booster, coil taps for both pickups and a master vol/tone 3 way, not as bad to wire and still more then enough versitility for me

that is an awesome gmc swirl man! i would be lucky to be able to get one that good looking, but then again i havent done a swirl...yet

alright well, as promised, here is the first of the pictures to be comming in, and this is the body template that i will be cutting out later next week after the rest of the templates are all done (I still have to make sure all my measurements are spot on)