goth_fiend

I dont mean to be rude, but dont you think a pm to perry would have answered these questions better then starting a thread? although truth be told I am curious as well.

Well I setteled it an the neck will be a 6 string, I have not played enough 7 to justify making one quite yet, and I already have all the hardware for a 6 waiting and ready to go so once the new blank come's in I will update this thread.

new neck blank is on the way, since its going to take a few days to get here im going to draw out this neck to full scale when I recieve the fretboard and plan the EXACT location of where the scarf joint will be located (just under the 2nd fret on this neck is my plan) Im also still trying to decide if this is going to be a 6 or 7 string guitar (oh boy..)

well guys I got a little more sanding done on this neck and I started to think after a comment from a friend on another forum, as you can see in the above pictures the scarf joint joins the neck under where the nut will go, not necessarily a bad thing (bc rich use this method on there bronze guitars) but I know I can do better, so Im going to start this neck over! I dont really think aesthetically that It would look good with 2 scarf joints either so i will rectify that with the new neck when I start it next week, until then I have something to practice on at least.

Just got finished doing a little levelling on the headstock, I still have to take off about a 16th of an inch or so,but tuesdays mistake is almost completly rectified

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_f...evelling001.jpg

you will also notice I placed the fretboard on there for reference (this is a 24 fret blank, the 27 will be in next week i hope) and as was the problem on "the other neck" there is no wood behind the 23 fret, so what am I going to do? why do a 2nd scarf joint of coarse! the idea behind this is of coarse to extend the neck enough to where I have a suitable amount of wood under the fretboard to prevent it from warping (or worse) when fretted, that and I think it will look awesome (this time however im going to make a jig and make sure I dont have to spend 3 days fixing 10 minute of work!)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_f...evelling002.jpg

as you can see, there is still a visible glue line, and the tearout is still there as well, when im done, you wont see this (i hope)

very good idea if your not confident enough to start working on the final product, one of these days I will post a picture of all the practice necks i have done!

I second that!! sharp tools make all the difference, and i dont think buying a preslotted board is cheating, I just dont make enough guitars to justify slotting them myself.

I havent used my bandsaw on this neck yet, and not all of us have one man, you should be fine, just take your time, measure twice (or 3 times, or more!) and then cut man, just plan everything out before you do anything, of coarse you will run into some snags (like me with the scarf on this neck) but as you can see, it got sorted out pretty well.

definatly go for it, as you can see its not all that tough! and so far with tools and everything else im still considerably cheaper then a warmoth right now (and they dont make 27 frets)

hey this looks a little bit like a roughed out neck!

Im going to be doing a little bit more planing on the headstock tonight, and i very well may route out the truss rod and carbon fiber rods tommorow

Im not a huge fan of the shape, but it looks like a promising project, Im really liking the wood selection.

Im now starting to think about the body for this guitar...and im trying to figure out if I should go with a dinky body or an RG body style, either way it is definatly going to be a carved top (another first for me..dear god this project is becoming more daunting by the day!) and im still not sure If i want a flame or quilt top on it, what do you guys think?

^exactly, though korean and indoneasean guitars are made out of plywood, why should yours? there are several suitable tonewoods out there that are inexpensive (my first body blank was made from alder, I purchased 10 brd ft for $35 us, thats enough for *about* 3 bodies) just look around your local hardwood dealers, they should have what you need.

so by that I assume your going to be staining the body in a flame pattern? sound trickey to me, but would be cool if it was done right

scarf joint is gluing up as I type, I will check on it tommorow and probalby route it out on monday

speaking of routing, what would be the best method to route out the truss rod and carbon fiber rods? I am in no way shape or form going to freehand route those!

amazing finish man! Im really liking that guitar evenmore now then before!

well I fixed the problem today, took me a few hours using a surform plane, sandpaper and of coarse a plane as well, thank you mattia for the suggestion, it worked perfectly!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/fix001.jpg (this is the headstock end finished)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/fix002.jpg (this is the neck end after using the surform on it a bit)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/fix003.jpg (again with the surform)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/fix004.jpg (the neck end finished, the end on it got slightly torn because i got carried away with the surform, but that part of the wood will be cut out eventually so its not a big problem)

well since I was bored for a while now I figured I would whip out the ole staightedge and protractor, and get the angle fixed on the neck, obviously i have yet to cut it, but I have more then enough room on both piece's right now, though i know for a fact im going to have to add some wood the heel area when the fretboard come's in (unlike somebody we know ) so im figuring on doing a second scarf joint on it, is this advisable?

oops almost forgot the picture!

thats exactly what im getting ready to do myself, no more screwups on scarfs!

yeah, Im definatly not very good with handsaws, I will be fixing the problem tommorow though, thank you for the advice!

he has done it with bc rich guitar's I can tell you that much

how much time ya got? he builds fake guitars and passes them off as originals, is a total pain in the butt to deal with and many other things, i will try to find a link that will show you some of his stuff.

I used a handsaw today on the neck im building, now i have a LOT of sanding and planing to do!

well I cut out the scarf joint today, but using a handsaw presented a little problem as you will see here....

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/scarf005.jpg

as you can see the cut isnt exactly straight, so now what im going to have to do is recalculate the angle on the neck and plane down both pieces to match (or is there something else I can do? ive already been sanding for quite some time)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/scarf003.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/scarf002.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/scarf001.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/the_fined/scarf004.jpg

Little bit of a bumpy start but im not too worried.

rich you got snail-mail on the way