I've currently got another 2 boards of purpleheart being shipped to me of the same dimensions..... not bad for 5 bucks a board.
With that in mind, i'm going to keep 3 of the boards aside and try my hand at building a neck out of the one board so i don't demolish 3 nice pieces of wood in one shot. If it works out great, if it doesn't, then i'll use the wood to build another neck for this thing rather than something else. I am worried about the balance, but i'd rather lose 5 bucks and one board rather than 3 boards and hours of gluing, joining and cutting.....I'm going to kick myself if it actually turns out though....
The black template that i've been placing on the wood isn't the actual template that i'm going to be using. I just wanted to get a feel for how the guitar would sit (the cut-out) and how the grain would look (the border). The actual template's lines are nice and smooth. I'm going to check it out again later tonight to make sure everything is up to snuff when i cut the body on wednesday.
Any suggestions for that back part? I'm not so sure i like the cut out anymore....
ideas currently include
1) just rounding it off like a normal guitar
2) leave it scooped out (but center it)
3) do something similar to the BC Rich Wave.....
I also have another dilemma..... i haven't thought about how to finish the body. I want to use a stain so that the grain really shows. Any ideas? I don't have access to a spray gun, so it's rattlecans for me or tung oil on an unfinished body.