Sancho Marino

Nothing wrong with a Danish oil finish IMO...

I like the look and especially the feel of the natural wood when I'm playing...

It's looking pretty damn good man! I'm watching

That looks awesome man... especially for a veneer, there's still a ton of depth to it

Really like the neck though... headstock looks great also, I dig it

Really nice build man well done.

Thanks! And congrats on the GOTM!

Yeah very nice job. I've got a reverse jackson style neck with ebony board just sitting around and I'd like to put it on a tele body. This is very inspiring. I'm not much of a builder but this kind of gets the spark going for sure.

Thanks... the reverse Jackson headstock would look cool with a tele body IMO.Building a body is the way to start it up man!

When I was a teenager my dad used to take me up around Gunnison scouting for Elk and I always brought my ultra light rod. There are tons of little streams around there. You didn't even need bait to catch the little cutthroats, just throw in a bare hook into any part of the stream wider than 5 feet and they be all over it. The salmon in Blue Mesa res are kokanee, we routinely pulled out 10-20lbers trolling. Had a lot of great times up there!

Damn Scott it's looking incredible man.... Have fun in Crested Butte. I lived in Colorado for seven years and spent a lot of time around that area. The Gunnison area has some great Elk and Mule Deer hunting and I spent a lot of time on Blue Mesa trout and salmon fishing... It's some beautiful country up there.

Thanks for the compliments Scott!

I had to vote for the Warhound... If I owned an Explorer type I'd want it to look exactly like that

Looks great man! The tru-oil finish looks really nice on that body

The top on that last one almost looks like a swirl... very cool lumber man!

demo video..?

If I could play as good as you do I'd put up a video no problem!

I am working on something with a backing track for jemsite, if I get something not ridiculous put down I'll share

Looks pretty good for a first build without all the right tools!

Thanks man! Except for the control cavity cover I'm happy with the way this one turned out... It plays and sounds awesome

Finished her up a few days ago. I love it, plays beautifully, sounds great, and looks pretty decent too

Looks great man, beautiful work!!!

As a huge fan of Ibanez RG's, It's kind of weird seeing the HSH configuration on an LP shape

I can't see the staples marks either... I like the headstock too, but I think I like it better reversed though...

That's looking beautiful man... What are you using for sealer and clear?

Oh wow... I've wrapped guitars with bubble wrap inside the case before without any problems, but never packing peanuts. You try to go the extra mile to get the axe home safe and see what happens

Not those big buffing wheels... these ones. Using straight up pressure they work very well...

And I thought I had a bright idea just sticking my buffing pads in the drill press chuck

Nice job man!

I like what you did with the top, it's a beauty!

That's awesome man! So 80's I love it!

Cut out the body from the body blank and got the veneer glued on.

Now that i waited all this time to get wood, i dont feel like working on this. This is getting closer and closer to not building anymore. Feels good.

Life is too short to force yourself to do things that make you miserable.

If there's somehting else you'd rather be persuing, then go for it

You do make beautiful guitars though. Maybe if you weren't doing it to try to make a living, you'd be able to do it a bit for fun...

Very classy looking guitar. That rosewood looks especially rich and luxurious.

SR

Thanks Scott, I really like the look of the rosewood too. I even have a little of it left over for another body

The wetsanding and buffing went fairly well this time!

I got the idea to put the pads on my drill press instead of using the cordless... Whoa man did that work 1000% better. I had a lot more control over the process, and it was able to generate enough heat to buff out all the sanding scratches no problem... It's not a 100% perfect factory finish, but it's damn close

I can't wait to play this one!

The nitro is cured enough to start assembly tonight.

I just did the last coat of Tru-Oil on the neck so maybe tomorrow I'll be able to finish her up...

This is Snappy... Stainless saddles and lots of Maple

This thing is so fun to play it's wicked fast and only weighs 5lbs!

Specs:

• Very thin Nitro clear on the body
• 1/2" Flame Maple top, Walnut middle, Mahogany Back
• Oil finished Birdseye/Walnut/Mahogany neck
• Bubinga Fretboard with Jescar Jumbo Frets
• Brass bridge with Hipshot stainless saddles
• Hipshot locking tuners
• Dimarzio Gravity Storm Bridge and Fred Neck pickups
• 1 CTS volume pot with a Dimarzio on/on switch for pickup selection
• Recessed Switchcraft barrel jack

Here's the build thread: