mistermikev

I can see 17 distinct types of "hell yeah" there. love it top to bottom.

tru dat

congrats @ScottR - couldn't happen to a nicer guy!

hehe, never even occurred to me that anything but sticking with it was an option! I'm def about to give up on tru oil as a gloss tho... from here on out I think nitro. even w a 4wk wait time to wet sand... I think it probably takes less time! thank you for watching and your support! yeah, my gaps are rather large - as I've got sausage fingers! afa pickup as a fret... I've often thought about an idea to make an adjustable fret on top of a pickup... it'd be pretty cool to do anyway!

thank you sir. I would say it's as good as my jem... it'd be hard to make a guitar play anybetter than that cause it's just as good as it gets but I get your sentiment. In a lot of ways it IS better... more stable, more me, and def more comfy. Thank you for taking the time! Thank you norris. I very much appreciate it! Thank you all again for your help and advice!

no I got it... I posted that icon to show I was deep in thought pondering upon it w you! it IS the "thinking face".

i apparently never responded to this... i apologize... I thought I had but apparently forgot to hit send or something. Lots of good info here. the planer is pretty solid afa snipe on ends because it's got both an input and output table... haven't seen any but then I haven't sent anything figured thru. I was really thinking this would be the tool to get an item down to 1/8" thickness but apparently not as many have suggested that is perhaps sketchy territory. I'm going to keep yours and others comments in mind as I get more familiar with the tool. I plan to use it to thickness some bodies next time I build and perhaps I get more comfy and try using carpet tape to attached to something thicker and result in a much thinner finished size. thank you for taking the time to response and again I apologize for not responding (I DID, just apparently didn't send it and walked away from the page!)

hehe, I wasn't going to name names! I figure the least I owe this place is passing on tips when I find something good so... I hope I don't annoy folks by trying to pay that debt back constantly!

I've got a vintage style strat neck that they did that way. It's a real beauty and stable as all get out, but def had lacquer left on the edges of the frets that over time has chipped off here and there. That was clear lacquer w a bit of amber and wasn't obviously visible... I'm guessing lacquer with an opaque white would be a dif story. I suppose I could consider carefully taping off all the frets... but dang that'd be a lot of work. I wonder if taping off the fretboard near the frets and then using something like 'electric tape' would work. the elec tape would come right off of the metal easily even after lacquer was applied to it. thoughts? seems like fretting after the fact could be really problematic... but then the general concensus on binding after finish was that it was a bad idea too... and that didn't stop me so... hehe - gonna have to think on that. 'edit: where are my manors: thank you very much for your thoughts!

something in the back of my mind from time to time is an entirely white guitar sort of like larry grahams bass. I've asked questions about this before and have an idea how I'm going to do it but have some questions. so mohawk whitewash - beautiful stuff. it's nitro, and comes in a can. My question is... if you were going to shoot a fretboard with it... I imagine you'd have to do it prior to fretting as the white might not look good over frets and cleanup would be a nightmare. I know white will be a nightmare anyway... but I'll live with that. so if you shoot the whitewash before fretting would you also shoot the gloss before? In generall... if you had to do this... how would you approach it? So then... how do you keep it out of the fret slots? I suppose some toothpicks placed across them? avoiding hitting the wood with a hammer would be another concern... I have recently made a clamp and will do this only on a bolt neck so I think that should do? what can you tell me about shooting nitro on a fretboard/neck? Pitfalls? Have you done it and can you show an example?

Someone reached out to me and asked me who was my source for this top, I didn't mean to not post it! Not top secret or anyting... On Etsy look for down-home Woods in case you're looking for something similar.

some nice work there. Don't have a cnc myself so not a potential customer but if I did - I'd let you do the leg work in a second! Someday...

I think any one of the three would look amazing. Your design skills are outstanding. as said... I can't tell the dif between mop and creme at this size, but if I had to choose the first one stands out to me. More importantly, I think we all get into situations where we look at something too long and start doubting our initial ideas (guilty here). I am coming around to the idea that in those circumstances it's best to not second guess yourself.

Thank you for saying so Zeke!

naw... shes just a little thing but has tiger-sized territorial tendencies! any other cat/dog gets near that thing and she'll fight to the death. I was lucky just to borrow it for a short period.

Thank you sir! Hehehe, that's actually my cat's bed! Had to kick the poor girl out so I could use it! ( jk, no cats were evicted in the making of these photos)

had no one mentioned the tuner I wouldn't have noticed(r u sure he's your friend? lol), still really can't see any of the other things you mentioned esp the sapwood comment - I think it looks great as the gain comes together to make an arrow. These are all things that almost no one but a luthier would notice... I wouldn't beat yourself up at all - it's an amazing build - don't question that for a minute. I look at my latest build and see a list of things I would have liked to have done differently... and also now when I look at factory guitars I see all sorts of things I don't like... that is the curse side of this hobby! was so blissfully ignorant before!

Thank u sir!

thank you sir. that was quite the learning experience! had to redo it 3x as I didn't like it when it was rounded over with the wood. if I had to do over again (and I do on my sister build) I would get the top finish completely done before doing the binding. all in all I got lucky and it turned out ok.

thank you sir! You are always very supportive and I am very thankful for that! I can't help but feeling the finish is a bit of a flop on this one in the sense that it didn't quite turn out how I planned and isn't 'blow your mind'... but overall I'm very pleased. I didn't even adjust the neck after putting strings on (10s). it is still perfectly straight but action is extremely low and no buzz. Nut needs some work as some binding going on there when I divebomb the trem. very comfortable to play! Pickups - man I gotta say I love these. I can officially recommend bootstrap... esp the 54pro. I like these more than my tex spec, antiquities, rio grandes and as much as I like my blue velvets. I'm going to be working on a video demo this weekend and will hope to capture the versatility of these pickups but if anyone is looking for some great single coils - BOOTSTRAP!

finished up at 6lbs 8.9oz... so whomever had that number - you win a fur lined bathtub! Electronics fired right up and I've been playing it to death and dialing it in. Some flaws here and there... but I don't think I own a better playing/sounding guitar. Thank you to all whom have helped with advice and encouragment here - couldn't have done it without you!

nothing like the thrill... that first time plugging it in. Got a taste myself last night -I was playing guitar till almost 10pm! (that's really late for grandpa here!) Fired up and worked right out the gate. First thing I'm gonna do when I get home. Anywho, this is about you: congrats on a fantastically successful build.

some good points there... where's that easy button!

I was thinking about scarf but then thought about the truss... those have an anchor no? do they just unscrew? I've never taken apart a single action nor built one so have no idea. seems doable. seems like there have been lots of options put forth... I'm certain than any one of them could be done if the will is strong enough.