Well, I was drooling while I was looking around at Warmoth one night and thought about how I would cut their already routed guitar bodies. Then I was sad when I realized how much I was going to spend (almost a grand on supplies and tools). So last week my brain went nuts after 3 red bulls and stared at my old 50 dollar Flying V copy. My plan is to cut the V into a rectangular shape (as the red lines show) and then glue SEVERAL, yes I said SEVERAL, pieces of maple to it.
The only reason why Im molesting this Flying V is because I never play it, but the neck feels great, almost as good as my SG-All American.
I hope the finished piece will turn out like this:
Sketch for new body
Im still thinking about buying a planer like this Home Depot or just seeing if my old high school or someone I know has one, because the Flying V is a little thinner than the maple and ash blanks Im planning to buy...and yes Im planning on gluing ash AND maple to it. Well only if I can afford it when the time comes.
I will be filling in the cavities with scrap wood and then routing out the back for the control cavities. Still deciding on what pickups to use, possibly a Seymour Duncan Phat Cat at the neck and a super distortion on the bridge.
For the paintjob I might do this clean line option (warmoth) so I can show off all the glued pieces to on the back of the guitar. I will reshape the headstock on the neck, will probably use the planet waves trim lock tuners.
My only prolem with this is that I either need to install new frets or have them dressed. Their pretty worn in, but dont have too many problems with buzzing and intonation, but it would be nice to have new shiny frets on there.