Vikingcaster

Thank you very much, guys! Yes, it will be a solid color for sure. It has a lot of mineral staining, which some people like, but I don't. By 'reversing the grain', do you mean one board lengthwise, the other the opposite?

I have a couple of poplar boards in my basement that I bought at Lowes and I'm thinking of building a tele type body out of it, but I'm unsure if I'll be able to use it for it since it's only 4/4 (a little under an inch) in thickness, and would require me to laminate them on top of each other to yield an acceptable thickness. Has anyone done this before with any type of wood, but specifically poplar? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

What would be the best way to convert the two-point trem of an American Standard Strat to a Vintage tremolo? Just fill the studs with dowels and epoxy an drill the new holes? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Is this a Yamaha RGX headstock shape?

Thank you very much, soapbarstrat! I'll try that.

Hi, I'm new to this forum as a poster, but I've been lurking on this forum for years now. You're a great resource/community here. This is my question: I always wanted to try a scalloped neck guitar, so I went ahead and scalloped one from a beater strat copy. It was actually rather easy and I didn't bust any dot markers either, so I guess I was lucky. I really like the feel of it now, and its on its way on becoming my main guitar. But I don't like the shape of the headstock, so I was thinking about adding maple to it and recut the outline to look more like a CBS headstock. I'm concerned about the matching of the maple. I don't wanna paint it in an opaque color, I want clear laquer. Is this something that has been done before, or is it impossible to do without it looking really bad. Any help for me and my 'Vikingcaster' is appreciated. Thank you very much!