CoryKer

http://www.nymphusa.com/tele/ Then click on Kisekae Virtual Guitar Modelling system.

The bass they make in the style of the Firebird guitar is the Thunderbird.

Sorry. For some reason I just don't like using emoticons, but my post was rather intended as sarcasm. The guitar looks phenomenal, though! If you haven't decided yet, I hope you go with black hardware on that one.

I think you should've left the guitar as a big rectangle. Just think of all of that top you hacked away to get that shape! And don't get me started on the neck pocket!

Overall I dig that shape... I think with some minor tweaks it would look fantastic. I think if you brought the waist in a bit it would make the whole design much sleeker. Also, as mickguard said, if you're carving out the lower horn it might be ideal to apply the carved top all over it.

Both look nice... but I imagine you'd get a lot more comments with some more comprehensive pictures

Hmm... expensive or not, that just might be too slick-looking to not pass up. That fits the aesthetic I'm going for perfectly. Thanks for the link! Has anyone ever dealt with Yamaha to directly order parts? I know I've seen guitars of theirs with satin/polished chrome bridges but I can't find any information on this on their website.

Yeah, unfortunately I am aware of that unit...I'm pretty set on a string-thru hardtail. Is there any way I could theoretically use those saddles with another bridge assembly?

Okay, so here's the deal: I really want to build this guitar, or at least this body (and use a neck from an ibanez rg I have lying around) this summer, and to me a pretty important part of the aesthetic would be using satin chrome hardware. I've located tuners like this with relative ease, but knobs and tuners have been tough. The only satin chrome bridge I've been able to locate is a Wilkinson trem, and I really want to use a strat-style string-thru hardtail. If this is posted in the wrong place I apologize... but it didn't seem like this question quite fit in any specific category. If anyone knows anything, thanks.

Well, it turned out looking great. The whole aesthetic of the guitar is phenomenal... very slick and elegant. it's actually quite similar to what I want to do with a project build I'll be starting this summer, but with a maple neck instead of mahogany. I knew I wanted a white finish, but a little different... that blue basecoat seems to be what I'm after.

The mahogany neck looks surprisingly nice against the finish. I really like the abalone side dots... nice little touch of class. The finish is very nice... any details on that?

I did a mockup of a very similar design (at least dimension-wise) a while back, and it balanced comfortably. Maybe I'll do a mockup on some stiff cardboard or something later this week. Anyways, so I'm right near the end of a very dull 3 hour lecture. I've just been messing around with that vector image and came out with a pretty detailed mockup. Man, it's been a while since I've used Fireworks this much: (Click for a bigger version, around ~100k) I don't really think I'm serious about the 'juggernaut' name. A friend just suggested it and I thought a concept drawing ought to have a name on it. [edit - I changed the pickup colour on the high-res version and fixed a couple little mistakes]

Actually, my intent was towards something very comfortable to play sitting down... think of the right leg in that rear cutout, with the bulk of the body up on the left leg classical-style.

Yeah, wenge would work nicely too. I'm also considering doing it this way... I have a friend with a big old slab of basswood, so I may try to simply make a body for the neck off my RG, and then build a neck if I think I'm up to it. If I were to use basswood, I'd definitely give it a solid finish... a white+black+chrome colour scheme'd be kinda sweet. Here's the visual on that one...

So, I'm gonna bump this thread rather than start another one... and I know it's ridiculous that i still haven't built anything. Extra classes and mounds of debt will get to you. But anyways, I'm hoping to try to pull off a build this summer, still, once I have a steady large paycheque again. As always, my designs for 'the guitar I want to build' change perpetually (in fact, a couple weeks ago, I was dead set on building a custom V!) I scanned this one and traced an image of an Ibanez RG in Fireworks for neck/fret dimensions and bridge placement. I then made a tracing of my scan, fit it to size, and tweaked it to suit. The specs I'd like to try are: -Alder body, fairly thin: 1 1/4" -Thin ebony (or similar dark contrasting wood) 1/8" laminate -Black limba top, 1/4". >The body would be carved to expose the ebony where it's indicated in the image. -Bolt on Maple neck, possibly with a thin ebony laminate in the centre. -Bound ebony fretboard, maple with a thin line of ebony purfling, no inlays on fretboard. Maybe a single one on the 12th fret. -Ideally matching headstock, also bound -Ebony pickup cover, oversized to cover mounting ears as indicated Hardware/Electronics: -Strat-style hardtail bridge, black -EMG 81 pickup (I have a spare one) -One 3-way selector, one volume, one tone >The 3 way would work like this: Tone control bypassed, killswitch, tone control engaged. Tell me what you guys think!

I'm usually not much for flat black, but lately I've been digging it. You should go with chrome hardware or something though... Hmm... this would look damn sweet in flat black with an ebony fretboard with no inlays and chrome hardware... my, that would be metal.

Would that headstock be a 7 inline, or a 5+2 or 4+3 or something? I'm assuming the first?

^ Trying to work with spalt is probably a little ambitious for a first build... but yeah, it sure would look nice.

Okay, so I'm still waiting on woodshop access... so I've been pricing out all the parts and fine-tuning design elements. I think I'm gonna go with maple carvin neckthrough, alder wings, and a black limba top (probably with black binding), and a clear finish, possibly with a light brown tint. I've also decided I want the body to be pretty thin and light... probably not more than 1.5" thick, with 1/4" of that being the limba top. I want a light, intense guitar. Also, I've decided on a wiring scheme: 2 knobs, 1 3-way switch. Volume knob, and a tone control that acts only when the 3-way switch is in one position. The other two positions would be a the direct signal without the tone control and a killswitch. I'm gonna make some tracings of my RG for reference and try to get started on a plywood template to work on exact dimensions.

Well, this topic will probably die for a couple months then. I've been granted use of that woodshop, but not right now - in a "month or two". So I'll probably start buying parts bit by bit, paycheque to paycheque, so I don't have to buy it all at once when the time comes. Thanks for the comments, everyone.

In order to simplify the scope, I think I'll definitely use the carvin neck through... my current plan is the maple carvin neck-through blank, alder sides, and a 1/4" mahogany top. I'll do some sort of light brown stain on the back/sides, and if I can pull it off a warm blue/turquoise sort of colour on the top. If I feel up to it, I'd also bind the body with cream binding. I still haven't heard back on the woodshop question, but I have been scouring eBay for wood like a dork. If I'm just getting alder/mahogany, though, I can probably find something local.

Okay, so some of you may remember me posting a thread about my planned guitar build that never got off the ground. Well, since I still have free time sitting around in university lectures, I've never really stopped revising it. It's undergone a couple radical revisions and constant streamlining, and it eventually ended up like this: Original design (from January) I've recently found out that the good friend of a good friend (who I know decently well) has built himself a fairly extensive woodshop recently. I asked the friend to inquire as to whether I could rent use of it or something, and possibly get some advice since the guy is quite good with woodworking. Anyways, mindful of my inexperience, I have two plans for this guitar... one pretty extravagant and one more realistic. Extravagant: -Neck-through construction (Maple with thin wenge laminates, flame maple laminate on body area of neck-through) -Alder body wings -Unsure on the 1/4" top... either flame maple or cocobolo -Headstock laminate matching the body -With flame maple top, ebony fretboard, with cocobolo, pau ferro -With flame maple top, stained faux binding, white binding on the fretboard/headstock, with cocobolo, white binding on the body/fretboard/headstock -String-through hardtail -25.5" scale length, 24 frets with a curved fretboard extension for 25 on the low E and 27 on the high E (picture is misleading here) -Single EMG 81 bridge pickup -Single volume knob -With flame maple top, bluish/grey trans finish. With cocobolo, all natural. -Inlays at 12th and 24th frets Realistic: -Premade carvin neck-through, maple with a blank ebony board -Alder wings -Maybe a mahogany top, or flame maple if I feel confident. -Other specs the same So, much like last time, I sure as hell can't make any promises for pictures of this completed build. I honestly have no idea if I'll do it, but I'd sure like to at least try the realistic one if I can!

Click on them, then delete the "th_" from the filename. The links just point to the thumbnail file, but he still uploaded the full size ones. Nice looking guitar.

That's a great looking finish. I can't wait to see it finished.

I really hope you go with orange for this project!