pmarlin

That definitely looks better than plain black and white good job.

yep its ugly and the one Zakk has I think its the angle he is holding it and the design painted only to the bevels that gives the illusion that its not as ugly as the others.

Recieved mine today thanks Jon.

I got the idea from this one

ESP FireBlade

Yep, I already filled the routes with epoxy and it is setting. I mixed it with the burnt umber powder that I use for rosewood fretboard inlays.

Ok here it is inlayed and the outlines routed. I just filled the lines with the dark brown epoxy mixture so tomorrow I will sand it all down and show some more pictures.

and here are the rest of the pictures up to this point

Yellow heart in and routed for padauk

Yellow heart and padauk sanded down

When I saw it in a magazine they didnt show the whole thing and it was at an angle, I thought wow thats bad ass. Now that I see the whole thing, it just aint right.

It was my first time to use them and the rounded Kunz spokeshave worked great. I shaped the neck with it in about 15 minutes. That fretboard I ordered from you will go on this to match the padauk inlay on the body. If I would have thought of it sooner I could have cut one out of the padauk I had before I cut it up into smaller pieces. Oh well.

http://www.guitarplansunlimited.com/fenderish_designs.htm

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p202/gu...casterFixed.jpg

I got the yellowheart and padauk flames inlaid on the body. There are some small gaps and glue lines but I plan on routing a small channel along all the outlines and filling it with epoxy mixed with some burnt umber powder. I will post some pictures after I sand it all down when the glue is dried tomorrow. I was going to just round over the edges but now I think I will bind it. Also I am just going to use 1 humbucker.

I saw it in a magazine and it is a prototype for a new model they were working on for him.

My rig is old

Rack:

CrateTPD preamp

Crate SPA200 200W power amp

Alesis Midiverb III

Korg ToneWorks Tuner

Juice Goose power distribution center

Crate 412 Speaker cabinet

the finish on the edge is always thinner it just doesnt build up mush there.

I got the neck pocket and neck tenon cut out. I am literally putting my blood and sweat into this, I was loosening my router to get the bit out and when the nut broke loose I slammed my knuckle. I just kept on working and you can see my blood stains on the guitar body

Blood stained body

neck tenon

Padauk and Yellow heart

Change the logo? you mean to misrepresent it? I think a better idea would be to buy an RG700, changing the logo is not going to make it a better guitar.

He hasnt been around in a while, this is from his profile:

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Well after the restore project its time to do a complete build. I cut out the body (tele shaped)from a big slab of poplar. I am going to inlay flames into the top of it with padauk and yellow heart. I will also use these two woods to make the volume and tone knobs. this isnt going to be your typical tele I am using a TOM bridge, string thru ferrules, set neck(maple from sound at 11) and two humbuckers.

I carved the neck tonight and I have to tell you, I was afraid to get started but just jumped into it and damn was it easy carve with the spokeshave. Every step I do just gets me more exicted about this new hobby.

front side of neck

Body

I did mine right side up, adjustment rod on bottom, because I am using an angled headstock. I used the routher with a 1/2" bit for the access hole on the headstock and made it a little deeper than the channel and drilled a hole thru under the nut area. I was also worried about just using silicone to hold it in place, thats why I was thinking just rout to the end of the blocks. but after routing it with the bit from stew mac for the hot rod there is no movement at all because it is a tight fit. You have to press it in, so its a really tight fit. I am happy with it so far. Tomorrow I can rough cut the neck and headstock out and start shaping.

I dont know, I donated $20 I think. But all the information I have learned from this site is worth way more than that. I will also be donating again just because this place is worth it.

Thanks, I made an angled headstock so it should work out fine. This is my first complete build from scratch so I may be asking some more questions.

I have done some searching but cant find the exact answer I am looking for. When routing the channel for the Hot Rod truss rod from stew mac, how far does the channel need to go? Can I just make it go from the end of one block to the end of the other block and then drill a hole under the nut area to accomodate the adjustment rod?

They dont let you buy books in Argentina???

How do you like that bridge? I was thinking about using one. Its the Hipshot Hardtail right?

Lol, yeah, how the hell did post that in here? Oops that was supposed to be about hooglebugs finished build. Now I gotta go repost

How do you like that bridge? I was thinking about using one.