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So how are those thunderbirds ? are those any good for shooting arrows ? Do they need helluva lot truss rod adjustment ?

So, the question is. What´s the longest neck you could do, using straight mahogany without carbon fibre reinforcements ? I see that some manufacturers use 25.5" scale on some guitar models with mahongany neck, but spec lists dont tell me if they used cf rods or not. At least i dont fully trust spec sheets offered by commecial webpages.

Inlay at 22 fret ?

More pics...

Routed cavity for electronics. I´ll be using Gibson style pup-switch with simple volume and tone configuration

mahogany neck blank with bubinga stripes

wenge fretboard 25.5" scale ,slotted for 24 frets.

Now finnish is buffed to high gloss

isn´t that too early ? Usually people let nitro finish cure month so or before buffing.

Looking good. I like the grain on that wood. Perfect for an explorer.

Glad you like it. I was bit disappointed by the lack of figure. Type bubinga in google and you find beatiful waterfall figured stuff. i thought that all bubinga would be the same. apparently its not.

Ok, so i just put down a pic what i´ve been up to so far. I though i need to try different pic hosting service. the one i mostly use is restricting me to put up image links.

Made progress and de-progress with new neck which was scrapped eventually. There were few things i didn´t like about it and made mistake which sealed necks fate. So i´m making third neck for this project.

check this

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...9&hl=newbie

Calculating with this number 1.05888229 for all the other frets gets very close to the Gibson 24 3/4 scale

Measuring to the 12th fret, doubling and using it in the standard formula is no-where near as accurate

If the same number is calculated for all the frets it suggest me that either nut or bridge was moved.

Thanks to Wes for the many EXP links in another thread.

What another thread, where ?

1. What size of a body blank should i get that would fit an explorer? (i am not opposed to using scrap from the same blank to make wings for the body, although i would rather 1 solid piece with no joints)

Body blank I use for my explorer is 12" wide 37" long. I´m making the body out of two pieces

Update... sort of. No pics this time.

I got it all well thought out or least I thought so. Left some extra length on body pieces so that snipe from thickness planing doesn´t bother me. Also cut the shape which can be glued with ease without any corner jigs. But one thing I forgot .The tear out. Planing causes tear outs for sure in bubinga and mahogany and tearouts dont look good in glue seam.

All this comes together with top joining method I was about to choose which was making sandwiches and joining them. And if I want sandwiches accurately joined I need them accurately thicknessed.

I dont want glue seam at butt of the guitar looking like in this picture below.

Also don´t have any thickness sanding machines at disposal so I´ll just hand sand the surfaces make body and top separate and then join those suckers together. I think I´ve my made decision.

I haven´t done much for the guitar body cause I´m thinking what top joining method is the best. Basically i have 2 options

A - join bubinga tops on body pieces while they are still apart. only drawback of this method is that how am I able to join body pieces accurately with tops on.

B - make top and body in separate and then joining them. I probably dont have enough clamps for this.

Well anyway neck black is almost there. Still needs ears for the headstock though.

There it is. I think cocobolo fretboard suits the most.

Progress pics

gluing the laminates

http://imgplace.com/image/view/b120f086d9f...db242984195c232

sawing the scarf

http://imgplace.com/image/view/f0fb2dc0dfc...56a807f69a10ffe

gluing the headstock

http://imgplace.com/image/view/ca284d71226...2f3e8d0776f78a7

Month ago I got the body up to this state

http://imgplace.com/image/view/68cf93d97ef...f55c5c64f48df1b

http://imgplace.com/image/view/4ec2982a84e...f32d4b3c58322f7

Did you check the actual print you used as a template ?

this what I use

#1 fretboard to final size with handplane before gluing it and using fretboard as guide.

#4 I used this method in my first build. Takes a hell of a lot time to sand even if there´s only one 1mm extra.

Ok. I´m trying to build explorer style guitar. I got wood and camera so I thought I might put some pics about the process.

All I know so far is the body shape and wood I´m gonna use. Haven´t thought about what pickups or what bridge I need. I´m making the body from african mahogany and I was thinking if i could do bubinga top on it. I have some padauk and wenge which are the neck woods.

Hopefully I´m able to join body pieces next week and come back with pics.

A quick question. I have some scrap pieces of wood glued together with titebond. Can I throw those pieces safely in fire place without deadly fumes ?

Have anybody heard that Eu is changing chemical policies ? They are about deny some products which include Methylene chloride or Dichloromethane. These substances you can find in some hardware store paint removers.

I just thought this might useful info to know.

This is what I am talking about.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUri...08PC0080:EN:NOT

That BC Rich Neck really suits that SG body. Have you made any calculations where are you gonna put the bridge ?

Ok. Got some work done on friday and took the neck blank and treble-side wing to home from school. I routed the trussrod slot but I didn't route it all the way to the end (nut end). Made the control cavity. It looks horrible, but that's why I've cover for it. The recess for the cover has not been done yet and the cover is not fully ready, just some raw outlines.

SO, pics! (Some pics are blurry and s**t) I'm almost ashamed to show pics if compared to most builds here.

Does that mean you´re gonna leave the control cavity as it is ? I hope not.

When I was making cavities for my LP, I was thinking what grit sandpaper I should use. So the job doesn´t look like I was trying to pee while running.

Do you use brush to apply the paint ?

I don´t know if I dare to ask, but how much you paid for flame maple ? Did you buy it from Finland ?

I´ve noticed it´s hard to come by with figured woods around here and if they do show up the price is really high.

I´ve also planned LP project but for top wood I settled with flame birch.

Oh and

Welcome to the forum and good luck with project.

You checked floydrose website already ?

http://www.floydrose.com/instructions.html

Well, I don´t know if you can count this as an innovation. But

Some guitar builders seem to favor one piece necks and bodies without any glue join at all. So I thought it might be worth to attach fretboard with screws. Then I could say I´ve built a neck without a single glue join.

Yesterday I actually got nothing done on this.

I have some maple in my warm storage so I think I'm going to make a new neck blank from it, would be much better than that sh***y walnut as a neck. What do you guys think?

-Juze aka Ghroath

What´s wrong with that walnut ? Are you going to abandon it just because you did things in wrong order and don´t know what to do next ?