HuntinDoug

Sorry for the delay guys...Been moving the shop.

T3, T5 & T7 are spoken for

Neither actually... The binding is radiused with the board. The fret slots dead end to the binding.

Cool idea for sure! Are you doing any FB inlay to match the theme?

B2 & B4 are sold

Clearing out some stuff to generate some "new tool" funds... PayPAL only please. Lower 48 states.

Fretboards: All boards are bound, rough radiused to 12", 1 3/4" nut width & slotted to 25 1/2 scale w/ 24 frets. I can supply a set of high quality MOP block inlays for an additional $40/set (my cost). Any discoloration is CA glue that will sand off. Shipping is $5.00 flat fee for 1 to all 6 boards.

B1 & B2 - Indian RW (LMI stock)w/cream binding. Routed for block MOP inlays (not included). $40/board

B3 - Padauk with black binding. Routed for block MOP inlays (not included). $35

B4 & B5 - Birdseye Maple w/black binding. $40/board

B5 - African RW. Routed for block MOP inlays (not included). $30

Top Sets. Pics were taken dry. Shipping is a flat $10.00 + $2.00 for each additional set:

T1 - Sycamore 7 1/4" x 22" x 1/2" - $20

T2 - Figured Maple 6 1/2 " x 24 3/4" x 3/4". Rough sanded. Very slight cup...$35.00

T3 - Quilted Maple. 8 1/4 x 23 x 1 Very nice figure! Some cupping. Will sand out to about 3/4" thick. $70

T4 - Lightly Figured Maple S1S. 7 x 24 x 1/4... $25.00

T5 - Lightly Figured Walnut. S1S. 81/2 x 23 1/2 x 1/4 ...$30

T6 - Lightly Spalted Maple S1S 8 x 24 x 1/4 ...$25.00

T7 - 3 Piece Flame Maple set. Very nice figure 8 x 22 1/2 x 3/16...$50.00

T8 - Quilty Birdseye Maple 1 piect top 14 1/2 x 24 x 7/8. Very unique piece...$100 Coud easily be resawed into 2 booked sets.

Yea...shoot me a PM

Cool... My ver. Spaced 8" on center. I got the hangers on ebay for about $4 each. They are deep enough you can hang 2 necks on each hanger.

As many of you know I licensed some of my designs to other companies. I need to generate funds for new equipment, and contractually, I can't sell these on ebay. So, I'll try them here. I only have a few of these left. They are very nice imports (Korea). Specs are:

Mahog body & neck

Bound ebony board

set neck

high output dual hums w/ 3way

24.75" scale

gold hardware

TOM string thru body

These are brand new. I am selling these to PG forum members only AT MY COST. I can't openly list the cost in this post. If you are seriously interested...PM me. I have gloss black & Pearl white. I also have 2 other designs.

Dots suck...period. For some reason I have more problems with them than even the most complex inlays. Even when I CNC the pockets, they never seem to be where I want them in relation to the frets...

I have found that going back and fixing, then re-fixing just wastes time, and builds aggravation. I have my "wall of shame" for botched pieces of builds. Actually its a shelf. There are literally dozens of fretboards with issues like this.

Peavey did it also. I worked on bass like this one a couple years ago. It had an obvious seam in the center of the maple board.

Beautiful builds BTW...

Neck production has begun in earnest. Doing a batch of 12 this time. Half are for builds...the other half will be offered in the classifieds. Thought I'd share:

Boards: 4 ziri, 1 padauk, 3 ebony, & 4 rosewood. All but 1 are bound. Most will have MOP block inlays...

Neck blanks: 1 Goncalo alves w ziricote, 2 maple w/black pins, 2 maple & purple heart, 2 mahogany w/ tiger maples lams, & 2 Padauk w/pins (3 more maples not pictured)

Roughneck: American cherry with veragated cocobolo board & evo gold jumbo's (needs some tru-oil):

Actually...That was an LMI board I got a few years ago. It's got a really nice pattern.

But...You guys are right. Here's my "Ziri-stash" Most boards are 1 1/4" thick. The pulled piece is going to be the fretboards on a double neck. I'm gonna book match the fretboards:

Replied...all boards are gone. Neck is still available.

Clearing out some stuff I wont be using. Everything is plus actual shipping (US only). Buy 2, and I’ll cover shipping. Paypal only. PM me for details...

Bottom to top:

Ebony board – 24.625” scale, 22 frets, 12” rad. Nice dark board….$25.00

Macassar Ebony board – 25.5” scale, 22 frets, 12” rad. Enough room for floyd nut….$20.00

Birdseye Maple board – 24.625” scale, 22 frets, no rad. Very slight cup….$20.00

Cocobolo board – 25.5” scale, 24 frets, 12” rad. Enough room for floyd nut….$15.00

Ziricote board – 27.5” scale, 27 frets, 12” rad. 2.85” wide. Good 7 string, or 8 string bound board….$25.00

Flame Maple Set Neck – This is a neck I got in a trade deal a few years ago. Flamey maple with walnut lams. Paddle HS with voloute. Ziricote FB with dual scroll inlay. Evo gold frets. R3 Floyd shelf. The neck has a slight twist making the low E side just a hair lower… Could be straightened with the right technique….$100

The Stewmac ones I bought years ago are poplar. They still seem pretty true. I have a boatload of pale 8/4 purpleheart. I'm thinking of using that instead...

I ran these 12" radius blocks on the CNC a while back out of sapele. I think I did a 20" beam, then cut it into an 8" & a 12". I found the 12" long one works well. Anything longer seems cumbersome to me. I use multiple blocks with different grits to save time & sandpaper.

I supply the students in the guitar building class I teach with an 8". I even burn my logo into it to "fancy it up". I'm not sure what one of the 12" would go for...I thought about offering them in poplar or maple...

2 things I have experienced that cause problems like this are: an improperly positioned, or slotted nut, and believe it or not...the fretwire. When doing a customer setup I ALWAYS have the customer there to play the guitar as I'm intonating it. Jumbo fretwire can be a pain when a customer/player has a heavy "touch". I actually changed my playing style to a lighter touch after I started working on guitars to better compensate for the problems associated with G & B string intonation.

My project is still gathering dust. I haven't got to the point of fretting... The newer sticks have a "rail" fret system. I'm still not 100% sure how that works. But, I did notice in my research that the frets were very tall, and the action is very low.

You may want to look into the single guitar bridges over the single bass bridges. I was originally looking at building the 12 string grand. If I recall correct, the strings are spaced too close for the single bass bridges to work.

Very cool! I started one about 4 years ago. In mid stream I changed a bunch of things...Then decided to make it a tapping bass. I used the individual bridges and just milled out a larger radius on the butt end to accept a DR bass string with a taper. It worked well. I also used the "pyramid" fretwire from stewmac. Are you gonna do the beveled neck profile, or make it more like a C-shape?

Thanks guys. Ironically. this is one of the Import line. It's a prototype idea for a USA 12 piece run. I needed to get one banged out quick for a photo op for pre-orders. The build quality is surprisingly good. Similar to the Agile line. The paint turned out really good...Mike does great work! It's hard to see, but the base coat is a pearl white. There will be some slight changes to the final design. The jury is still out on an inlay scheme. I could actually do a pearl essence red & white inlay with grey rivets...But I'm afraid it may be overkill.

Just got this one back from Mike Learn airbrush... Aged riveted steel American flag. Enjoy:

RAD good luck on finding the magic combination of tools in the correct spot vs. everything in it's place. I've revamped my shop at least every other year and doing it again.

I'm guilty of that myself. It's easy to get bogged down with finding the right setup. I'm convinced finding that perfect "feng shui" in the shop is impossible, although I'm getting closer.

I'd love to see a bench tutorial. I have a "winged" outfeed table I designed fot the guitar class that is very functional....I may post some pics of it.

Time to build one from scratch. It's not that hard if you choose the right plan, and it saves a lot of money. Not to mention the maintenance is easy. You can build a heavy duty 40 x 60 machine for under $6k.

Thanks a lot...now I want one