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Second Walnut and Maple guitar nearing completion

Got some good progress on the set neck superstrat build Neck mortis and tenon done, tenon is wide and long, Headstock shaped and thicknessed, holes drilled for tuner Gotoh trem installed, and is sitting in it's recess Pickup cavities routed, and filled with an EMG 81 + 85 set df78a624-cd04-476d-8b4c...

Making a set neck superstrat, kind of my version of a 750XL Mahogany body with a Maple top, chambered Mahogany neck with Ebony fretboard, 25.5" scale length with 16" radius, will have Jumbo stainless frets Black hardware - Gotoh 1996t is on the way Undecided on pickups, thinking EMG's - bu...

Got this old Epi Coronet, Wilshire, Crestwood?? on the bench to bring back to life, he wants to keep it as original as possible but function beats form Replaced the tuners with a Gotoh locking set, this required taking 2.5mm off the back of the headstock Refret with Jescar jumbo fretwire - originals...

Tried a capo on the 5th fret, and checking the intonation at the 17th???

I posted a while back that I had run out of Jescar gold fretwire and was 8 frets short of finishing the neck
A very generous man in New York sent me some, so I can now complete the second neck

Mahogany Strat body, Routed HSH for pickup versatility, Just need to do the tummy contour then I will weigh it, not too heavy though

My latest creation is nearing completion, got it wired up today, still needs a fret level and set up dialed in Charvel pre-pro guitars were the inspiration for a pair of builds, this being the most complete Walnut one piece body in an oiled finish Maple neck with figured Maple fretboard, also oil fi...

StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 4:30 pm Offsets !

The plan is to make 4x Strat bodies, Griff gets pick of the litter and the rest go up for sale

Yeah I've used it a few times too, great timber

GrantB wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2025 8:58 am That’s some seriously nice wood! How is it weight wise? Like a red alder ish density?

It's very light, swamp Ash territory,
I got all the pieces machined ready to make into body blanks

griff wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:50 pm I'm excited for this

Yeah, get hard boi
amazing with a bit of oil

Caught up with our forum buddy Griffalo today and scored these swamp Totara chunks, there are more b5133b55-0c67-413a-b585-199c96582399.jpg Surfaced a piece to see what the grain is like, very nice - darkens very nicely with a bit of oil 8d2450e9-2423-469c-b522-e684cdd1918d.jpg Gonna make some wonde...

Progress stalled on the father son build as the previous order of truss rods has been stuck in customs since December 8th
The replacements arrived this week so we can crack on