Another use for maple - PIC HEAVY!

[Cameroo]

the nut on the truss rod is at the headstock end, under that fancy cocobolo plate (Probably looks lighter because it had recently been sanded). It's not shown in the pictures, but theres just a tiny screw holing that cover on. Any adjustment would be made there.  I purposely left the neck a bit chunky because the last thing you would want on a neck-through design would be for it to twist.  With heavy strings there's a surprising amount of tension on the neck!  And you can't just unbolt it and replace it like cheaper, mass-produced bolt-on guitars.  If it ever got really bad, I suppose one would have to remove the fretboard and do some planing, but I'm quite confident it's rock solid.

But ya, if the bug bites again, I'll let you know for sure!

[Parnell]

That is very cool.  Can't say i've seen one cutom made like that and I've been around some professionals over my years.  Really awesome - thanks for sharing those.

[Postman]

Sweet axe! Somehow "War Pigs" got into my head reading this thread

[Grunt]

Eric,Dwayne,Jimi,Albert C.,Albert K.,Johnny L.,Johnny W.,BB, Buddy,and the list goes on and on.

[david w.]

That is awesome!  I would like to try to make one sometime

[david w.]

I am thinking of doing this.  i am not going to start from scratch but here's the kit I'm looking at. http://www.byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--Carved-Top-Hard-Tail-Single-Cut__BYO-CT-HTSC.aspx

What do you think?

[Cameroo]

I am thinking of doing this.  i am not going to start from scratch but here's the kit I'm looking at. http://www.byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--Carved-Top-Hard-Tail-Single-Cut__BYO-CT-HTSC.aspx

What do you think?

That looks like a pretty decent kit for the price.  Mahogany is a great wood for a body, and the flamed maple will look killer after it's stained.  You could even do a burst stain job if you're up for it.  Something like this maybe?  I always planned on finishing mine similar to this one, but still haven't got that far



The kit takes a lot of the complicated bits out of the project, like figuring the neck angle, cutting the fret slots, radiusing the fretwire and inserting it, routing the pickup and control cavities.  You should be able to slap that together in no time.  Hopefully you're comfortable with a bit of soldering too, the controls probably won't be wired up.  Depending on how "professional" you are, you might want to consider uprading the pickups, because they seem like a no-name cheapo type, but you can always do that after too if you don't like the way they sound.  If you go ahead with it, make sure you let us know how it turns out.

One more bit of advice - I mentioned it before, but I'll say it again.  There's a really good website that helped me a lot, you might want to check it out just for finishing ideas or help.  Just google "Project Guitar forum".  Those guys have seen and done it all.