@rockpile99 it's not going to be a super thick body thankfully, so hopefully that will help with the weight. If it comes out at 12lbs I'll just have to suffer. At least it will look great on the wall ...

mmmm wood porn 🙂 That's going to look so good ... You worried about weight or just going to suffer for your art?

Wow !!! Are you building a solid flamed maple (1 piece) body? That’s going to be a bit special / unusual. Normally, a 1 piece cap is special enough! Not surprised that piece of wood was so expensiv...

@robin me and my dad did a custom guitar about 8 years ago. We bought a stewmac neck and modeled the guitar after an Ibanez that I had, and still have. So I have some experience with woodworking and g...

@94dodgedude Is this your first build, I'm a novice, just putting the finishing touches to my first build now. I've made lots of mistakes along the way. My advice would be to watch all the videos on M...

I ordered some templates from Guitar Building Templates out of Florida, left my wood in the attic for a couple of months to dry, and did a rough cut on a newly acquired small band saw. Here was the re...

Just searched for that Suhr and I found it, here's the guitar that is the inspiration for my build. Attachment : 20201121_071102.jpg $7500 brand new, but absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully I can ma...

So probably 6 or 7 years ago I saw a one piece flamed maple blue Suhr and thought that was one of the coolest looking guitars I've ever seen. It was $7500 so there was no way I could afford it. This ...

All my guitars get compound radius - ( it just plays/feels so much better), unless client requests otherwise. It only took 3 attempts to get the knack @eddie6string I do not know how to do it, neve...

Done a bit more on the fretboard today, I love this walnut. Attachment : 9B8A2082-ED08-44B4-B1F8-D9CAE1A23030.jpeg Attachment : 222A72AD-358F-4B78-8201-2F022A527717.jpeg

Did somebody mention fretboard??? Have to get this one done today Attachment : 20210129_163547.jpg SS frets 71/2" - 12" Compound Radius Attachment : 20210129_163408.jpg

SS frets @eddie6string Ahhhhh...... Stainless Steel 😱😱😱😱😱

@boo Ahhhhh...... Stainless Steel 😱😱😱😱😱 Aww come on man, Stainless Steel ain’t no big deal... But @eddie6string, SS with a compound radius? Impressive, that’s...

@Boo Maybe??? All my guitars get compound radius - ( it just plays/feels so much better), unless client requests otherwise. It only took 3 attempts to get the knack

@peebee 40mm isn’t too bad, there are thinner ones out there for sure. What‘s the thickness of the bottom of your neck pocket? 10mm minimum will do and judging from the photos it looks like you have ...

Thanks Matt, it is 40mm thick, I think that the area that maybe too thin is the neck pocket and how much glue contact area there is, but still toying with using it. A bit more done, carved the belly c...

@peebee I think the carve on the upper horn looks great. How thick is the body then?

A bit more finessing today. I adjusted the carve on the lower horn, made it deeper than I finished it yesterday. I think also for the real body I'm not sure that I would do the carve on the top horn.....

Good job @peebee Glad to hear you were able to work around that neck joint problem! Looks like you’ve got some carving to do, best of luck!

I think the blank will have to remain as a practice piece as it is bowed and there are a couple, admittedly small, splits in it. Don't give up on it Peebee, I'm having fun with my bit of scrap. At...