@rathius Boom! Look at that. Nice catch sir. 👍

@rathius That’s wild. 👍

@rathius Thats a lucky find. It might be scrap to them, but your trained eye sees guitars. I get that same feeling when I see my daughter’s coffee table, but she won’t let me have it.

@rathius
How big are the pieces

Posted by: @rathius I’ve been told a string-thru guitar has better sustain than one with a stop bar or wraparound bridge. Is this true and does it really make that much difference? I have a Tele copy build that started…   Read more»

Ahh @rathius, you wrote that your family was from the UK and I clearly misread that you had…
Enjoy!

Posted by: @rathius I’ve been told a string-thru guitar has better sustain than one with a stop bar or wraparound bridge. Is this true and does it really make that much difference? I don’t know if there is a consensus…   Read more»

Posted by: @rathius I’ve been told a string-thru guitar has better sustain than one with a stop bar or wraparound bridge. Is this true and does it really make that much difference? @rathius I think that is highly debatable and…   Read more»

Welcome @rathius! Great story and glad that you checked in! How did you end up smack dab in the middle of Kentucky?!?

Posted by: @rathius I really don’t want to go back to IT work. Hehe I feel your pain… Although, I cannot complain really. I dont see me do anything else but IT for food, the rest i do for fun.

Posted by: @rathius I’m tickled pink to be using air spray guns now @rathius Woooooohoooooooooo…….. A fellow paint sprayer…. Yes! Good man!  Nice to meet you and I’m glad you are here. Our stories are quite similar, only you started…   Read more»

@rathius What a great positive introduction story, I can totally agree with the relaxing bit. I wouldn’t have started this either without a pandemic lockdown or without the help and inspiration from @markbailey and this community. Which part of the…   Read more»

@Rathius Good luck with your business! At least some positive outcomes besides pcr tests.

Posted by: @rathius No clear on it yet though. I use Mixol tints and Emtech WB lacquer to make my paint. Yes I custom mix each build. 😁 Added a bit of Mixol silver metallic to this too. @rathius Oh…   Read more»

Posted by: @rathius what type of flake you using? I use a lot of mica and MOP dust. Sometimes a bit of small MOP flake. @Rathaus On this occasion I’m using Paint Huffer Centipede .015 flake. I have loads of…   Read more»

@rathius Welcome to the community! I agree with @boo and @robin regarding the headstock. I think it could already help if you stretch the headstock a little.

Welcome @rathius.
What an adventurous design. As Elvis once said it’s “The Devil In Disguise” 🤘 
🙏🎸🙂🎶

Hi @rathius That’s looking good, I like what you’re doing there matching the headstock to the body. Just as an example of what @boo is saying, the headstock on my second build is a lot less radical than yours, but…   Read more»

@rathius Hey man, welcome.  Cool design, although one thing that jumps out at me is the headstock. Just make sure you have enough room for all of the tuners/machine heads and they are accessible enough to use comfortably. They need…   Read more»