Thread: Glenn's projects :)

stealing a leaf out of my book aye!

haha

looks good man...

i have plans to get a hipshot bridge in the future, they look so nice!

the router looks nce and chunky, post a lil review in the tool section on the forum when you play around with it

wenge!!!!! I WANT SOME WENGE!!!!!!!!!
i couldnt find any anywhere here lol...
its gay...

i bought one length of wenge an got enough for bout 8 necks if ya want some! lol

That wenge looks fantastic! As does that maple. Some great wood for the necks.

Where did you get the fret boards from?

I like the look of the Hipshot bridge, I've got mine ordered as well.

both the fretboards are stewmac preslotted boards

the rosewood one has some awesome color in it.

lucky b*tch!!! lol

pm me with a price , i really wouldnt mind one or 2 along with whatever offcuts you end up with

i'll measure up the pieces i got an let you know the sizes. i cut the 3m length into 4. then cut one in half down the middle for my neck. the other 3 i havent cut in case i need wider for different headstock. its bit under 2 inch think from memory.. have to check

sweet

thanks man

looks like i will need to start designing another build or two
(maybe an 8 string is on the cards )

Off to a great Start Glenn, those figured maple tops from Stewmac looks awesome !

Whats the flame like in the neck blank - its hard to see form you photo ?

the flamed neck is quite good actually. prob got a bit more figure than the flame tops. i'll try get a better pic of the neck later today. worst bit is my dumb as mistake gluing one of the flame tops the wrong way is gonna see a good chuck of the figure miss the shape of the guitar!

anyway out to check on my quilted top gluing effort an to measure up some wenge an wat ever else i get done

Loooking good.

All is not lost with your tops. If you have a bit of extra width to spare (say 10mm), you can rip it carefully down the centre joint with a circular saw/bandsaw, and then redo the centre joint with the correct edges.

Look forward to seeing more progress,

Cheers,

Peter

Duh! peter your a genius! haha that would seem so obvious wouldnt! i'll have to have a look an see if i got enough room to do it. so to recap i would just slice it down the middle straighten out the edges an glue em back the right way around yea? an geez this forum is useful

bit more progress today. finished the last of the second template.

unclamped second body gluing an all good with that one

have done both truss rod cavity's an ready to glue up the headstocks (scarf joint?) an then fretboards

anyone got any advice one getting the tickness even an level with angled headstocks?

new headstock sketch too. any thoughts?

anyway here's a couple of todays pics an also a pic of my last guitar which got played by the guitarist in the band i do lighting for. awesome guitarist who gave it the big thumbs up! rockin!

Looking good man. Love the h'stock. Its mean looking man lol

Agree with the headstock design being great.

I may just have to steal that idea

Hey Glen,

I made up a jig to do the neck angle. I took a pic below. It is set for 12 degrees, and you just clamp it to the flat, however you do need to line up the centre line acurately though. and then pass the router over the parralel sides and it machines a perfectly flat headstock at 12 degrees. Sweet as. I then do the same for the back but with a parrallell platform over the headstock as shown in the second picture. Food for thought.

Cheers,

Peter