I'm about to build myself a guitar

[Blazer]

Well I'll keep you guys imformed on this one as it progresses.

[kelly user]

what happened to the neck thru idea.......?

[zeegler]

what happened to the neck thru idea.......?

I was wondering the same thing.

[j2379]

ide make the electronic route as small as possible. it might help the neck heaviness of SGs to keep alittle more wood there.

[GodOfRhythm]

The contrast stripes together with gold hardware look great. No, make that fantastic! So option 1 for me

Though I'm guessing you're going another route? (no pun)

[Blazer]

The body you guys see in the picture is a prototype, to test if the template is the good size, I'll give this body a bolt on neck and use it as a test guitar before I'll start with the neck through idea.

[Blazer]

Okay then here's update on the built of my SG


The rough body with the pencil lines showing where I'll be carving, as you guys can see I already routed it out for twin humbuckers and a neck pocket, I put in one of the tele necks I have lying around for the picture.


Starting the carving of the body, these pictures also show that I haven't routed an electronics room yet, but don't worry I'll do so after I finished carving the body.





More to come later.

[Blazer]

Well I finished the carving, here are pictures of the body dry and wet. I made it wet to show off the structure of the wood and how it will look when painted.

[zeegler]

Hey, looking pretty good there.

[Blazer]

Well I finished doing all the structual work on the body today so I'm busy working on the paint job.

So I taped up the mid section and began applying the red.


and the back of the guitar showing off the electronics compartment.

[Blazer]

with the tape removed from the front. Exactly the kind of look I was after.

[El_Kabong]

This board is made up of so many talented people, from Budman's machining, to Hunting Doug's inlays, to Slash, MM202 and now Blazer's work. You gentlemen have the makings of a fine new guitar company...

[kelly user]

whoa there buddy, what kind of finish is that.

careful, i think there are few around here with a foot fetish.......

[kelly user]

This board is made up of so many talented people, from Budman's machining, to Hunting Doug's inlays, to Slash, MM202 and now Blazer's work. You gentlemen have the makings of a fine new guitar company...

MM2002, you slandered mark's good name.

[El_Kabong]

MM2002, you slandered mark's good name.

Yeah, I've been getting good at bungling my posts as of late. Why I have decided to take on a tri-nation, tri-university interdepartmental research project in the middle of a heavy teaching semester shows that my enthusiasm is only topped by my idiocy.