Straycat's "Stinnett" guitar build.

[metalhead28]

You guys have seen a couple of my builds in here before, and now I have the honor of building one for forum member, Straycat.

The specs:

1 piece mahogany body
3 piece maple neck
Ebony fretboard w/ flame maple binding
Hipshot Hardtail bridge

I've recently prepared the body blank, and today I've been preparing the wood so I can glue up a neck blank tomorrow. I'll be filling this thread with pics of the progress as I go, but for now - here's a pic of Straycat's body wood. He's getting one of those pretty blanks in the back!



More pics soon!

[triplehold]

Too cool. I love this stuff and I am sure most everybody else does as well. Awesome!

[Racerx2k]

Yup. ALWAYS look forward to this kind of stuff.

[straycat]

OH hell I'm pumped!

[zeegler]

Aw man, you're such a cocktease. How long are we going to have to wait for some jucier pics?

[jgcable]

These are good time threads. Keep on posting!!

[metalhead28]

Here is the neck blank all prepared and ready to start cutting to shape:
We went with curly maple center section and mahogony sides rather than 3 piece maple for a better visual effect.

[straycat]

Looks great so far Will.

[DocNrock]

I love custom builds and will be following this.

[straycat]

Will's a great guy to work with, he suggested the mahogony for the neck instead of 3 piece maple because I wanted flame maple binding on the neck.
He thought the mahogony would help set off the binding.
He P.M'd me and gave me his thoughts on the idea and I agreed it was a good idea.
It will help carry the natural mahogony theme all the way to the headstock.