Guitar Build 2017!

[Guitar Heel]

I got a report last night that the bookmatch slicing operation was a success. Supposed to pick it up tonight.

Also weighed all my parts last night and was pleasantly surprised at 7 3/4 pounds.

A little lighter would be nice but 8 pounds was kinda my upper limit and it appears I'm there already.

This body looks cool as a slab but that bookmatch is gonna be off the charts. Should I use it here or save it for another build down the road?

That's a tough question. I really like it as-is. How big is the bookmatch? Like, could you use it down the road for something 335 size, or would it have to be a smaller-bodied build? If it's the former, I'd hang onto it and go with what you've got. If not, I'd slap it on.

 

[Elias Graves]

That's a tough question. I really like it as-is. How big is the bookmatch? Like, could you use it down the road for something 335 size, or would it have to be a smaller-bodied build? If it's the former, I'd hang onto it and go with what you've got. If not, I'd slap it on.

The bookmatch is tele sized. Too short to even use on a Les Paul.

 

[Guitar Heel]

The bookmatch is tele sized. Too short to even use on a Les Paul.

Then I'd use it now, unless you were already considering building another T-style in the future.

 

[Elias Graves]

Then I'd use it now, unless you were already considering building another T-style in the future.

No, the next one I have brewing is a kind of Dano Pro/Nonreverse Firebird kinda thing.
I want to add another P90 to the white guitar (I really should name that thing ) then put a pair of firebirds in an offset of some sort. And I want it to be yellow.

 

[Guitar Heel]

No, the next one I have brewing is a kind of Dano Pro/Nonreverse Firebird kinda thing.
I want to add another P90 to the white guitar (I really should name that thing ) then put a pair of firebirds in an offset of some sort. And I want it to be yellow.

Someday, somehow, you're going to start a project with imperfect wood so as to realize your yellow guitar.

 

[Elias Graves]

Someday, somehow, you're going to start a project with imperfect wood so as to realize your yellow guitar.

I was planning to use the ugliest wood I could find just so people wouldn't bitch about paint.

 

[GilmourD]

I was planning to use the ugliest wood I could find just so people wouldn't bitch about paint.

It would probably end up cool looking somehow. LOL

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[Elias Graves]

It would probably end up cool looking somehow. LOL

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No accounting for taste. Somebody thought this worthy of a clear finish.

 

[jelloman]

Personally I like the slab look you have going...

 

[Elias Graves]

Personally I like the slab look you have going...

Me, too. I'm torn.
Supposed to pick up the wood tonight, then we can have a look and decide.
There's something about the simplicity of a single slab that is appealing.

 

[jelloman]

Me, too. I'm torn.
Supposed to pick up the wood tonight, then we can have a look and decide.
There's something about the simplicity of a single slab that is appealing.

Especially in that type of guitar...

 

[Elias Graves]

The board has been delivered. I'll go home and clean it up a bit then we can look and see if it belongs or not.

 

[Elias Graves]

 

[BrammyH]

Oh damn, that's nice.

 

[Flatspotter]

You will put that on this guitar.

 

[wagdog]

The slab is nice.

That bookmarked top is stellar.

 

[Elias Graves]

That's fuckin crazy!

 

[Modern Saint]

That is just to purdy there EG

 

[335clone]

Wow.

 

[jelloman]

That's fuckin crazy!

It certainly makes a statement...