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It seems like all the '59 profiles have RW fretboards. It would have been nice to offer maple fretboards.

4. "Shryke"--Swamp Ash Strat body with Birdseye maple top. Mighty Mite birdseye maple neck with jumbo frets. GFS mini-humbucker pickups. Gotoh tuners, tremolo, and string tree. $750.

3. "Invictus"--chambered Walnut Strat body with Zebrawood top. '59 profile neck with 6100 frets. GFS "GF'Tron" pickups. Graph Tech nut. Gotoh tuners, tremolo, and string tree. $800.

2. "Streitaxt"--chambered Swamp Ash Soloist body with flame maple top. Mighty Mite birdseye maple neck with jumbo frets. Seymour-Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups. Graph-Tech nut. Gotoh tuners, tremolo, and string tree. $750

I've got waaaay too many guitars, and since I don't play that much anymore, I decided to let most of them go. They play and sound fantastic (IMHO). You may need to adjust the setup to your preferences. The finishes aren't perfect (minor scratches/dings). They were all finished using either...

Why TWO strap buttons on the upper horn?

I had some Gibsons with Richlite fretboards, and had absolutely no problem with them.

I've always like spalted maple, so I was lucky to find a vendor (sorry, not Warmoth) that had two in stock. Both bodies are <4 pounds, and have mahogany backs. Build #7 has cheap Amazon humbucker rail pups (the bridge is >16k-ohms!). It's the first time I tried coil-split wiring with push-pull...

For point of reference, here's my all-birdseye Strat with abalone dot inlays.

Thank you for the replies, everyone! I think I'm going to go ahead and order the chambered body, with a note saying I'd like the body to be roughly 4 - 4.5 pounds AFTER it has been routed out. Since Aaron said chambering reduces the weight by about 25%, then the pre-chambered slab should be...

Thanx for the quick reply. However, I would think body weight would be part of the equation as well. The upper strap button on Les Pauls are at the 16th fret, yet they don't suffer from neck dive; at least none of the dozen or so I've had did. Gibson Explorers and similar guitars have their...

I'm wanting to build a 12-string, using a chambered Jazzmaster body with a maple core and a padauk top. The neck will be either maple or padauk, with a canary fretboard. It will be the one with the straight headstock. Since the body will be chambered, and the neck having twice as many tuners...

Here's my harem.

I'd love to snag one or two of those, but the lack of customization means I'll have to pass.

It's too bad that they are already drilled & routed. I was hoping for some sets that weren't.