Martijndrift
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Hello There,
I'm one of those guys who's been lurking around here, checking all the cool stuff being made and planning builds for years. Every time I was on the verge of ordering, I ended up running into an absolute steal of a second hand guitar to cure my GAS. But no more! 8 weeks ago I decided to pull the trigger on a custom body and neck after overthinking every design choice for weeks. And voila! here's the result. :hello2:
The specs are as follows:
Body:
Alder body
Chambered with F hole
non-unique choice black korina top
Contoured neck heel
Tune-o-matic route with angled neck pocket
Neck:
Vintage-modern construction
Canary shaft
Pau ferro fretboard (unique choice)
22 frets
6150 SS frets
Graphtec nut
Schaller tuner holes
I must say warmoth did an amazing job of selecting the top for this body. I had nightmares of nasty orange streaks (sorry to the people who love those) or bodies with little to no figuring. But this turned out pretty much like I hoped it would be. The body is incredibly light, thanks to the wood choice and the chambers. It will probably be a bit neck heavy thanks to this. But then again I prefer alder as a tone wood so in hindsight I would probably have made the same choice. The other potential problem with this body is the fact the laminate around the f hole is really thin. I'm afraid that at some point my clothes may grab onto the pointy bits an break of a piece, but time will tell.
As for the neck, it is quite gorgeous in its own right. The colour turned out to be a bit more orange than I had hoped, which does not necessarily go well with the body. The fretwork looks good, though I will probably roll of the edges and round off the corners on the frets a bit. The neck has quite a bit of relief, more than I'm used to seeing on allparts necks when they are transported, but a bit of adjustment should cure this.
I'm probably going to finish both the body and neck with danish oil, although turquoise on the body also looks good. :icon_scratch:
Also did a quick mockup using the halo guitars customizer (blasphemy I know :laughing7
. Some of the hardware in the second to last picture are placeholders and I will probably age all of it. Can't wait to start this one! Let alone play it :headbang:
I'm one of those guys who's been lurking around here, checking all the cool stuff being made and planning builds for years. Every time I was on the verge of ordering, I ended up running into an absolute steal of a second hand guitar to cure my GAS. But no more! 8 weeks ago I decided to pull the trigger on a custom body and neck after overthinking every design choice for weeks. And voila! here's the result. :hello2:
The specs are as follows:
Body:
Alder body
Chambered with F hole
non-unique choice black korina top
Contoured neck heel
Tune-o-matic route with angled neck pocket
Neck:
Vintage-modern construction
Canary shaft
Pau ferro fretboard (unique choice)
22 frets
6150 SS frets
Graphtec nut
Schaller tuner holes
I must say warmoth did an amazing job of selecting the top for this body. I had nightmares of nasty orange streaks (sorry to the people who love those) or bodies with little to no figuring. But this turned out pretty much like I hoped it would be. The body is incredibly light, thanks to the wood choice and the chambers. It will probably be a bit neck heavy thanks to this. But then again I prefer alder as a tone wood so in hindsight I would probably have made the same choice. The other potential problem with this body is the fact the laminate around the f hole is really thin. I'm afraid that at some point my clothes may grab onto the pointy bits an break of a piece, but time will tell.
As for the neck, it is quite gorgeous in its own right. The colour turned out to be a bit more orange than I had hoped, which does not necessarily go well with the body. The fretwork looks good, though I will probably roll of the edges and round off the corners on the frets a bit. The neck has quite a bit of relief, more than I'm used to seeing on allparts necks when they are transported, but a bit of adjustment should cure this.
I'm probably going to finish both the body and neck with danish oil, although turquoise on the body also looks good. :icon_scratch:
Also did a quick mockup using the halo guitars customizer (blasphemy I know :laughing7
. Some of the hardware in the second to last picture are placeholders and I will probably age all of it. Can't wait to start this one! Let alone play it :headbang:
