I know, I know….

[casper100]

This is a Warmoth build site. And I will buy all the hardware I need from Warmoth. But I decided to go all out, put my woodworking skills to the test and build a body and neck myself.
Roasted maple neck blank was from Stewmac, cut out with a Stewmac template.
Ebony fingerboard from Exotic wood zone, shaped and fret slots cut with the Shaper Origin handheld CNC. Gold abalone fret markers (I cut the holes too deep, so I had to put two markers in each, lol.
White Wenge body purchased from a local wood shop. I have something creative in mind to lower the weight, since this is a very dense wood.
Mango top purchased from Australian Guitar Timbers.

Gonna be a Les Paul Junior type body mashed up with a Fender neck.

 

[Spud]

This is a Warmoth build site. And I will buy all the hardware I need from Warmoth. But I decided to go all out, put my woodworking skills to the test and build a body and neck myself.
Roasted maple neck blank was from Stewmac, cut out with a Stewmac template.
Ebony fingerboard from Exotic wood zone, shaped and fret slots cut with the Shaper Origin handheld CNC. Gold abalone fret markers (I cut the holes too deep, so I had to put two markers in each, lol.
White Wenge body purchased from a local wood shop. I have something creative in mind to lower the weight, since this is a very dense wood.
Mango top purchased from Australian Guitar Timbers.

Gonna be a Les Paul Junior type body mashed up with a Fender neck.

I dub this one "The Mothmnan" !!!

 

[aarontunes]

Oh.....it's on! This will be fun to watch.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[rockandroller]

That's gonna be unbelievably cool!
Bonus points for a Magnatone Mk. VII body outline...

 

[casper100]

Body shape cut. 12 inch radius sanded into the fretboard. Nut slot cut for LSR roller nut. Headstock thinned and shaped into the fretboard.
The least interesting part of the white Wenge body is the face grain, and the body needs to lose weight, so I am going to do something crazy. I’m gonna chamber the body from the back, shape, smooth, sand and finish the chambered cavities and leave it open.

 

[casper100]

I don’t know how high Warmoth sands its fretboards, but I went up to 800 grit and it looks and feels great. Installed the side dot markers this weekend and just eyeballing it without any template, it’s not the best. Any additional fretboards I do I might do something that incorporates side markers with fret markers, like a stripe of contrasting wood that extends to the sides. Just to simplify.

Installed the frets. After sanding in the radius, it was clear my fret slots were not deep enough, so I finished them by hand. Lesson learned, if you have to do that, bevel the edges of the fret slots with a triangular file to prevent chip out.

Frets are pretty level and adequately seated with a 1 ton arbor press and caul. Ready for proper fret work now.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

That wood grain on that top is mesmerizing!

 

[rockandroller]

I have an "open-back-chambered" guitar and it sounds magnificent:


(Here's the front view...)

 

[casper100]

I have an "open-back-chambered" guitar and it sounds magnificent:
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(Here's the front view...)
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Cool! Glad I’m not gonna be the only one.

 

[stratamania]

@casper100 you can insert images using the insert image icon or CTL+P so they show up in the post itself rather than adding them as attachments.

 

[casper100]

@casper100 you can insert images using the insert image icon or CTL+P so they show up in the post itself rather than adding them as attachments.

Sure. I didn’t see that icon. I will start doing that. Thanks.