New Wenge Day

[m4rk0]

Yes, there are no frets... I will have to try to hammer them in myself!! should be fun!

 

[line6man]

Yes, there are no frets... I will have to try to hammer them in myself!! should be fun!

Thou shalt not!
Play it fretless. At least for a few days.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Nice wood you got there  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Steve_Karl]

Yes, there are no frets... I will have to try to hammer them in myself!! should be fun!

Thou shalt not!
Play it fretless. At least for a few days.

I know I couldn't resist trying it as a fretless.

 

[rapfohl09]

Whooooaaaa

 

[jimh]

This is a lovely piece Marko.  Fretboard grain is really nice.

Whats it gonna go on?

 

[m4rk0]

This is a lovely piece Marko.  Fretboard grain is really nice.

Whats it gonna go on?

Wellll that is the big question!!
this was an unexpected buy.. I bought it off a guy on Craigslist who meant to get someone to do custom inlays on it..

I have been thinking of a Cabronita style strat.. or maybe a pine bodied strat.. something weird anyway..

on the other hand, I do have one or two bodies lying around in my man cave, but that is not as exciting as a new body of course...

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Aw man. That looks like neighbor kid Sid's room (from Toystory). 

All severed bodies ... missing limbs ... the horror ...  :help:

 

[m4rk0]

I know, I am so cruel to them, but they have been very naughty guitars  :laughing7:

anyway, any suggestions anybody???

 

[line6man]

This is a lovely piece Marko.  Fretboard grain is really nice.

Whats it gonna go on?

Wellll that is the big question!!
this was an unexpected buy.. I bought it off a guy on Craigslist who meant to get someone to do custom inlays on it..

I have been thinking of a Cabronita style strat.. or maybe a pine bodied strat.. something weird anyway..

on the other hand, I do have one or two bodies lying around in my man cave, but that is not as exciting as a new body of course...

OMG! Look at all the bodies Marko has in his man-cave! Their necks have all been removed! What a sick man!

 

[bagman67]

I think that bright orange single-pickup Strat body would be a good place to start - and if you install threaded inserts on that neck, you can just swap-swap-swap from one body to the neck without having to worry about opening the neck holes too much by removing and reinstalling repeatedly.

Anyway, looks like you have your hands full.  You poor bastard.

Peace

Bagman

 

[Nando Vallart]

Rosewood board, right?? Looks great!!
Why do want to try to install the frets yourself???

 

[m4rk0]

I think that bright orange single-pickup Strat body would be a good place to start - and if you install threaded inserts on that neck, you can just swap-swap-swap from one body to the neck without having to worry about opening the neck holes too much by removing and reinstalling repeatedly.

Anyway, looks like you have your hands full.  You poor bastard.

Peace

Bagman

actually, that one had a wenge neck at one time... I may do that again!

 

[m4rk0]

Rosewood board, right?? Looks great!!
Why do want to try to install the frets yourself???

the seller insisted that this was a "madagascar ebony" board, so I assumed he meant macassar ebony.
to me this looks like regular Rosewood or who knows, Madagascar Rosewood..

I want to try it myself, since I want to expand my "guitar building" skills.. you have to try something new every now and then, right?

 

[Nando Vallart]

Oh yeah!!!!

 

[dNA]

mmm. chocolatey

 

[pabloman]

I had a New Wenge Day today. Mine came in the form a 36 X 8 1/4 piece of 8/4. Should make for a tasty project as long as I don't screw it up. That neck is so sexy.

 

[Patrick from Davis]

the seller insisted that this was a "madagascar ebony" board, so I assumed he meant macassar ebony.
to me this looks like regular Rosewood or who knows, Madagascar Rosewood..
I want to try it myself, since I want to expand my "guitar building" skills.. you have to try something new every now and then, right?

Rosewood from Madagascar is known as Malagasy Rosewood.  It is a beauty, goo luck with the frets
Patrick

 

[m4rk0]

Rosewood from Madagascar is known as Malagasy Rosewood.  It is a beauty, goo luck with the frets
Patrick

that is what I meant to say I still think it is regular rosewood, although the grain feels a but smoother / tighter than indian rw.

 

[Disco Scottie]

The grain on the fretboard, combined with the angle of the photo, gives an optical illusion of the neck being curved. Groovy.