Finally. To quote Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers, the waiting is the hardest part. It took 6 weeks, but it is finally here!!!!!! I hope the pics come out.
Now what to do with her..... I originally thought of doing an abalone purfling, but I just don't know now if I want to break up that beautiful flaming. I am still going to put in a back stripe down the center of the back, but as for the top I am really undecided. I'm gonna let it sit here for a couple of days so I can stare at it and see what comes to mind.
I am also really up in the air about finishing it. Kind of want to keep it in the natural to amber hue family, and I still haven't decided on satin or gloss.
I gotta find a neck now, I am going to do position marker inlays on the neck. I really love maple fretboards, but I don't know they are a bitch to do inlay on, if you aren't exact with your routing you can tell. Ebony would look alright with the accent stripe in the body, and you can fix your inlay route mistakes pretty easily on Ebony. Unfortunately for me, funds are gonna dictate what kind of neck is gonna go on it. It may get a temporary import ebay neck till I can afford a flame maple warmoth neck.
All that is set in stone on this build is the pickups and bridge..... Dimarzio super 3 and PAF. Don't know which pu I will put where. Probably the PAF in the bridge position cause the wire is really short, but that is an easy fix. LR Baggs t-bridge with the control x module and Jer's TRS effects loop. Heck I still haven't decided on what type of controls or how I want to switch the PU's
Please guys don't be bashful, I want as much input on this as I can get..... whatever you woud do if it was yours, I'll consider every suggestion.
Now what to do with her..... I originally thought of doing an abalone purfling, but I just don't know now if I want to break up that beautiful flaming. I am still going to put in a back stripe down the center of the back, but as for the top I am really undecided. I'm gonna let it sit here for a couple of days so I can stare at it and see what comes to mind.
I am also really up in the air about finishing it. Kind of want to keep it in the natural to amber hue family, and I still haven't decided on satin or gloss.
I gotta find a neck now, I am going to do position marker inlays on the neck. I really love maple fretboards, but I don't know they are a bitch to do inlay on, if you aren't exact with your routing you can tell. Ebony would look alright with the accent stripe in the body, and you can fix your inlay route mistakes pretty easily on Ebony. Unfortunately for me, funds are gonna dictate what kind of neck is gonna go on it. It may get a temporary import ebay neck till I can afford a flame maple warmoth neck.
All that is set in stone on this build is the pickups and bridge..... Dimarzio super 3 and PAF. Don't know which pu I will put where. Probably the PAF in the bridge position cause the wire is really short, but that is an easy fix. LR Baggs t-bridge with the control x module and Jer's TRS effects loop. Heck I still haven't decided on what type of controls or how I want to switch the PU's
Please guys don't be bashful, I want as much input on this as I can get..... whatever you woud do if it was yours, I'll consider every suggestion.