3.18lbs correct? I eyed those puppies for awhile.
According to my postage scale, it's even lighter. 3 lbs., 0.7 oz. I'm sure the 2.1 oz. difference will really matter....
Hell, I'll make up for that in the excessive paint and over-applied solder!
That's a very sexy hunk of wood you got there, Ned. Nitro or poly for the white finish? Any plans on them there pickup cavities? I have a guitar with the LiquiFire/CrunchLab combo in Neck/Bridge respectively, and I really dig that for my metal needs. Although I use it for BB King stuff, too, like a crazy person.
Looking forward to this coming together when you have the time.
Plan is that after the pore fill, a white primer coat then retail-grade rattle can white lacquer. It's the same stuff I used for my satin black V (Rustoleum black with a satin clear coat on top) and it's held up. Pretty much because I don't gig out, and the most travel my black V has gotten is the occasional set-up in the back yard on a nice spring or summer day while the kids are playing outside so that I can at least practice and not be so damn bored
Even developed that telltale glossy spot near the pickups where I reflexively place my fingertip while picking.
For this new one, I'll probably stick with Dragonfire Screamers. I've used them on multiple past projects already. While I like the
idea of a set of SD Black Winters or Invaders, I'm hardly ever going to have the volume up enough to be able to tell any kind of tonal difference so why spend that kind of money? I'm still vacillating between a standard 25.5 or go nuts and get a baritone scale.
And then since my rationalization for building multiple guitars is so that I can have instruments in different tunings without having to mess with actually tuning & retuning a guitar, then double-checking intonation, then experimenting with string gauges, then messing with the truss rod, then messing with trem spring tension, then...... I'm not sure what tuning I want this one in just yet.
The black V is effectively a baritone in a standard scale. It's tuned to B-standard using Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky (56 gauge for the 6th string).
This one might be a Drop-D....or a C-standard. Or....
