Single Cut Carved Top

[SimsCustomShop]

Hey! Thought you guys might like to see some progress pics of one one of my Sims Custom Shop Single Cuts I'm building for a customer. This guitar has a set neck, 25.5" scale, 5A Quilt top, my "Ocean Blue" grain enhancement, African Mahogany back (with lots of ribbon) set neck, 3 piece neck (mahogany, purpleheart & mahogany), matching quilt headstock card, routed for 2 humbuckers, string-thru the body design, etc etc.....let me know what you think.

Heres the billet I started with.......

Book matched, joined & glued together....

Ready to CNC.....

Carved Top done...

 

[MUYFUE]

That's some serious FLAME . Looks cool so far!

-edit- or quilt or whatever... :icon_tongue:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Awesome Quilted maple, where did you get it??

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Front done.....

Heres the neck I built for it......3 piece mahogany, purplehart & mahogany, matching quilt headstock card, ebony fingerboard, offset abalone dots, 24 fret 25.5" scale

Pictures of the back after 1 coat of sealer....

Heres the front after I grain enhanced it....

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Awesome Quilted maple, where did you get it??

Thanks!. I have a source I buy it from in Washington State


I'll be gluing the neck in sometime this week then I will seal the neck & top, grain enhance the headstock card to match the body, then it should be close to beingt ready to clear coat maybe next week. I'll post some progress pics as I get more done.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Looks great. You should have slid one of the top boards to align the quilt a little better, but still awesome none the less. ccasion14:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Looks great. You should have slid one of the top boards to align the quilt a little better, but still awesome none the less. ccasion14:

Yea I know.....its weird tho, bc when I glued it up the way the light was hitting it the pieces looked perfectly aligned....oh well, its really not that bad & the customer loves it.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Looks great. You should have slid one of the top boards to align the quilt a little better, but still awesome none the less. ccasion14:

Yea I know.....its weird tho, bc when I glued it up the way the light was hitting it the pieces looked perfectly aligned....oh well, its really not that bad & the customer loves it.

Believe me, It's an great looking guitar. I just happen to notice stuff like that. It's my curse.  :doh:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

I know, I'm the same way. But you know how figuring can appear three dimensional & move with the light, well, it just so happens the way my lighting was in the room I glued this up in it appeared to be lined up, but then later, I realized the figuring was about an 1/8" off. But its cool, I see this alot on other high end guitars as well....sometimes they line up perfect & sometimes they may be a hair off. I just need to make sure next time I have some better lighting

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Just took a pic of it with the top now sealed & the neck glued in.......(the reason theres so much orange peel is b/c this is the sealer, not the clear coat)

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Once buffed it will be really sweet.  :headbang:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Yea...but thats not the clear coat thats on it.....thats the sealer.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Yea...but thats not the clear coat thats on it.....thats the sealer.

I'm a dumb arse  :doh:

BTW, it darkened up nicely. :icon_thumright:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Thanks! Yea I really like the way its turning out

 

[clearerphish]

PRETTY!!!!!

 

[blue313]

Beautiful woods and some nice work!

Any reason why you went with a set neck instead of a tenon design?

 

[MUYFUE]

same question...i ask it everytime i see it. That's the only neck joint? juss gloo? juss checking.  :icon_smile:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

I just like a set neck better, & I've been using this design on these for several years & it works great.

 

[bbl4ck]

Man, that is some gorgeous wood goin' on there.  :glasses9:
Great work...
:kewlpics: :rock-on:

 

[SimsCustomShop]

Heres some updated pics.......

Still in the sealing process of filling all the grain. Not quite ready to clear coat yet.