Thursday, February 14, 2008

little progress on the body


neck preparation

supplies arrived from stewmac:
  • maple neck blank
  • vintage amber stain
  • double action truss rod
  • router bit for truss rod slot

the shipping with DHL was extremely fast (3 days) with a pretty reasonable price

can't wait to get started!!

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

simple planer attachment




made a simple routing shaft/base attachment for the trimmer from a long sheet of acrylic plate($15 only), and started trimming the top, should be able to remove 4-5mm of wood with 15 mins more of effort..

Monday, February 4, 2008

My first built!!excited...


Peavey Wolfgang style guitar
Spec:
body: 3 piece alder, quilted or flame maple top,H/H config
neck: possibly maple (see what I can find on ebay), Indian rosewood fingerboard for sure..