
Helldunkel
New member
Hi all,
I am currently building this guitar and would like to share some pictures, enjoy!
quick specs:
-A unique piece of salvaged Hard Rock Birdseye/Quilt Maple for the top
-Very old 'Rift Sawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany neck
-Very old 'Quatersawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany body
-West African Ebony fingerboard, 12'' radius, 25.5'' scale, 24 frets
top is glued to the body:
using my old template for tracing the body:
ready for the bandsaw:
cleaning up the bandsaw blade marks:
and this is what you get:
cutting the integrated armrest bevel and body contours:
routing the rear control cavity:
cutting the recess for the cover:
fingerboard slotted, ready for cutting the taper:
here is the very old 'rift sawn' neck blank:
truss rod groove is cut, now tracing the neck and headstock:
cutting out the one piece neck:
ready for gluying the fingerboard:
here I am using my 'marble table' technique to glue the fingerboard, the idea is to have it all glue perfectly flat with perfect even pressure all over the neck:
blending the fingerboard to the headstock face:
drilling the tuning machine holes:
working on the fingerboard radius:
ready for fretting:
carving the volute:
carving and shaping the neck with a file and hand plane:
centering the neck:
routing the neck pocket:
neck is now ready to be fitted for the first time:
more comming soon, thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed
I am currently building this guitar and would like to share some pictures, enjoy!

quick specs:
-A unique piece of salvaged Hard Rock Birdseye/Quilt Maple for the top
-Very old 'Rift Sawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany neck
-Very old 'Quatersawn' one piece Sapelli Mahogany body
-West African Ebony fingerboard, 12'' radius, 25.5'' scale, 24 frets
top is glued to the body:

using my old template for tracing the body:

ready for the bandsaw:


cleaning up the bandsaw blade marks:


and this is what you get:

cutting the integrated armrest bevel and body contours:


routing the rear control cavity:


cutting the recess for the cover:

fingerboard slotted, ready for cutting the taper:


here is the very old 'rift sawn' neck blank:

truss rod groove is cut, now tracing the neck and headstock:

cutting out the one piece neck:

ready for gluying the fingerboard:

here I am using my 'marble table' technique to glue the fingerboard, the idea is to have it all glue perfectly flat with perfect even pressure all over the neck:

blending the fingerboard to the headstock face:



drilling the tuning machine holes:

working on the fingerboard radius:

ready for fretting:



carving the volute:

carving and shaping the neck with a file and hand plane:


centering the neck:

routing the neck pocket:

neck is now ready to be fitted for the first time:



more comming soon, thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed
