Guitar builders/wood workers/CnC guys, come in

[grooveHT]

Gents,
For a long time, I've been disappointed in the quality of headless guitars out there. I travel quite frequently with the Army, and I'd like a guitar that I could build to my specs, partscaster style that isn't A) built from plywood like a Steinberger Spirit or Hohner, B) built by a custom builder with shameless business practices like Fretsong or C) cost an arm and a leg like some of the awesome custom builders like Saul Koll. My answer to this would be to get a CnC rig, build my own, and sell enough bodies and necks to defray the cost. This sounds counter-intuitive, as the custom build thing can get dicey.

My intent would be to do two body styles, strat-ish and tele-ish, a few pickup options, with bridge and neck hardware provided by JCustom, and do it USACG style, basically just offering raw parts for the user to finish. I've seen enough requests for those sort of guitars that I could sell maybe ten, maybe twenty bodies and necks. The first question I want to post about, how much does a CnC rig cost, and how hard is it to program, assuming that you have a body on-hand to start with to copy? More questions to follow!

 

[yngzaklynch]

Contact Mike at Switchback guitars

 

[messenger]

What about buying a body and neck and using a Floyd Speedloader bridge then u could cut off the headstock and shape the body however u want.

 

[grooveHT]

Yeah Jim, I really should re: Mike; I know he's sort of done that from the ground up. I'm that guy Jeff that comments on about half of his build pictures on facebook

messenger: that would fix about half the problem for me, but you're absolutely right. I'm looking for a full-up solution though; the design of the tail end of the guitar on headless builds really cuts down on space utilized, and all of those bridges are easily lockable as hardtails, which adds some value to me. Here's one that I have that's great, but fraught with workmanship issues:

Basically I want to do something like that, but without the workmanship flaws.

 

[LWD]

A Carvin HH2 is headless and basically tele shaped. Very well made as well.