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Needs matching headstock.

With Swamp Ash the trick is finding the lightest pieces. The parts of the tree that actually been in contact with the swamp. Otherwise your just dealing with Northern Hard Ash.....and that has nothing to do with Swamp Ash. Sustain and tone with Swamp Ash comes from soft wood in between...

Not sure I understand your comment about the contour on the face. The top of this guitar is totally flat. Just a contour for the fore-arm on top of the guitar, and a body contour on the back of guitar together with halfmoon shape contour near the neckpocket. The contour on the face...

540pvii coming together:

Guitars and airplanes don't go well together....so best thing is to box up your purchase and mail it to yourself. On paperwork you mark guitar as "returned from repairs". This way the taxman won't stick any import tax on the guitar.

There is no place like it in the world. You will love it. And the Japanese women are to die for.

Here are some pics.....

Currently in Japan for few days and as you can imagine I hit the Ikebe stores in Tokyo today. RG 8427F BX for 220,500 Yen..... RG 4BX for 238,000 Yen Was bit disappointed with overal quality of the RG4BX. For top of the line J. Custom range this shouldn`t be the case. For now still in...

Better?

The Maxxas headstock is an acquired taste. It justs needs to be there, without it it doesn't look right......

When my two favorite guitars would have sex.......this would be their baby, I guess. The Maxxas MX-7Pii. And a 7 string kiddo of course.

I get my lumber from local specialized lumber store. They have a nice supply of almost everything. It's a matter of dropping by there once in a while and see what new supply they have in stock. I always say I don't pick out the wood, but the wood picks me. I go in for piece of Bubinga, but...

All these projects in the work are built with a cheap $39.95 Chinese router, $25 jigsaw, a $9.95 workbench, some rasps, some files, and tons of sand paper. Building a guitar is not rocket science. And you don't need fancy dandy equipment. (more about that later) Step 1. is signing up with...

Trouble is I can dream-up guitars faster then I can build them. :wallbash:

I'm one of those people...I guess..... And when worried about the environment why not use some McDonalds countertops? And don't get me wrong I care about our tropical forrests too, but also realize that my one or two guitars won't ruin the ecosystem. 99% of deforestation is caused by...

You seem to be be all hung up on this "exotic wood" type thing. You need to sprinkle that around like spices on a meal. Not create whole meal out of it. Then you're better off with a pepper stuck in your arse. :scream: Simple laminated neck, one trussrod, and you're done. Going for looks...

In-progress is the best state to be in. When finished it's just another damn guitar.:hbang:

I have always been a sucker for a laminated neck. You simply can't beat the look of it.

I build as a hobby......to get away from daily BS (demanding job, the wife, the kids....etc.) It's a great pleasure turning piece of wood into something that sings and screams. To realize that a dead piece of wood is never dead. That in works, lives, breathes......that only when you ask it...

See my work is being advertised here, so thought it was best to shine some light on the matter. Some 2-3 years ago, after listening my whole life to metal/hard rock....I decided it was time to start playing the guitar. And without a guitar in the house, it would never happen, so I bought a...