Builds 6 and 7 - Zebrawood and Imbuia

[MikeNeal]

So, while I wait for the finals pieces to come in for builds 4 and 5, I figured I would start the neck two.

the bodies will be ash, one will have an imbuia top, the other will have a zebrawood top.

the necks will be a combination of katalox and ash

so today I started building the bodies. I went out and bought a 10 foot board of 6/4 ash and got cracking.

 

[IGC]

Looking good, new guitars and woods fun fun

 

[Pikka Bird]

...but I am a child of light.

 

[MikeNeal]

glued on the zebrawood top.

I decided to glue the tops onto the bodies before I cut the shape out this time. before I would route the body, then glue the top on - this worked ok, but when using the body as the template to route the top, the router would ride on dried glue, creating that little bit extra work sanding.

 

[trebal]

Awesome top!

 

[MikeNeal]

Thanks. It turned out really good

 

[jwade]

Digging this a lot.

 

[MikeNeal]

cut the shapes out on the band saw

then i cut all the peices for the necks.
both will be katalox/ash/katalox/ash/katalox

glued em up

 

[KnightBrolaire]

<3 the katalox and zebrawood.

 

[MikeNeal]

<3 the katalox and zebrawood.

i figured you would like the katalox.

i have a Bowes guitar with a katalox neck, feels awesome and super slick, so i wanted to do it myself

 

[MikeNeal]

small update.

planed the necks flat. turned out real nice

 

[MikeNeal]

routed bodies to shape

 

[Grand Rabbit]

This is looking great real inspiration

 

[MikeNeal]

did the first batch of routing on the bodies.

turned out really good so far

 

[MikeNeal]

drilled the neck mounting holes, neck ferrule holes, rounded the back of the bodies, and did the tummy cuts

 

[Electrotimber]

Hi, very nice body shape, what's about name? I'm trying to find a superstrat plan cause I like the shape but I can not make it.
You did the shape with router Bit pn the neck pocket roundover?

 

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Do you find there are any issues with building two guitars at one time? I'm starting my first build and I'm having mixed feelings about trying to do two at once.

 

[electriceye]

I like those routing templates! Where did you get them??

 

[MikeNeal]

Hi, very nice body shape, what's about name? I'm trying to find a superstrat plan cause I like the shape but I can not make it.
You did the shape with router Bit pn the neck pocket roundover?

I designed the shape my self. And I just used a round over bit on my router

 

[MikeNeal]

Do you find there are any issues with building two guitars at one time? I'm starting my first build and I'm having mixed feelings about trying to do two at once.

Not finding issues, I think it helps to develop consistency