It's going to be great guitars. You want to use ash, check this piece
This strat made my friend who's building also my 9 string
Nice, very nice piece of wood!* skinhead of course, means that in a sexual way
My 8 string build:)
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Adam
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That looks great Adam - pretty much my idea of the perfect 8! Looks a tad neck-heavy (because of the cutaway for the extra frets), although I'm sure you've figured all this stuff out. Good luck!
And sadly, I have no kittie pictures to contribute
Yeah, I bought the heaviest piece of swamp ash I could find(12lbs) and Im going to move the strap button to a diffrent area.
Adam
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Ordered the wood
This was the best grain he had ATM.
This was the best grain he had ATM. 
nice grain!
Beautiful 
THis is the closest.(did we have any sex emoticon?)
Adam
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Nice grain, but i think that you have to put a quilted maple there, or maybe some buckeae burl (did we have any sex emoticon?
You know I saw a very quilted maple venneer, I might do that but just oil it
Ill see how my project turns out before I buy it though.
Adam
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Ive decided to make this guitar a neck through now.
I also got an email back from EMG regarding the 808's:
I also got an email back from EMG regarding the 808's:
Awesome, thanks for posting the info about the 808 availability Adam.
Can you order from them directly?
Can you order from them directly?
Adam
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Dont know, try emailing him.
Adam
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Got another reply regarding how to get ahold of the 808's
Sounds great, Adam! That's going to be awesome. Keep us posted with some pics too.
That's going to be awesome. Keep us posted with some pics too. GodBlessTexas
Ibanez Junky
Adam, that looks awesome. Two things come to mind looking at it:
1:30 frets on a 27" scale length sounds like it's going to be awfully tight at the higher frets. Have you mocked it up to see if it looks/feels doable? N/M. Just did the math, and it looks like it'd be just slightly more cramped than the 23 and 24th frets on a 25.5 scale guitar at the 29th and 30th frets.
2: That neck pickup looks like it may be awfully close to the lower horn on the bottom edge. If you've seen the Rusty Cooley Dean 7 string, you'll notice that they put the neck pickup at a bias to avoid this problem. Have you thought about maybe doing that to give yourself some additional clearance so you don't accidentally rout from the pickup cavity through the horn? I'd be worried that any chipout in that corner could be bad news for the body.
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2: That neck pickup looks like it may be awfully close to the lower horn on the bottom edge. If you've seen the Rusty Cooley Dean 7 string, you'll notice that they put the neck pickup at a bias to avoid this problem. Have you thought about maybe doing that to give yourself some additional clearance so you don't accidentally rout from the pickup cavity through the horn? I'd be worried that any chipout in that corner could be bad news for the body.
Adam
Contributor
I have an updated sketch with the upper horn extended to maintain balance, and a bit more wood on the lower cutaway to avoid issues with the neck p/u, and like I stated before it is now neck thru, which eliminated alot of problems.
1. I have mocked it up, and worst case scenario my pinky would cover the last 2 frets, but would still produce an audible sound, remember Michael angelos 29 fret V? His scale was 25.5"
and he had no problem play the higher frets:
2. Dont worry, everythings drawn to scale, there will be about 2 cm of wood above it, and about 1 cm from the top corner of the p/u to the edge of the cutaway.
Thanks for your concern though, I have though this through for a long time, so just about all the bugs are fixed.
I will post the new sketches as soon as my bitch of a sister gives me the digital camera back
msherman
Banned
Plenty of fret spacing there. The Hamer Virtuoso`s we did had 36 frets and a 26.250" scale, and there is plenty o room!
Adam
Contributor
Plenty of fret spacing there. The Hamer Virtuoso`s we did had 36 frets and a 26.250" scale, and there is plenty o room!
BTW I should be getting the cash soon Sherman(my accountant said the governments comp is fucked so I cant get my cheque, because the age I am now doesent match their records, apparently I'm 89 years old
, but he said he will mail the info, so I will get the cash) How does a $300 downpayment sound?Adam
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Updated pics and specs:
The new design(and is now neck thru)
And I also drew the full size template:
The wood should be in any day now!
I am now going with EMG 808's rather than the EMG bass p/us, since we can apparently order the 808's through any EMG dealer(their words not mine)
Here are the specs for the neck Mike Sherman will be building for me:
Ok so here are the finalized specs:
Scale: 27"
Cut nut for low F# about 0.70
String spacing need to match hipshot 8 string fixed bridge
Neck thru
Hardware (tuning keys): black
Fretboard wood: unbound rosewood with off set small pearloid dots
Neck material: Ibanez profile-with flat thin back- 5 piece finished multi-laminate neck with Purple Heart.
Headstock: Conklin style headstock (like Erics) no cap on headstock like this
Frets: 30 frets - Dunlop 6000
Radius: 16 degrees
Thickness for plank that goes into the body 1 3/4
About 12 past the fret board should be sufficient.
Top cutaway meets 22rd fret
Bottom cutaway meets at 29th.
The new design(and is now neck thru)
And I also drew the full size template:
The wood should be in any day now!
I am now going with EMG 808's rather than the EMG bass p/us, since we can apparently order the 808's through any EMG dealer(their words not mine)
Here are the specs for the neck Mike Sherman will be building for me:
Ok so here are the finalized specs:
Scale: 27"
Cut nut for low F# about 0.70
String spacing need to match hipshot 8 string fixed bridge
Neck thru
Hardware (tuning keys): black
Fretboard wood: unbound rosewood with off set small pearloid dots
Neck material: Ibanez profile-with flat thin back- 5 piece finished multi-laminate neck with Purple Heart.
Headstock: Conklin style headstock (like Erics) no cap on headstock like this
Frets: 30 frets - Dunlop 6000
Radius: 16 degrees
Thickness for plank that goes into the body 1 3/4
About 12 past the fret board should be sufficient.
Top cutaway meets 22rd fret
Bottom cutaway meets at 29th.
angus
Well-Known Member
You might want to check those specs over with Mike- 30 frets doesn't leave a lot of room for two pickups spaced out like that. You can't just add frets forever- something has to give!
This is my guitar almost ready from him: 30 frets, and that pickup route is for the bridge pickup!
This is my guitar almost ready from him: 30 frets, and that pickup route is for the bridge pickup!
