superstarssjc
Active Member
Hello All,
My name is Shannon.I currently live in Philly but from Baltimore. I have played 7's for years but seeing all these custom 8's out there, I decided to build my own....I had a few of my questions answered from Jesse Hall(The Illustrated Luthier). this is my first real attempt at guitar building...I just bought the wood and with the use of my dad's wood shop I got to work.
Its Alder body with a AAAA Flamed Maple top. 9pc neck(wenge,purple heart and maple) with a Pau Ferro fretboard will have a wenge veneer on the headstock. 29 inch scale...hipshot bridge, EMG 808 pickup( i like blackouts more but the 808 will have to do for now and soon to have sperzel locking tuners. I still have a crap load of work left to do but I thought you could take a look and let me know what you think Im thinking about staining it a black cherry...almost like a PRS modern eagle finish...since its kinda modeled off of a prs kinda!
the bevel on the body was done by hand with a sander....not a router...would have been easier but i didnt have one at the time!
This is just one to see if I could do It...I plan on making more eventually and using a different design.
Let me know what you think!
My name is Shannon.I currently live in Philly but from Baltimore. I have played 7's for years but seeing all these custom 8's out there, I decided to build my own....I had a few of my questions answered from Jesse Hall(The Illustrated Luthier). this is my first real attempt at guitar building...I just bought the wood and with the use of my dad's wood shop I got to work.
Its Alder body with a AAAA Flamed Maple top. 9pc neck(wenge,purple heart and maple) with a Pau Ferro fretboard will have a wenge veneer on the headstock. 29 inch scale...hipshot bridge, EMG 808 pickup( i like blackouts more but the 808 will have to do for now and soon to have sperzel locking tuners. I still have a crap load of work left to do but I thought you could take a look and let me know what you think Im thinking about staining it a black cherry...almost like a PRS modern eagle finish...since its kinda modeled off of a prs kinda!
the bevel on the body was done by hand with a sander....not a router...would have been easier but i didnt have one at the time!
This is just one to see if I could do It...I plan on making more eventually and using a different design.
Let me know what you think!