New Custom 6'er in the Works! (Redwood/Limba whhaaaaaaa)

[Watty]

That makes sense, how about the cavity in the neck itself for the inlay? It seems like such a tight fit. I suppose it's probably a pretty rudimentary process, but I've never seen it done, so sorry for the ignorance!

Somehow he used a router. Not sure of the bit and whatnot, but we had to play with the location given the proximity to the volute.

 

[TDR]

Jesus mother almighty f**k

That is so ....ing awesome.

 

[Dawn of the Shred]

Looks great man!

 

[craigny]

Fantastic.

 

[JDinSC]

Jesus.... Just dropped in and read the whole thread... Killer build, killer color... Killer everything!

 

[Suitable]

That bird is F.CKING cool! Just awesome how it has "mini" curl going on when the body has a much much larger curl, very nice attention to detail

Do you know where he or you got that large ebony binding from for the body? I want some (or Macassar would be better for me) for my build Im doing now. It ties everything into the fretboard nicely

 

[Watty]

Yep, the curly bird was a nice touch. And he got the ebony from his local wood supplier for free. Turns out it had some defects that prevented it from being used for fretboards...

 

[Suitable]

Hmmm... Might have to buy another blank and chop it up I dont even like saying that though... there must be a better option... Ill keep hunting, cheers for the info

 

[chinzilla1984]

This looks astonishing, really good work bro hope she plays as good as she looks. \m/

 

[Watty]

So Tyler just let me know that the odds are good that we'll have this wrapped and ready to ship in the next two weeks or so. Might be a video in the works with another forumite before it ships so you don't have to wait until the NGD thread to see it up close...

 

[DISTORT6]

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[tyler_faith_08]

Made me think of this:

Incredible guitar. This is beautiful.

 

[Watty]

^ yeah, I was going to make a similar meme out of that picture, but I'm lazy...

 

[The Spanish Inquisition]

Yes, I went there.

 

[kylendm]

 

[Watty]

A+ Sir.

 

[rifft]

That neck binding just brings this guitar to a whole new level! It looks amazing!

 

[Watty]

So, there aren't any more pictures, but Tyler did tell me that we're done with the finish testing. Apparently, his dad's been involved in the automotive industry for a few decades and therefore knows a thing or two about finishing cars. Being that Tyler didn't want to be at the mercy of another finisher's schedule for his builds, he had his dad give it a go on a test body that you saw earlier for the stain pictures.

Turned out really well and he should be finishing mine up within the week. We're going with a high gloss on the top and the binding (including the interior parts of the carves on either side of the neck pocket) and a matte nitro everywhere else.

 

[Watty]

Test body done, mine starts today.

 

[Watty]

Here's where we're at after the first coat was sprayed. Crazy how deep the grain on the redwood is; even completely sanded down, there's enough of a residual difference to make the wood's characteristics stand up to the finishing. More to follow: