The mahogany S7 i built

[ohio_eric]

I want it!! That guitar is damn sexy. Very nice work.

 

[skinhead]

Amazing! It's 25,5" or 27"?

 

[El Caco]

Very Nice

 

[Mattmc74]

Awesome job! It looks great!

 

[Faine]

Awesome man, It looks beautiful, Nice body!

 

[Yoshi]

that looks hawt!! Put a mahogany cap on the headstock and it would look br00tals

 

[scott from _actual time_]

how much would you want for one....
what's the scale lenght ?

the scale length is 25.5", standard strat and S scale length.

sorry, i don't build stuff for money. i'm not a builder, just a guy with some tools.

 

[AVH]

Bravo! A mahog S7 with an ebony board, just a super job.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

thanks dudes!

Tony, i can't post my router templates because i don't have them in any digital format. i made them all by hand by tracing my old 540S7. as far as i know, nobody makes 7-string templates of anything. i had to make all of mine.

What material did you make them out of? I'm looking to have all acrylic templates with the centerlines on them, even if I have to make some of them my self also. Would you be able to photograph yours, even from a distance?

 

[scott from _actual time_]

What material did you make them out of? I'm looking to have all acrylic templates with the centerlines on them, even if I have to make some of them my self also.

i make mine from MDF first, to make sure i get them absolutely correct. then i make acrylic master-versions:

the centerlines i figure out by measuring and i mark on with a fine-tip sharpie (you can see the tiny centerline marks on the template in that pic). that way they won't rub off, but i can still erase them with rubbing alcohol if i find i've made a mistake.

a great resource for all things about guitar building is projectguitar.com.

 

[Groff]

Nice job man!

Mahogony has such a nice texture

 

[RGGR]

How did you drill that input/output jack???

 

[scott from _actual time_]

How did you drill that input/output jack???

the S-series jack hole is at a 60-degree angle from vertical. i drill the counter-sunk wider part with a 7/8" Forstner bit and the table on my drill press slanted way over at 60 degrees (that's so far over it's off the tilt scale, so i measure wth a protractor). then before i unclamp the body, i swap the Forstner for a 1/2" bit and drill the smaller hole that holds the actual jack.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

That's cool. I did a neck single coil p/u modded template, I scored the underside so the centerline would always be visible, and closest to the top of the instrument, that way I could set it right on the bookmatch of the top.

Thanks for sharing that.

 

[bjoneill74]

wow.. that's awesome..
very nice work..

 

[MerlinTKD]

Absolutely beautiful

Never understood putting a maple top on mahogany... the natural wood is just so rich and gorgeous... superb job

 

[Apophis]

Great, clean and simple project.
Congrats

 

[DetunedLoon]

Scratch body....that looks like that......WOW I am impressed! Great, great job!