DSS3's Stinnett guitar

[J.DavisNJ]

Actually, here is a preliminary design for a more conservative body. I'm going to cut out a prototype soon and I may be tweaking it a bit:

And here's something else that's on the drawing board:

Awesome, looks great.

Ideally I would like mini fretboard dots centered and an inline headstock. Is this possible?

thanks

-Joe

 

[Decimator]

And after sanding/buffing:

WOW That's just awesome!

 

[STINNETT]

Thanks, guys.

JDavisNJ, I haven't settled on a standard inline headstock design yet...I'm still tossing around ideas, but yeah, I will certainly do one.

 

[Zack Uidl]

oooo, a 7!

 

[Joematthews]

This thread has inflated my meat.

 

[Machinated]

if these guitars play and sound as good as they look....good god!

nice work!

 

[Toni S.]

Omg.. that flamed top one is gorgeous!!

 

[STINNETT]

Thanks guys.

This thread is kind of veering off of Jeff's guitar - more pictures of that soon!

 

[STINNETT]

Sorry I haven't had time to post a lot of pictures of this thing, my workshop time has been getting cut short here lately so I use it as efficiently as I can.

Over the next couple days I'll be fitting the neck and starting on the carving. Hope to be done with this in a couple weeks.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Can't wait to see more pics, boss.

 

[Keregioz]

I really like the look of this fretboard...what wood is it and what are the differences in feel/tone compared to the standard rosewood?

 

[zakky]

I really like the look of this fretboard...what wood is it and what are the differences in feel/tone compared to the standard rosewood?

i think its birdseye maple very nice!!

 

[JeffTD]

Good god I never imagined the fretboard to look THAT gorgeous! Holy hell... this thing is going to kill, I'm quite sure.

 

[Emdprodukt]

Can't wait for mine. SPACE INVADERS INLAYS FTW!!!!!

 

[Lasse Lammert]

DSS3, I envy you!
I wish I could afford one right now...before Metalhead raises his prices

 

[kev]

Beautiful stuff from the Stinmeister! I'd be all over this, but for the fact I must stop buying musical gear at least for a while lol. That fretboard is lookin beast.

 

[STINNETT]

I really like the look of this fretboard...what wood is it and what are the differences in feel/tone compared to the standard rosewood?

It's birdseye maple. Maple is generally a little brighter sounding than rosewood.

It's a lot tighter grained than rosewood, it feels smoother - similar to ebony. But it will get dirty easily - it needs to have a finish of some sort on it.

Jeff's guitar is getting oiled, and that will bring out the figuring in the board that much more.

 

[JeffTD]

...MORE figure? I don't know if I'll be able to open this thing in the presence of anyone else for fear of them drowning in the drool that is sure to fill up the room.

 

[STINNETT]

Preparing to cut the neck pocket:

That's a pretty sexy control cavity, haha!

Laying out the carve:

Done!

Getting real close!

 

[Parka Dez]

I'll be the first to say that looks awesome!