JRT12's Stinnett Guitar build

[STINNETT]

Sized the neck laminates and glued up the neck today.

Off the saw and into the jointer:

I chose the boards for their grain orientation. Nice straight grain in the center, and a slightly curved grain opposed on either side:

Ready for some glue:

In the clamps:

 

[Metaltastic]

Wow, so it's gonna be a 3-piece flamed maple neck with a bound ebony board, then? Sexy...

 

[Unavailable]

(face mandatory )

Where's the flat brimmed hat?

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahaha, if I owned one, you can bet I'd be wearing it to complete the 'tard image!

 

[STINNETT]

All glued up, remachined the fretboard surface and got it marked up for the next phase.

 

[Toni S.]

What, you mean there's a difference? WHATEVER, I learned from the best teacher there is - THE STREETS

 

[STINNETT]

For JRT12 and anyone else who's wondering what this mahogany looks like.
Here is a raw board, and a smaller piece that's been surfaced in preparation as a neck blank.

 

[AudioPhile777]

For JRT12 and anyone else who's wondering what this mahogany looks like.
Here is a raw board, and a smaller piece that's been surfaced in preparation as a neck blank.

thats some sexy wood...

 

[STINNETT]

Carbon fiber reinforcement rods for the neck. Not much to them, but you can't bend this shit!

Shot of the body blank:

Hard to see it clearly, but there is a bit of figuring in this wood. With some finish it should pop out a lot better:

In the bandsaw:

Voila!

Closest I can do to a mock up....lol:

 

[Eddy]

Kinda hard to see in the pictures but is that body made from one or two piece?

 

[STINNETT]

One piece.

 

[006]

Hot damn! You may remember I asked you about making me a KL Explorer copy but now I want to know when the 7-strings are coming!

~006

 

[STINNETT]

What would you say to a fanned-fret / multiscale 7 string with a 27"/25" scale length? I'd like to prototype one this summer.

 

[STINNETT]

Routing for the truss rod:

Truss rod in place, about to route for the carbon fiber rods:

Truss rod and Carbon Fiber rods in place:

I forgot to take a picture of the neck in the bandsaw....but here it is shortly after. Moving right along.

 

[Metaltastic]

Damn, looks awesome man, and I love the carbon fiber rods - are those adjustable?

 

[STINNETT]

No, the center rod is a traditional 2-way adjustable truss rod. The carbon fiber rods are just there to aid in keeping the neck stiff and resistant to moving around. They also help eliminate dead spots in the neck.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Thanks so much for sharing this assembly process..... seriously considering one later this year if I've still got a day job!

 

[jrt12]

awesome man, loving it. we're so psyched!

 

[STINNETT]

awesome man, loving it. we're so psyched!

Me too!

I hope to be done with this thing in just a few more weeks.

 

[STINNETT]

Wasting no time on this one.

Bandsawing the neck taper:

Neck tapered:

Gluing on some "ears" for extra width:

Cutting fretboard to size:

After a little drying time, bandsawing the headstock:

Another day's progress: