JRT12's Stinnett Guitar build

[006]

Looking great man! Personally I wouldn't care for fanned frets myself. Something about the fact that the traditional fret placement and everything is...after all...traditional for a reason, haha. Just not my thing is all. But I would imagine going traditional on the frets would be easier anyway? Any kind of price-point you can throw out at this time, even if it's just a ballpark?

~006

 

[STINNETT]

Oh yeah, traditional frets would be way easier. It's new to me so I'm interested in trying it out, I've never even played one but I hear great things - long scale on the B string and a short scale on the high E, that sounds pretty appealing.

I've got to do a little research before I'll give a price, but I don't anticipate it being too much more expensive than a 6.

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, conceptually it makes a lot of sense, and I've heard it fits the shape and motions of one's hand better, but I'm skeptical. OOooh, you should do a guitar with the Buzz Feiten system, though fuck if I can imagine how one would route that!

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Looks great...I love following these types of threads.

-Joe

 

[STINNETT]

Did a little more work today.

Ebony with black binding.

Rough finish at this point:

Binding scraped flush:

Once the board is finish sanded and polished, this will be a really cool look.

 

[Metaltastic]

I am gonna push so hard to get my parents to fund one of these for my college graduation present!

AND FUCK YEAH VISE GRIP, mine serves me well

 

[Ben Johnson]

Yo Metalhead28 - do you use Solidworks?

 

[Jaymz]

Can you do actual finishes too or just the natural wood bodies?

Looks fantastic!

 

[STINNETT]

Yo Metalhead28 - do you use Solidworks?

Pro-Engineer

 

[STINNETT]

Can you do actual finishes too or just the natural wood bodies?

Looks fantastic!

I can do sprayed finishes, it's just inconvenient for me because I don't have a dedicated area for painting. I plan to keep it to a minimum for now but I will do them for extra money.

 

[Jaymz]

I can do sprayed finishes, it's just inconvenient for me because I don't have a dedicated area for painting. I plan to keep it to a minimum for now but I will do them for extra money.

Yeah thats what I thought might be the case, cool stuff. Hopefully more of these step by step's "in the making" in future

 

[STINNETT]

Truing up the neck taper with a straight edge on the router table:

Edge sanding the body:

Marking the location of the neck:

Positioning the neck in preparation for creating a template:

Some boards in place to form my routing template:

I line the edges with a layer of tape to offset the cut enough to make the pocket nice and tight:

Neck pocket cut:

Tight enough to hold the body with no glue. That's what I'm talking about.

 

[Metaltastic]

God...





...damn

 

[SocialNumb]

Looks great.

 

[Joematthews]

thats some SERIOUS guitar building skillz you got there Metalhead

Joe

 

[KeithRT99]

that mahogany has a really nice grain.

 

[STINNETT]

Thanks guys. This thing is coming together pretty fast.

 

[jrt12]

hells yea man, its looking effin great!

 

[STINNETT]

Routing the electronics cavity:

Routing the recess for the cover:

Cavity ready to go:

Bandsawing a strip of the body wood for a cavity cover:

After some final shaping:

Body carve is coming up soon.

 

[vainamoinen]

how did you get into luthierie (however iyou spell it)? Did you have to study it?
How many crappy jobs does it take before you get good? and how much does it cost per build (parts... ect.)