JRT12's Stinnett Guitar build

[Metaltastic]

Brilliant thread MH. A1 craftmanship.

Take the edge off where the forearm rests (whilst seated) though. My Hellraiser annoys the crap out or me due to that square edge there.

+1 billion to a forearm cut; it may look awkward on a carved top body, but fuck it, in this case function over form! (and it especially annoys me on my arch-top RG when I play live)

 

[vainamoinen]

+ 2 billion if you do a scoop like on the John Petrucci music man! those things lock you in

 

[Metal Overload]

Thought about that the other day, i think Petrucci`s guitar looks awesome, but also, looks extremly comfortable with that forearm cut, and +1 on the hellraiser, i get used, with it annoys.

and BTW, that guitar is looking awesome!!, i`m having GAS haha

 

[STINNETT]

Kind of hard to see much here, but I'm drilling for the side dots:

Glue em in and snip em off:

Then file em flush

Face dots going in:

 

[AudioPhile777]

That neck looks MASSIVE... 7 or 8 string?

 

[AdamWathan]

Pretty sure it's a 6 string, neck looks normal to me?

 

[cobhc]

Yeah, looks normal to me too.

 

[Metaltastic]

Looks normal to me (and it's definitely a 6-string judging by the pic of the Floyd ), it's probably just an optical illusion from being unmounted

 

[STINNETT]

Yeah, must be an optical illusion because it is a very standard sized six string.

 

[AudioPhile777]

ok then...

 

[STINNETT]

Just after gluing on the fingerboard:

Making some reference marks for carving away the heel:

The first bit of carving the volute:

Roughing in the heel end:

Shaving the neck to size:

Getting closer:

Closer still:

And now for a ton of sanding, starting with the heel:

Mostly sanded to shape:

In place so you can see the comfy heel:

 

[Chryst Krispies]

So did you just eyeball the neck????

How do you get the roundness to be precise?

Looks fuckin awesome. Really nice.

 

[STINNETT]

I've made little cardboard templates off of some necks that I like and I carve the neck until the templates fit over it nicely. I think you can see them in a couple of the pics.
Alot of it is just feel though. I hold the neck in my hand and judge the shape as I go too.

 

[AudioPhile777]

Thats just sexy.

 

[Pot]

very nice metalhead very nice

 

[STINNETT]

Thanks guys

Drilling for the tunining machines, Schaller M6's:

Scraping for some nice clean corners:

I have no future as a spokesmodel....

 

[Metaltastic]

Hahahaha, love the eyebrow dude Oh yeah, and guitar looks awesome as always!

 

[jrt12]

awesome! she looks so fuckin sweet

 

[J the TyranT]

In that pic, you look like

Kevin Durand... who plays a big scary dude in fucking everything

 

[M.Lehto]

Damn, that's great. How much does these costs anyway (with few EMG's and without Floyd)?