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Keep it. This is what it looks like

I think it's Cherry. See if it smells sweet

another thread back from the dead! just looking for ideas for my headstock design, and came across this thread. wanted to put my 2 cents in. really like this design

jointer advice: almost all jointers will have some degree of "snipe". Snipe is what happens at the very end of a piece of wood in the jointer. It will cut a little bit deeper only at the last portion of the wood when passing over the cutting knives. It naturally happens because at the end of...

from my birdseye experience, most pieces that I cut into smell awful. I don't know why, but it just does. Bocote on the other hand smells like dill pickles, which is quite nice. build looks awesome so far! Keep going :D

I like the design too! Do you not have a wood supplier that is local? I really don't like to think about ordering wood online. I like seeing/touching/smelling/licking my wood before I buy it. Plus if you start buying wood from a supplier frequently, they usually give you a really good deal! The...

I was going to suggest transtint red for the body, But I can see that its too late now. never thought of using oil paint to tint a piece of wood, hopefully it totally dries for you before you start with the true oil. there's a really good wipe on poly that is satin, and it dries pretty fast...

I was going to say get some transtint black, but transtint is about $20 per bottle. the stewmac fretboard stain is probably the way to go. I might actually pick some up for myself. good find!

some more pics for yall. Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed as you can see i've already cut the cocobolo fretboard. it smells like roses in my garage right now. after a couple more of those things I'm sure I will have to replace the blades in my jointer, thickness planner, and my...

thanks! I'm really surprised too.:)

a little more work done this morning. glued on the cherry burl top Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed Link Removed planned the neck Link Removed basic layout Link Removed next to order the truss rod, and start profiling the neck taper.

I really like that shape. It looks like you know what you're doing as well. tuning in! :D

had a little time this morning to get some more cutting done. I planed all of my neck laminations for glue up, and got those clamped, and glued together. Link Removed I cut out the rough shape of the body wings Link Removed dug out my piece of cocobolo that will become my fretboard...

Picked up some wood today to start a new build. Hard mapke body, padauk, wenge neck, and a cocobolo fretboard. It will be a 5 string fan fret build. All ive done so far is cut some neck laminations. Stay tuned as pics and updates roll in. Link Removed