Almost finished...wheew!

[gbarcus]

I would like to thank all the TB folks for sharing their ideas and mad skills.
Here is my project almost done. Just finished putting the first coat of tung oil on.

 

[LGT]

Oooooh!!!! Preetty colors!!

What are the woods? So far I'm guessing that the neck is maple and paduak and maple. I can't tell about the body wings though. I has no skills at wood identification.

Beautiful!!

 

[M0ses]

Walnut? One of my favorites.
Either way, it sure as heck looks DELICIOUS!!!!

Nice forstner routing, too

 

[gbarcus]

Thanks!!!
The neck has 1/8" strips of purpleheart, 1/2" strips bloodwood and 11/13" strips of maple.
Body has a walnut core with maple/walnut/maple veneer in between the body and the curly walnut top. The fretboard is wenge.
It is a 35" scale 5 string with 19mm string spacing at the bridge.
It weighs in at just over 9lbs with no hardware.
I made the neck a bit thick to achieve better sustain. At the 5th fret it is 28mm (not including the fret). Not sure if I'll keep it that thick, I guess I'll see how comfortable it plays.

 

[iamlowsound]

The sound that came out of my mouth when I saw that was something along the line of "WaahahahaooooOOmmewant!"

lowsound

 

[Musiclogic]

Has a definate Ken Smith look without the point....nice looking nice job

 

[gbarcus]

Got it all together, and it weighs 11lbs 4oz and it is 44-1/2" long. Sniff sniff, I'm such a proud father.

 

[vbasscustom]

thats not a bad weight at all. not for something this pretty

 

[HogieWan]

Final pics? Sound clips?

 

[mikeyswood]

That is a beautiful and elegant design. Congrats and I love the flatsawn Wenge fb.

 

[Rickett Customs]

That is a beautiful and elegant design. Congrats and I love the flatsawn Wenge fb.

Flatsawn wenge does look very nice, but I feel for the poor soul that ever has to refret it, chip city

 

[Dream Weaver]

That top is dead sexy. Nice balance of colors and woods overall. It has a very warm and earthy look to it.