Monday, November 26, 2012

Final Design for Fretboard - REVEALED!

The design of the fretboard and headstock inlays is now complete and above is a rendering of what it will look like. You'll probably have to click on the file and open it to see it in full (something like "Open in a new window"). But in case you can't, the greyhound runs down (or should I say up?) the fretboard and after pausing to look back, he morphs into a musical beamed eighth note. Pretty cool, eh?

Kinda symbolic of our band kids. They enter as greyhounds, but they leave as musicians!

The machining will be done this week and with any luck, I'll be assembling it on the neck this weekend.

UPDATE: In my browsers at least you can just left click on the image to display it larger.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Another teaser...

The renderings for the CNC inlay are looking great and should be ready soon. Until then, here's a quick look at how the pickguard will look when installed. I don't like to put black plastic pickguards on nice guitars, so this one is made out of Sapelle wood, very thin.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

A peek at the fretboard inlays...

I've been working with a custom inlay shop that specializes in CNC of shell inlays, and we've come up with a really cool idea for the fretmarkers. Everyone who's seen it agrees it's uber cool and must be done, but I'm going to keep the complete design a surprise. For now, you'll have to settle for a teaser. So here to the left is the conceptual art for the first three fret inlays (at frets 3, 5, and 7). Trust me, the markers are at 9, 12, and 15 are even better! They will be mother of pearl, and are silhouettes of a greyhound running down the fretboard (for those watching that aren't local, the greyhound is the AHS school mascot).

For now I'm waiting on the CNC shop to finish the inlays and send them back, so there probably won't be many updates until then since I must have this finished before I can complete the neck.