Anybody have any experience building guitars?

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12. Dat Guitar!

That design actually reminds me of a PRS that Butch Walker used to play, way back when he still made rock music.



It's not the best picture (man, did they catch him in an unfortunate expression), but it's only one I could find where you can see the guitar.

Anyway, as for my guitar I've got the design all worked out in my head, but there's a hitch. The body I had selected, Warmoth's LP5S model, a slightly oversized Les Paul shape that can be done as a semi-hollowbody, is not available anymore, since Gibson threatened Warmoth with legal action if they continued to sell Gibson-like body designs. I read on the semi-official forum that Warmoth are working on replacement models that will be different enough so that no legal action can be taken against them. So this whole project hinges on whether I like the new body shape they come up with. I sent them an email to see if they can give me some additional info. I'm really nervous, because I would hate for this whole thing to fall apart only because I was a few months too late to get the body that I wanted.

So, presuming everything goes right, the top of the body will be birdseye maple, only one f-hole (on the top side), with a transparent red finish for the top, which should look great with the wood's grain showing through the finish. Cream binding around the edge, and everything below that solid black. Hopefully Warmoth can do the two color paint job. The neck will be all black as well (although it'd be awesome if the face of the headstock could be red, but I don't think they do that). The fingerboard will probably be ebony with no inlays; even though I like dot inlays I just can't see them on this guitar, same goes for trapezoids and none of the other designs really appealed to me.

2 humbuckers and the hardware will be all black: tuners, nut, bridge, toggle switch and black metal knobs. Volume and tone knob should be in the strat position, not in the Les Paul configuration. The pick selector should be in the position PRS uses for their solid bodies, slightly behind the bridge, more or less where the top tone knob is on a Les Paul. From what I've seen Warmoth doesn't allow for this kind of control configuration, so this might mean that I have to find a way to drill the holes myself. And considering the guitar should already be finished when I get it that causes me some concern.

I even already picked out the font for the headstock...

Whoops, got a little carried away with the description.