Dallas Marlow guitar build

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Hello folks, I'm new to Rig Talk - hope to get to know you all soon.

I build guitars out of my small shop in Kentucky, and I am currently doing a build for forum member Dallas Marlow. http://www.dallasmarlow.com/
We both thought it would be a cool idea to cover the build process in pictures, step by step, so he and everyone else can see everything that goes into his custom guitar.

I hope anyone interested in the build process enjoys this thread as it develops, and if you've got any questions at all - fire away!

Here are the specs:

5 piece neck-thru (flame maple/mahogany/wenge/mahogony/flame maple)
Mahogony body wings
Flame maple carved top
Flame maple headstock cap
Mann-Made 1 piece Paul Reed Smith style vibrato bridge
Seymour Duncan pickups (to be determined)
Ebony fretboard w/ offset dots
25.5" scale, 24 jumbo frets.

The body style is identical to this guitar, which is a former build of mine:
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First up is making the neck blank.

Here I have selected the boards that will be used.
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Sawing to the proper width:
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Marked up for resawing. No fence - I prefer to freehand 'em.
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Wenge resawn to just oversize to be brought to 3/8" in the planer.
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Mahogany resawn, I will be using both pieces, reversed, on either side of the wenge.
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Here are the neck laminates ready for glue. Also you can see the mahogany board which will make up the body wings:
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Neck blank glued.
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More to come soon!
 
Dude Will, I can't wait to get this thing in my hands!!! I have been checking your other thread on the sneap forums every day obsessively because I know as soon as you finished that one mine was next to come!!! I'm drooling man...
 
Dallas Marlow":cs9o4nkp said:
Dude Will, I can't wait to get this thing in my hands!!! I have been checking your other thread on the sneap forums every day obsessively because I know as soon as you finished that one mine was next to come!!! I'm drooling man...
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Dude google Stinnett guitar - and goto the the like page 10 of the thread... you'll get to see the last project his did, it's sick!
 
I can't wait to hear some sound clips etc. from these guitars!
 
Cool thread .... that last build is a very attractive piece.

..... and welcome to the forum.
 
Very nice work, I would have gone for the fence though on that band saw!!! :D YOu must be way better than I to do that :thumbsup:

Welcome and good luck.
 
wstinnett":2ym3nttw said:
Hello folks, I'm new to Rig Talk - hope to get to know you all soon.

I build guitars out of my small shop in Kentucky, and I am currently doing a build for forum member Dallas Marlow. http://www.dallasmarlow.com/
We both thought it would be a cool idea to cover the build process in pictures, step by step, so he and everyone else can see everything that goes into his custom guitar.

I hope anyone interested in the build process enjoys this thread as it develops, and if you've got any questions at all - fire away!

Here are the specs:

5 piece neck-thru (flame maple/mahogany/wenge/mahogony/flame maple)
Mahogony body wings
Flame maple carved top
Flame maple headstock cap
Mann-Made 1 piece Paul Reed Smith style vibrato bridge
Seymour Duncan pickups (to be determined)
Ebony fretboard w/ offset dots
25.5" scale, 24 jumbo frets.

The body style is identical to this guitar, which is a former build of mine:
100_2364Large.jpg
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I really like that...pointy and curvy..nice job! :thumbsup:
 
You must have an awesome dust extraction system... unless you tidy up prior to taking pictures.

I have pounds of dust flying when I get to whittlin'.
 
Can't wait to see some more progress on this soon... watching a guitar being built is just freggin fun.
 
chunktone":2wxsetma said:
What's the ball park price on one of these?
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I'm not sure what his going rate is currently it's best to PM Will with what you want, and he'll give you a quote, he's pretty quick about it and very helpful!
 
Kick ass man... I can't freggin wait to see how mine turns out I bet it's going to be a monster!!!!
 
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