Headstock, Neck and Smoking Barrels

Drilling tuners in headstocks

Test fit on tuners

I have moved the nut seating process up in the chain. It is easier to properly set the nut while the fretboard is still flat. Also helps prevent scratches on finished fretboards.

Into the contraption.

After.

The striations in the fretboard are not scratches but the grain of the bocote.

Headstocks get sanded out to 400 grit at this point as well because it is easier to do it at this stage.

S906 Drifter

S906 Drifter

Figured Northern ash top with a Peruvian Walnut body. Sipo neck with a Macassar Ebony board and Ash headplate. Experimental low angle headstock. Thin body provides improved ergonomics and reduced weight. Neck shape provides stress and fatigue relief. Wide string spacing and flat radius add to playability.

Top: Figured Northern Ash
Body : Peruvian Walnut
Neck : Sipo
Fretboard : Macassar Ebony
Scale : 25.5" 24-fret 16" Radius 1.75" Nut
Trussrod : ALLPARTS Double Action
Tuners : Hipshot Grip-Lock
Pickups : Diablo Humbuckers
Bridge : Hipshot
Electronics : Vol/3-way
Finish: Behlens Teak Oil with Polyurethane topcoat

D906 Ventriss

D906 Ventriss

Flamed maple top with a Padauk body. Padauk neck with a Macassar Ebony board and Figured Maple headplate. A tribute to the famuous BC Rich guitar using the S9 specifications and ergonomics. Thin body provides improved ergonomics and reduced weight. Neck shape provides stress and fatigue relief. Wide string spacing and flat radius add to playability.

Top: Flamed Maple
Body : Padauk
Neck : Padauk
Fretboard : Macassar Ebony
Scale : 25.5" 24-fret 16" Radius 1.75" Nut
Trussrod : ALLPARTS Double Action
Tuners : Allparts
Pickups : Destroyer Humbuckers
Bridge : ABM
Electronics : Vol/3-way
Finish: Behlens Teak Oil with Polyurethane topcoat

S906 Standard called Drifter....

S906 Standard... Drifter Assembled. Still needs a light fret dress but it needs to sit under string tension for a day or two and get rid of the new neck backbow. The 9 degree low head angle experiment worked for the most part.I used Hipshot staggered tuners on it and they work great for this. Right now it needs one wrap on the low E string to keep down pressure on the nut... we will see as it settles.