Scott's Custom Baritone Spectrum

[mica]

I'm just a neck, yes I'm only a neck:

  and if you look real close my glue is still wet:

  Mahogany, Birch, Ebony, and Walnut. Lovely!

[mica]

Neck goes through a bunch of micro-processes, here it is with the ears on, peghead draft angle and body draft angle:

 

[jacko]

Interesting neck recipe. I wonder how that's going to sound?
 
Graeme

[mike1762]

It is interesting: a Brown Bass neck with the addition of Ebony.  I bet it would roar on a bass... not sure what that will translate to on a guitar.  Anybody have anything similar???

[tmoney61092]

Being a baritone, I think it should work nicely together
 
~Taylor

[redcloud]

Taylor, that's my hope.  I was also hoping that esthetically it would compliment the hues/colors represented in the Macassar Ebony top and back.  It needs to have nice tone and playability, but I want it to be pretty too.

[redcloud]

Mica:
 
Would you be able to post the Macassar set to be used in this guitar?

[David Houck]

Very nice neck recipe!

[rjmsteel]

Ditto to Dave\s post!
Perhaps a combination of Warmth (MBW woods) and Fundamental (Ebony).
 
-Rich

[redcloud]

Thanks fellas.  This a hard one to wait on for me.  They said 20 weeks or so.  pant, pant!

[tbrannon]

Scott,
 
I know (from previous posts of yours) that you've been down the custom build road with other guitar builders in the past, so I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but try to enjoy the process and do your best to throw the calendar away.    
 
I never asked for a timeline on the Elan I had Alembic build for me and I'm glad I didn't- it was hard enough to wait without knowing, much less if I had a 'target' date in my head and then things didn't happen according the the suggested timeline.  I asked for a target date towards the end and wished I hadn't- it made it harder to wait!!  
 
I don't know how your ebony top will be when it comes to finish, but I do know that some woods (coco bolo being one) tend to be particularly difficult when it comes time to apply finish.  
 
It sounds as though it's going to be an amazing instrument and I love the neck woods combination you decided on.  Should have a ton of fundamental with all that ebony and the mahogany and birch should warm things up a bit.  Looking forward to watching this one through the build process.

[neilvg]

Definitely take tbrannon's advice.  Don't hold to any time line -- because in all likelihood it will take much longer... muchhhh looongerrr

[redcloud]

Well, Mica and I have a designated set of wood for the guitar and it's peg head.  I hope she will post pics of it soon so you folks can have a look.

[mica]

Here's the pics of the wood selections for the top and back:

 

  It's hard to see, but there is a really nice large flame pattern on these pieces. It's sometimes called "ropey figure" and we're delighted that the board was thick enough to get the top and the back from successive slices. The little "eyes" are going to look cool with finish too!  And I found this myrtle slab with your name on it for the body core:

[redcloud]

Thanks for posting the pics Mica.  I really like the quarter sawn Macassar Ebony.  It seems like a lot of people like wildly figured wood and maybe it doesn't matter as much with electric guitars; but it is real important in acoustic guitars to have quarter sawn  lumber.  It is hard to break with what one is used to.  I think it will turn out esthetically pleasing as well!