Tom's Custom Further Guitar

[mica]

Here's the plan with your Heart Omega carving:  

  And also a view of your tom laminate bookmatched,  since when you visited, you only saw the stick:  

[the_8_string_king]

Wow!!! That's quite a stunning board-pair.

[tom_z]

WOW! Thanks for the update, Mica. The plan with the heart omega looks beautiful - looks like plenty of room for the inlay. And the top laminate is fantastic - more dramatic than I remember - absolutely beautiful!
 
There's a wonderful resemblance.
 

 
Thanks again. =D
 
Tom

[jerico]

The omega is going to look v.cool.
 
Justin

[foth]

I was wondering who that was staring out of the wood!

[adriaan]

I wonder if a bigger size for the cutout wouldn't work better - the 'opening' seems to be too small for the size of the tips, makes them look a bit heavy.
 
But I'll admit it's not as weird as a Stinger Omega on a Small Standard bass.
 
Have you seen the heart omega on this Rogue in the Alembic Store - http://store1.yimg.com/I/alembic_1867_2876339 ?

[bigideas]

it's a very nice looking guitar. i love the wood. i was actually wondering when/if this shape (or the plain omega) would end up happening ever since i saw the wolf copy thomas lieber built pete sears (it however is a bass.)
 
http://lieberguitars.com/psBass.htm

[mica]

In carving now:  

  And a detail of the delicate heart:  

  A line drawing always looks a little "beefier" than the real thing. I suppose it's because the roundover isn't represented in a 2D drawing.

[palembic]

Veeery nice indeed!
 
PTBO

[jalevinemd]

That is the wildest friggin' top I've ever seen!!! I can't wait to see this one when it's finished, Tom.
 
Congrats.

[jerico]

Hey - that looks stellar!

[tom_z]

Beautiful!! Thank you Mica, I appreciate the update very much. And thanks gents - I think it looks great too - very exciting. It's difficult to tell, but the figured (striped) ebony fretboard should blend right into the body perfectly.  
 
I love the heart omega - you're absolutely correct, Susan, it's proportioned for this body just exactly right. Thanks!!
 
=) Tom

[mica]

Yeah, with the strong lighting in carving, it's hard to see, but the striped Macassar Ebony fingerboard looks like it's growing out of the body, super cool.

[David Houck]

Wow!!

[mica]

Routed, sealed and prepped:
 

 
It's not much to look at with the lighting and the sanding, but I figured you'd want to see how it was progressing.