My latest guitar build I call my Emerald Burst. My last one as you may remember was my Caramel Burst.
This started out as a Rogue Rocketeer HSS that I got brand new for about 1/2 price. All of the components (and I DO mean "ALL"... tuners, trem, pups, pots, switch, knobs, even guitar strap knobs) were VERY cheap quality and I didn't particularly like the body shape. But it was solid and had a good neck, nice and straight and frets were pretty level, but the fret ends were overextended and were sharp as razors.
I reshaped the body, shortened the headstock, routed for HSH, deepened the belly cut in the back and the arm relief in front, deeply rounded the edges, created a PRS-type hand relief in the lower cutout, and reduced the neck heel and plate for easier access to the higher frets, and did a fret job rounding and polishing the fret ends until they are as smooth as silk and barely even noticeable when playing.
OK, so not what you've been waiting for...pics.
This is what I started with:
This started out as a Rogue Rocketeer HSS that I got brand new for about 1/2 price. All of the components (and I DO mean "ALL"... tuners, trem, pups, pots, switch, knobs, even guitar strap knobs) were VERY cheap quality and I didn't particularly like the body shape. But it was solid and had a good neck, nice and straight and frets were pretty level, but the fret ends were overextended and were sharp as razors.
I reshaped the body, shortened the headstock, routed for HSH, deepened the belly cut in the back and the arm relief in front, deeply rounded the edges, created a PRS-type hand relief in the lower cutout, and reduced the neck heel and plate for easier access to the higher frets, and did a fret job rounding and polishing the fret ends until they are as smooth as silk and barely even noticeable when playing.
OK, so not what you've been waiting for...pics.
This is what I started with:
