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This statement is counter-intuitive for me. I've never read it before. I understand how a set neck can be equal to a neck through. But more rigid? Can you help?

Are you saying this because of Gibson makes so many neck through guitars, or because set-necked Les Pauls have such lousy sustain?

Just to bring the drawing forward

Chambered.....

I like th design. If I were doing it the curve inside the cutaway would be more rounded. I might also look for ways to migrate it further away from the classic Telecaster shape.

I'm designing a guitar having been inspired by the design thread that's been running. I'm trying to figure the neck angle required. Scale length 25.5" bridge height .5" with the saddles seated at the base Frets have a .043 crown I'm figuring the fingerboard will be 1/4" thick and will not be...

We have a closely related species here that we call sycamore. The lumber is very similar. Australian lacewood is very different from ours.

I've been looking at the last design I drew and I believe the lower bout should be a bit wider. What does the committee think?

OK how about Australian lacewood (Cardwellia Sublimis) for the caps on the wings. A specimen with really large flaking would be perfect for a surf guitar.

I'm glad to hear you're on the mend. I hope the PT isn't too much of a pain. Can we decide up front that the finish will be transparent? An opaque finish would have a bearing on wood selection for me. I have been liking the look of black limba(Korina) lately. I'd like to suggest that for wings...

OK, I can't help myself

I'm throwing one more drawing up before we start to narrow the field. This one is very much the direction I'd like to go. Still not happy with the bolts, but I'll keep trying. I've upsized the body to 16" for the lower bout. This guitar is the same size as a 335.

I can see you and I would get along just fine. Have you ever played an original D'Angelico? I used to have a 1941 Gibson L-5 Premier. There was a guy that wanted to compare his New Yorker to my guitar just to see the difference. Because the D'angelico was a deliberate copy of the L-5, the...

Maybe I'm wrong. Let the people speak.

Hey Muttley, It's appears to me that most of the response has been in favor of a surf style build. If we could officially settle on that and perhaps arrive at a preference for one of the posted designs to continue forward from, we could move on to other steps in the process even as we work on...

I'm looking at a busy day tomorrow but if I get time I'll try to make the changes you're suggesting. If not it'll have to be Monday. Could you tell me which of the surf designs you prefer?

I mean't to say three on a side. If you look at the drawing you'll see how I had it laid out

I had it six on a side.

Another stab at a semi with lightning bolt F holes

FWIW that lower horn looks like it would get in my way if I was playing up there. I would probably try to open it up if it was my design. I had an existing drawing of a neck through design that I cannibalized when This thread got started. I've just been using it until the pickup discussion...