Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: ToneMonkey on October 03, 2008, 11:33:41 AM
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There seem to be a fair few people popping up and saying that they're building a guitar. I was just wndering who is and what you are doing?
Also for those who are building, I can print off A0 drawings 1:1 scale in most formats (although dxf is prefered) so if anyone needs them, then I'll help where I can. I have to do it at work so I can't take the piss too much, but I've done it for people in the past. All for the cost of a beer if you see me. Please though, only ask me to print them if you really need them as I don't want to have to say no people if it all gets a bit too much.
I have access to all the drawings over at the projectguitar website, and I'll try to find a link to what's there. Please note however that I wont send out prints of these drawings unless you send them to me. Projectguitar works on donations and you only get access to the drawings through donating. Besides, it's a good resource if you are building, so worth joining and donating.
Right - O then, what you got?
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I have always got a guitar on the go, usually a solid-reso.
But I have also built the following.
A LP Jnr style, with one lairy pickup, and a body more like the size of a Gibson L5
A beech bodied Esquire, which my daughter now plays.
A pine bodied Esquire, based on the original Telecaster prototype. This now resides at my workplace.
All these are based around existing necks, but I have simply built the bodies, and added the hardware.
If you are planning to build from scratch though, theres probably loads of other folks on this forum that can show you the way too.
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Good to know it Monkey!
When I hit UK you'll know and get a dozen paints :D
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Out of curiosity does project guitar have mustang layouts? I'm thinking of building a body up soon and wanting another mustang body shape. Just wondering if they have one before i donate.
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not that i can see, might be worth finding a mustang to draw around or enlarging a full frontal photo
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not that i can see, might be worth finding a mustang to draw around or enlarging a full frontal photo
I have the first one ;) thought i might be able to get a more accurate tracing though. Thanks anyway
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Currently working on the 8 string (http://oli.doom-metal.com/8string/8string_3.jpg), a 4 string neck-through bass, and a Les Paul, although the LP is going to be a slightly longer project, I need to find a nice maple cap to go on her. After the 8 string and the bass are completed, i'll be building another fanned fret ( you may remember the fanned-fret 7 string that i finished a while back), but this time, a 6 string :)
I'd like to build a strat at some point, as i'm really digging the expressive strat playing of late :) It's all time and money though! I find it really therapeutic and rewarding building an instrument from scratch- taking lumps of wood and crafting something playable, something to be proud of :)
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come on oli - i think we have seen the 8, but we need pics!!
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Ive just bought Melvin Hisc--ks 'How to build an electric guitar', so soon i will be making a very poor attempt at building one. :D
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iv just finished this one
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/deco/th_28.jpg) (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/deco/28.jpg)
and am waiting for the clear coat to harden off on this one
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/th_44.jpg) (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/44.jpg)
i dont really want to be doing this by the way - i dont want to be doing someone elses design, rather be doing my own, but i just cant afford to say no. what i can say no to however is the request to put Mansons logo on it!!!???!!!! needless to say his dream of that happening didnt last very long
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iv just finished this one
(http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/deco/th_28.jpg) (http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h284/hooglebug/deco/28.jpg)
:D I like that! 21st century Brian May.
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Mine are all shown here (http://tonysguitars.blogspot.com) - though work has prevented me from doing much over the last couple of months. However, I'm off on another course next month run by Neil Morgan (check his website to see examples of his work) and hoping to learn some more tricks & tips while I'm there :D
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I'm planning (just to start) a custom Telecaster to a friend, wenge neck-thru, HH, spalted maple top....
Make neck to the Warmoth L5S body I've: brazillian rosewood + ziricote...
and after that end with my stock of woods building bodies or necks and try to sell them as replacement parts or build some thing... :D
After that 1 or 2 modules of Totnes (depend how much I will be able to pay): Archtop guitar and other don't know... not necessarily in that sequence
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I'm making a strat with a body I built last year.
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brazillian rosewood + ziricote...
Dont you just call it rosewood over there??
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brazillian rosewood + ziricote...
Dont you just call it rosewood over there??
Jacarandá da Bahia is how we call it here 8)
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brazillian rosewood + ziricote...
Can you post me some :P
pleeeeaaaaaaaaase
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brazillian rosewood + ziricote...
Can you post me some :P
pleeeeaaaaaaaaase
Pictures? Don't have it yet, when I hit it with the saw I'll take some pictures to you :D
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No, I mean post me some Braz boards, like parcel, internationally, for Will to treasure forever and ever :D
Is there much Brazilian rosewood to be had out there anyway? - on a more serious note
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No... There is pratically none more left in wild... I've heard some guys is making plantation of, but don't know anything about... I know one guy who sells it, all his blanks were cut before 1992 when become crime cut Brazillian Rosewood... He send together with the woods the papers from IBAMA (the organ that take care of nature here) to give it legality... He told me the police men arrived at his home almost the day after the prohibition and make an catalogue of all his blanks and he has to make an document telling what have been sold every month...
FWIW, if you cut a brazillian rosewood tree or sell it without the papers you're going to jail by crime against nature... here it's more severe punishment than murder... (farmers here says: if an alligator get in your farm and start to eat your animals and you kill it and a police see it, kill the police... you'll get less time in the jail than if you're arrested for killing wild live)
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I finally wired and set up my Cigar Box Guitar. It was wicked until I broke a string :violin1:
Now I've made my first, I now know what I'm doing and might rebuild it soon when I can be arsed. The bridge is about 0.75mm out and everytime I look at it, it does my head in. Still, it looks well funky. Might put a big fat P90 on it if I do rebuild it.
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My first guitar body is going well so far. Had a minor hiccup and broke a small piece of wood off, but thankfully it was repairable and was only a cosmetic feature anyway. I'll post pics when it's nearer completion. All going well, I may make my first neck-thru for the next project. :D
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my second guitar was a neck through - its a surprisingly easy way to make a guitar, you just dont have the security that you get making the body and neck seperately.
My second turned out really nice... my 3rd was also a neck-through and i was obviously getting a bit c--ky because i carved the neck too much and suddenly the truss rod popped out the back. Expensive mistake on a neck-through and it was also my first commission :(
luckily it was for a mate who new my skill level and i had decided to make two at once - so when the worst happened i had a spare :)
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That's a great idea! I might try that out just in case I do make a mistake, hehe.
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I broke into a truss rod cavity when I was reshaping a neck once. I was going to carbon fibre it anyway, but ended up giving my carbon fibre to my old man instead :(
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My first build was a 5-string bass-guitar. It has a 7 piece thru neck and a 4 piece laminated headstock. I also got a custom inlay made for me - it's a lizard made out of a turquoise stone, hmmmm, tasty!
My guitar is based on a PRS but is thicker, heavier and has the scale length of a gibson les paul. It has crawler humbuckers and again, I got some stone inlay.
Next one, Christmas holidays, Explorer style guitar - still thinking the details through, so if you have any tips/ideas post here!
oh, and one day I'll use a really nice old bit of Walnut waiting in my grandad's shed for a lovely strat. But once I'm really good at building, would hate to waste that wood, been drying out for like 20 years now, hmmmmmm!
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My first build was a 5-string bass-guitar. It has a 7 piece thru neck and a 4 piece laminated headstock. I also got a custom inlay made for me - it's a lizard made out of a turquoise stone, hmmmm, tasty!
sounds interesting, any pics. I did a malachite lizard inlay recently
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d5.jpg)
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Wow man, that looks really awesome!
After long searching in long forgotten files from my old PC, I found a couple, but unsure if you can see the lizard (on the 12th fret) :?
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z295/rohlfo/72dpi1.jpg)
(http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z295/rohlfo/72dpi2.jpg)
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Damn Rolfo, that is seriously awesome for your first build. A lot of great choices there. I wish i had done a thru-neck on my first build. My next shall be a through neck however.
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Damn Rolfo, that is seriously awesome for your first build. A lot of great choices there.
+1
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Yeah that is one seriously tasty bass, and for a first build too, very very impressive!
Roo
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Thanks so much guys :D
I admit I did have a mate who was giving me tips and tricks and general helpful hints/guidance along the way. It's also good that you cannot see the mistakes too well :P
And although it looks really impressive, the low b string rattles a little...
My guitar on the other hand may not look as amazing, but is brilliant for playing and hardly got anything wrong (except when spray-painting, I got carried away with the black, lol) and is an archtop on a flat-top body and without a body scollop.....making it rediculously heavy, but meaty!
edit: Oh, and if you're looking for ideas etc. - I also made two hollow cavities in the wings of the bass. (routed out before putting the lids on) which may sacrifice meaty sound but makes it lighter. It's actually lighter than my guitar!
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Well, I kinda wanted to keep this under wraps for a little bit but I needed to show someone, so might as well be all my friends here on the forum, hehe.
Here's a sneak peek at the body I'm building:
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b189/SnakeStyleMaster/14-10-08_1547.jpg)
I am sticking extra bits of wood on to parts of it because the slab of mahogany wasn't quite wide / tall enough for the ends of some of the spikes, but when it's all don it should look fairly sweet, hehe.
I call it the Shuriken. 8)
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I call it the Shuriken. 8)
:lol: Huahahahahaha!
That's exactly my first thought when I saw the pic! :D looking nice for a metal guitar!
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Here's a sneak peek at the body I'm building:
You almost have a full swastika there :lol:
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I prefer strats meself! :lol:
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well if we are goinf for crazy crowd dividing shapes... here is a double neck bass/12 string i hope to build next year
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/new/XL804280.jpg)
with this veneer for the body wings and centre section
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/new/XL804282.jpg)
That veneer is completely dry and nothing has been done to enhance the quilt
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The quilt is even more amazing in real life. It looks like the sand under the water on a caribbean beach! I saw it when I picked up my SG from Wez.
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Aww Wez that design is so close to the design I made for my next axe! I must say yours is awesome, can't wait to see it in the flesh. That veneer is beautiful!
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My god! That quilted is evil!!!!
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Wey hey, just had an offer accepted on a house and although there's plenty of time for it all to fall flat on its arse........ I'M GOING TO HAVE A GARAGE YAY!!!
I've been working in the kitchen, spare bedroom (although it's my office now and a bit difficult to guitar fiddle in) and front room and it's a right pain in the arse. Just got to sort out some electric into it which might be a bit difficult as it's 50m from the house and across a private access road, but as my job involves putting BIG electric cables along distances of about 10 miles, it shouldn't be that hard in the grand scheme of things. Queeny has already said that the garage is my domain (i.e. everything else is hers) so hopefully I'll still have some moeny left to sort it out at some point (and then some left over for some wood). Hopefully I'll be back in business soon.
Oh yeah, I'd like to say that your axes are nice, but I can't see any pics, goddam you all and your photobucket activity :( :D
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TM - did you notice that old teisco neck i sent you is almost the same as seasick steves red 3-string beater, different woods but very close
that veneer above was a very generous freebie. I saw someone build a guitar with some and asked if they had any to sell... they sent me this, some poplar burl, massir birch, rosewoods and curly bubingas.. and then wouldnt even let me pay postage!!!!
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Yes I had. I was thinking about that, but think that it'll go on a reso CBG. Good thing about CBG's is that it's a good place to store parts rather than have them just laying about. If you've got enough of them, sling them together and TA DA, a new guitar :lol: Doesn't even matter if you build them shoddily, they're supposed to be :D
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Oh yeah, I've restung my CBG after breaking a string within about 2 minutes of playing (although the strings were previously on another guitar, which is probably why it snapped).
I love the thing man. It's good to have sitting about to play in the front room. There's something about playing it through a wah, where you just can't be any cooler.
Got to get it to a propper guitarist soon to see what it's capable of.
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eneer above was a very generous freebie. I saw someone build a guitar with some and asked if they had any to sell... they sent me this, some poplar burl, massir birch, rosewoods and curly bubingas.. and then wouldnt even let me pay postage!!!!
That's nuts! Are they too friggin' loaded or something!??! Nice grab dude!
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sometimes you just gotta ask!
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sometimes you just gotta ask!
So, err, any spare? :P
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no :P :lol:
i made plans for it