Mr New Here

[Kilby]

Whether or not that guitar is made to within 100 microns of a plan or not, it looks bloody lovely!

Welcome to the forum :)

Roo

Thjats the point I was trying to make, as long as it plays well and sounds good and is put together properly. It's the right fit and right feel, not how finely things can be measured

If a course gets you a decent idea of how to build a decent quality guitar then it's a good course.

Even quality brands build lemons or mistaken designs after 100+ years of production

[WezV]

This whole thing reminds me of the documentary of gibson custom shop making a replica of clappo's 335.

they went through loads of stages of making accurate molds of the neck carve and taking 3d scans so that they could produce a very accurate replica... then it shows them taking the original guitar down to the guy who does the final shaping on the neck so he could have a feel and make sure its right.

Personally once the critical measurements are done i tend to build by feel rather than numbers.  It does mean more inconsistency and i guess less perfection... oh well :P

[MrBump]

This whole thing reminds me of the documentary of gibson custom shop making a replica of clappo's 335.

they went through loads of stages of making accurate molds of the neck carve and taking 3d scans so that they could produce a very accurate replica... then it shows them taking the original guitar down to the guy who does the final shaping on the neck so he could have a feel and make sure its right.

Personally once the critical measurements are done i tend to build by feel rather than numbers.  It does mean more inconsistency and i guess less perfection... oh well :P

Personally I think that it's slight imperfections that make things interesting - in guitars AND women.

Mark.

[Kilby]

Personally once the critical measurements are done i tend to build by feel rather than numbers.  It does mean more inconsistency and i guess less perfection... oh well :P

I thought the right feel got you well on the way to perfection

If it dosn't feel and play right then it dosn't matter what the numbers say

[opprobrium_9]

RE: GuiTony's first guitar


You should paint a cherry burst on that bad boy!


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Personally once the critical measurements are done i tend to build by feel rather than numbers.  It does mean more inconsistency and i guess less perfection... oh well :P

Actually i think you can get an even closer cut and more accuracy with feel than with machines.  You just have to know the wood you are working with, get a handle on the individual piece's properties, and pay close attention  :)  That is what i did, worked bloody brilliant!

[GuiTony]

Having way too much time on my hands, I started completely-on-my-own-self-build #2 at the weekend.

I've done 2 "self" builds on the Bailey course, followed by 1 completely-on-my-own build for the £100 challenge, and have now officially got the bug.

So I've started another.  This time, rather than cheating by using a pre-made neck (I sort of had to for the £100 challenge to stay within budget), I'm making the neck from scratch too.  Plus adding a little complexity to the body build ... just for fun!

Rather than clogging up this board with loads of pics, the pics are on the blog.  All comments, criticisms, observations and suggestions are gratefully received - if I can learn something without making the mistake first, I'm more than happy!