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| Thread ID: 91245 | 2008-06-30 22:33:00 | Forgive them, for they know not what they do | nofam (9009) | PC World Chat |
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| 684096 | 2008-07-01 16:05:00 | check out the "built your own guitar" part too... | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 684097 | 2008-07-01 17:22:00 | Ive always wanted to build my own guitars from scratch, Ive joined bits and peices together but never done one from scratch.... | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 684098 | 2008-07-01 20:57:00 | Ive always wanted to build my own guitars from scratch, Ive joined bits and peices together but never done one from scratch . . . . I am gonna try to use some cocobolo wood for a solid-body . I have a Fender Jaguar neck (ca . 1960) that I'd like to use again . That wood is very dense . . and it has a neat tone quality in that they say it has no parasitic oscillations . . . or won't make up distorted sounds by itself . It gets used in acoustic bodies all the time . . but usually the back or a vernier somewhere . . as it's a little too expensive to use for the whole body . I have a friend with a piece that is the right size for a GTX guitar body to be cut outta it . . but maybe I should use it for a bass body . Dunnow yet . . what do you think? Here's the GTX I can model it from: Image 001 ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/100_3359 . JPG" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) Image 002 ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/100_3364 . JPG" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) I have never like the LH head on it . . . it's messy to work with, but I have topnut locks and the tuners are on the bottom . Here's a sample of the cocobolo wood on a guitar back: Link 003 ( . imagef1 . net . nz/files/cocobolo_guitar_bos . jpg" target="_blank">www . imagef1 . net . nz) |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 684099 | 2008-07-02 11:12:00 | Its an odd looking guitar, Ive never played one of those before. I remember trying to make a nexk at woodwork class in highschool, some idiot stole it the day I finished it, smashed my locker in and took it. Never tried again after that. I heard the neck is the hardest part to make. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 684100 | 2008-07-02 23:05:00 | Getting a consistent finish is damn near impossible though isn't it? and having even, perfect frets, and getting the truss rod right must be hard. I think I'd just buy the neck and try the rest from scratch... except screw winding your own pickups. Sounds too much like knitting. I've still got an old guitar sitting in my basement that I started to build... can't see that happening any time soon. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 684101 | 2008-07-03 01:24:00 | Sadly . . . an Olde-Worlde luthier craftsman who was a great friend of mine died a couple of years ago . . when I first had the bug to build my own . He'd make the neck and fret it for me . . . as he had all the right jigs and cutters for that part . That part requires extreme accuracy for pitch and tone . Cocobola wood is full of natural oils and needs no finish other than burnishing to make it really stand out . It requires some very sharp tools to work it, and has a super heavy density too . I wonder how heavy it'll turn out to be? It doesn't float . . but that's not what a guitar's for anyway . <might be very good in a bar fight!> :eek: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 684102 | 2008-07-03 01:26:00 | Getting a consistent finish is damn near impossible though isn't it? and having even, perfect frets, and getting the truss rod right must be hard. I think I'd just buy the neck and try the rest from scratch... except screw winding your own pickups. Sounds too much like knitting. . I took a lipstick humbucker apart and counter-wound the coils to keep any crosstalk off the lines... Yeah..a lot of work with my fly-tying tools..but very very worth it. |
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