Members Elias Graves Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Canadian Jeff Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 I opened this thread thinking "oh noes, he's lost it". Instead, build pics. Yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 whats the plan EG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drivelikejoewho Posted October 31, 2012 Members Share Posted October 31, 2012 I"m pro-life when it comes to guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by ej whats the plan EG? Making me a hollow body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 What kinda body style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by ej What kinda body style? Small-ish single cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Got any design sketches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by ej Got any design sketches? Sketches? No. I have a tape measure and a saw. I can show what I've done so far. Neck blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Is it gonna be Tele-ish of LP-ish? Do something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Back of the body. Front of the body. I'm calling it a clamshell body. Top and back will both be carved with a seam more or less in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by ej Is it gonna be Tele-ish of LP-ish?Do something different. I'm kinda basing it on this. It's a Gibson and this design is the basis for Orville's one and only patent. The carved top/back hollow body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 mmmmmm wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Tailpiece. Tuners and fretboard color test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 That looks so sweet man, I'm stoked. Hopefully it goes better than that Tele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Fretboard slotted and radius sanded. 10" radius, 24.5" scale. Honduran rosewood board. Very hard stuff. It took hours to sand down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by ej That looks so sweet man, I'm stoked. Hopefully it goes better than that Tele This time, I'm not starting with a bunch of jacked up parts. So far, it hasn't been bad. Cutting the fret slots was nerve wracking but wasn't really that difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bdubbs Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 When you get your first gibson, duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 You folks are so talented. I doubt I could put together a diddly bo from scratch, but I do fine when someone else does all the hard work for me. I can drill holes and screw things together like nobody's business! Best wishes on your awesome new project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrChitlins Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by wagdog I'd love to see a functioning electric guitar built from a living tree. Need some all weather strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by docjeffrey You folks are so talented. I doubt I could put together a diddly bo from scratch, but I do fine when someone else does all the hard work for me. I can drill holes and screw things together like nobody's business!Best wishes on your awesome new project. We all have our strengths. Personally, I'd trade the ability to make one for the ability to play one any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Dang! That's some nice wood (insert obligatory that's what she said). Can't wait to see this as it goes along. Yours going to have a soundhole, f-holes or just be chambered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MahaloVision Posted November 1, 2012 Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by Elias Graves Fretboard slotted and radius sanded. 10" radius, 24.5" scale. Honduran rosewood board. Very hard stuff. It took hours to sand down. Some of the best guitars I've made have Honduran Rosewood fingerboards. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted November 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2012 Originally Posted by d_dave_c Dang! That's some nice wood (insert obligatory that's what she said).Can't wait to see this as it goes along.Yours going to have a soundhole, f-holes or just be chambered? That's all walnut left from my haul last spring. It'll be completely hollow but the jury is still out on whether I use f holes or not. I'm trying to avoid making a feedback machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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