Electric Guitars

[Elias Graves]

[Canadian Jeff]

I opened this thread thinking "oh noes, he's lost it". Instead, build pics. Yum

[ej]

whats the plan EG?

[drivelikejoewho]

I"m pro-life when it comes to guitars.

[Elias Graves]

Originally Posted by ej

whats the plan EG?

Making me a hollow body.

[ej]

What kinda body style?

[wagdog]

[Elias Graves]

Originally Posted by ej

What kinda body style?

Small-ish single cut.

[ej]

Got any design sketches?

[Elias Graves]

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.

[ej]

Is it gonna be Tele-ish of LP-ish?

Do something different.

[Elias Graves]

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.

[Elias Graves]

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.

[xStonr]

mmmmmm wood

[Elias Graves]

Tailpiece.


Tuners and fretboard color test.

[ej]

That looks so sweet man, I'm stoked. Hopefully it goes better than that Tele

[Elias Graves]

Fretboard slotted and radius sanded. 10" radius, 24.5" scale. Honduran rosewood board. Very hard stuff. It took hours to sand down.

[Elias Graves]

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.

[bdubbs]

When you get your first gibson, duh.

[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.