Members metalhead666666 Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 I am starting my next guitar build. It's going to be a copy of Jerry Garcia's tiger. It will be neck through mahogany neck with a maple strip down the center. The body wings will be mahogany sandwiched between quilted maple. 24 3/4" scale rosewood fingerboard. Jumbo stainless steel frets. Output jack recessed into the side like on my bass. The bridge pickup will be a dimarzio double whammy, the middle will be a dimarzio air zone, and the neck is a single coil that I pulled out of an old Ibanez that sounds great. The tuners will be locking Schallers. Hope to get pics up soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted December 16, 2008 Members Share Posted December 16, 2008 when I think metal, and bunches of sixes in a row, I think Jerry Garcia no, no, I don't good luck with the build, got some pics of the inspiration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 when I think metal, and bunches of sixes in a row, I think Jerry Garcia no, no, I don't good luck with the build, got some pics of the inspiration? Lol, I'm not much of a metalhead anymore. Here's some pics of the Tiger mine will be a lot different but it's the same basic idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ganjaseed Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Sounds like a cool project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norcal_GIT_r Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Sounds great..I'm looking forward to your build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members etawful Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Subscribed . . . I wanna see this project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members archiemax Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 Gonna be sweet! Jerry always said that Tiger was the most balanced and easy-to-play guitar he owned. I am admittedly a little shocked that you haven't gotten a single flame post in this thread. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ak47dragunov Posted December 17, 2008 Members Share Posted December 17, 2008 can't wait to see where this goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 I've got the wings and neck clamped up. The wings ended up being spanish cedar which is supposed to be a really good tonewood. In the beginning it was going to be more like the Tiger but I guess I've changed pretty much everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 In the beginning it was going to be more like the Tiger but I guess I've changed pretty much everything. Booo! Are you still going to go for the same shape / top carve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Booo! Are you still going to go for the same shape / top carve? I'm doing the same shape and I'll probably do a shallow top carve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ItchyFingers Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wader2k Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 At first I thought it was a neckthru....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 At first I thought it was a neckthru....... It is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wader2k Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 It is. Very cool! I likey already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vrm Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 this should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogerF Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Looking forward to this build. Jerry's Tiger weighed in at around 13 1/2 lbs, be interesting to see how much yours weighs in at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Trevisol Posted December 18, 2008 Members Share Posted December 18, 2008 Lookin' good so far! Take your time and enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalhead666666 Posted December 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 I had to start the neck over but decided not to do the maple strip. I didn't think the neck with the strip looked too good with the body pieces after seeing it. Mahogany with 2 maple thin maple strips would have looked better but I didn't think of that until after the headstock was glued on. I also rough cut the body. I'll sand it tomorrow rout the control cavity and output jack cavity and do the carving. I'll also glue some maple wings onto the headstock and glue on a bookmatched quilted maple veneer (scrap from the body) if the truss rod comes from stewmac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 2pacHendrix Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 Looks good so far, I'm wearing my jerry sweatshirt right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 Wow. Ambitious project. I look forward to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wader2k Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 looking good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted December 19, 2008 Members Share Posted December 19, 2008 You doing anything to the wood, or just natural finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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