Charas-Project

Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: Linkizcool on August 16, 2007, 11:30:12 PM

Title: My guitar
Post by: Linkizcool on August 16, 2007, 11:30:12 PM

Alrighty, as some of you know, I've tried to make my own guitar. I'ts not finished yet, but I'll use this thingy to post my progress. It should be done within a week or two.


Heres the body and neck in my carpet-turned workspace.



Back of the body with the very messy control cavity.



Carving the neck curve.



Neck with very sexy fingerboard.



Guitar with neck.



Closeup of fretboard.



Closeup of body one.



Close of body two.



Specs:

Body: Northern (baseball bat) Ash
Top: Carved Aged Padauk
Neck: Brazilian Cherry (Jatoba)
Fingerboard: Figured Ziricote

Scale Length: 25.5 inches (length from nut to bridge)

Tuners: Gotoh Standard 14:1
Bridge: Gotoh Tune-o-Matic
Tailpiece: Gotoh Standard Stop Tailpiece
Frets: Stainless Steel Standard

Neck Pickup: Stew-Mac Vintage Vibe Hot Neck
Bridge Pickup: Stew-Mac Vintage Vibe Hot Bridge


There ya go folks, comment away.

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Post by: MrMister on August 17, 2007, 12:22:06 AM

SCRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAE :Plight:
edot: did you mayhaps fuck up the contours a bit

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Post by: Linkizcool on August 17, 2007, 12:28:09 AM

Wat do you mean? Its a custom shape, not a strat if thats what you meant.

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Post by: MrMister on August 17, 2007, 12:30:11 AM

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Originally posted by Linkizcool
Wat do you mean? Its a custom shape, not a strat if thats what you meant.

the contours look a bit knackered

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Post by: Linkizcool on August 17, 2007, 12:31:56 AM

They're not completely sanded in that pic...I accidentaly ran the router over it...right now its fine, but I dont think i sanded it out fully there.