john Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Hi all, this was my 2nd attempt at building an instrument! so dont be too harsh! I finished it last year sometime, juts never got around to posting pics. http://fullservesite.com/john/ Specs: Neckthru construction - Iroko neck various other types of mahogany used throughout the guitar(well at lest i think the dark wood is mahogany, somebody please prove me wrong) , and the back of the wings are made of OAK. the ears on the headstock are mahogany. Hipshot Bridge - string thru body Grover locking tuners Bone Nut wide/medium frets Indian rosewood fretboard with 24 frets stewmac hotrod (adjusting nut is accessable from inside the neck pickup route) Golden Age Pickups: Neck: 9.75k Bridge 12k (overwound) (im impessed with these pickups!) Controls: Blend (instead of pickup selector switch), tone, volume, Coil split I realise that the use of woods is somewhat unconventional, but it was worth it. This guitar has a very unique tone. I have given it to my friend in a gigging band to play, and it sounds simply awesome running through a good rig. Waddya think? thanks, john. ps: can somebody tell me what exactly is the darker wood i used on the top halves of the wings and the back half of the neckthru section and the control cavity cover(unlacquered) as you can see it is chocolate brown but when lacquered takes on a reddish colour. It has some lovely figuring too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 nice nice nice!! Excellent work... how's she playin'/sounding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commidaddy Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 wow good job! i really like how it looks...although my opinion doesn't mean much since i've not completed either one of my guitars i'm rebuilding yet, let alone even STARTED building one from scratch;) but i think it looks really good, does it sound good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 thanks guys, she sounds great! i have 10`s on it at the moment which really suit it. it plays quite nicely, string bends are sooo easy! and access to the 24th is quite good. i still have to finetune the nut slots, but thats only a minor detail. a few more specs i forgot to mention: 25" scale deep 'C' profile neck approx 16" fretboard radius i really dont care for angled headstocks so i kept this one straight(ala fender) john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Very nice! I like it! What's the guitar's weight? Is it comfortable? Again nicely done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 That headstock looks cool, do you have any more pics of the headstock? Hows the sustain? I would think that a neck thru with a string thru body bridge would have great sustain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Looks great. Hows the tone? The darker stuff looks like figured mahogany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Maybe walnut tho? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 ps: can somebody tell me what exactly is the darker wood i used on the top halves of the wings and the back half of the neckthru section and the control cavity cover(unlacquered) as you can see it is chocolate brown but when lacquered takes on a reddish colour. It has some lovely figuring too. I'm not sure but I bet you can find it in the link on this page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Thanks for the link brian, i have a feeling its a form of mahogany but it looks more like a rosewood. oh well , the search continues..... Alex, The guitar is slightly on the heavy side but i dont really mind, im a big lad Bls, the headstock is the same shape as a prs headstock but with an extra point in the middle. The headstock has mahogany ears added to it. And yes the sustain is great but a better choice of woods would probably improve it even more. as far as tone goes, i get a lovely bluesy tone from the enck pickup whereas the bridge pickup nails that acdc sound! This guitar is best turned up LOUD! , feedback assisted sustain on demand! i made a brief pictorial of the building of this guitar(i dont have all pics but most of them) i`ll probably upload it later. john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 John, sweet guitar. Do you ever go to boards.ie? There's some people on their that could really use your help with building guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I will , actually i`was not aware that there were many budding luthiers in ireland. great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 There's not a lot but there are a few, me being one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 done... ! my username is luthier_john john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Yeah, I spotted that. Look out for Doctor J. He knows his stuff. And I post quite often in the Instruments section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Luthier Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 I like what you did with the headstock ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Finished pics dont work for me because its looking for file:///C:/WINDOWS/Desktop/g_pics/body_angle.jpg which is only on your computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivin Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 if you replace the local file path with his remote one you can find his finished images: http://fullservesite.com/john/body_angle.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/body_angle_2.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_angle.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_back.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_back_closeup.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_front.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/guitar_side.jpg http://fullservesite.com/john/headstock_side.jpg Nice work btw - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Finished pics dont work for me because its looking for file:///C:/WINDOWS/Desktop/g_pics/body_angle.jpg which is only on your computer. yeah, my bad! the pics were linked from a different folder the the rest of the pics. i`ll sort it out later when i get home. thanks. john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 should be sorted now. edit: ok, now its even more messed up. i`ll do it later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 nice guitar dude. i haven't seen a guitar with so many different kinds of wood put together for a body, well except for bass. it must have a very interesting sound. speaking of african timbers, there is a good selection at my local wood shop. they are using these wood as alternatives to such woods as mahogany, oak, ash to name a few. here are the names of some african timbers at my local wood shop: Anegre, Iroko, Koto, Sapele and Utile. [bubinga is my favourite tone wood of all time, but due too lack of availability i can only get pieces suitable for necks and tops.] i am taking full advantage of African timbers because some of species that are available, their tone/s have not been unlocked yet - used in musical instruments. e.g. Bubinga is used a little bit on guitars, mainly basses. it is a really underated tone wood. their are still tone woods out there which we have not discovered yet. Experiment! i am using a wood called sipo mahogany for the body of my first guitar project or as the trade name goes; Utile. the wood looks and weighs so much like brazilian mahogany, they only way i could tell it wasn't was by the the interlocked grains on the Utile. i know that Sapele is used on many guitars. Entandrophragma utile - Utile has the same genus as Sapele: Entandrophragma cylindricum. Utile is used as an alternative to brazilian mahogany, and cost about 1/4 of the price of brazilian too. it is a bonus too because all the pieces i have quarter cut and have quite fine grains - taken from virgin forest. so i am hoping i can get a good tone out of this species. well we'll have to wait for the finished product. sorry for hijacking your thread John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 interesting combo of woods, especialy on the back, i get this kinda backwards sun burst kinda vibe off of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 yeah the back is kinda funny alright, like an opposite of the front.... although i dont think i`ll ever use oak again! the pores are really huge! thanks for the nice comments ppl. john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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