Manet

All right, I've seen that picture before, but it makes more sense now! Thanks for the tips!

Hey there! I've had a "first guitar" project going on for over a year now. Slowly making progress, or was it regress? That's what I need to know now. Without checking if it was possible I chose to mix electronics/hardware from PRS and Fender Telecaster. When I reached the wiring stage of the guitar build I hit the wall. I've done some research, but still don't know how this should be done. It would really make my day if one of you could download the picture, do a paint drawing on top of it that displays what should go where. So here's what I have - Fender noiseless bridge single coil with black and yellow wire (and the white and black extra wire and that red thing with two pins) - PRS 245 bass humbucker with one wire - PRS input jack with one wire - Standard telecaster control plate hardware and pots Here's a link to a bigger version of the image if needed http://i.imgur.com/wUYZ8xX.jpg I have a huge bag of lessons learned from this project... And they are all pretty visible on the guitar

Looks awesome! I've been facinated by your guitars ever since I saw Spencer's beard bursted SF guitar

Yeah more of these polls would be great. Highly inspiring. I will submit my first guitar sometime this year if I don't mess it up.

Thanks for fast reply and for liking the carve! Believe it or not, I actually used a router there. But I did all the carving BEFORE routing.. BIG mistake. So I just said "f**k it" and just hacked and slashed away just to have a hole. I will definitely try to make a template before routing this time. Sounds like a good plan. Thanks!

Just a small update here. I've made a ROUGH model of the guitar I want to make (picture). Gathered some very useful experiences from that and will hopefully make the final version look better. I scrapped the "maple top" idea. Got a piece of mahogany and have started drawing lines and stuff on it. I have one question: Does anyone know how deep the neck humbucker pocket (it's a PRS humbucker) should be?

Hehe, all of them are good, but the traditional appeals the most to me even if it's the least original one. The first one is cool, but I think it's a look I would easily get tired of. The shape of the combo version reminds me of this fish: http://www.meloyavisa.no/images/Nyhetsbilder/fisk2.jpg, but other than that it's the best of the more original shapes.

Wow, looks really promising! I love the headstock!

When I first saw that Bigsby picture I thought it was a guitar with a "black leather" finish. That would be awesome. Someone should make it happen! Back to topic. I really like the Tele esque design. Nice pointy "edges" and wide "V ass shape". Not sure on the "top left" horn on the jag. It kind of looks a little bit to stretched or thin for my taste. But I bet the finished product will look a lot better.

Is it tomorrow yet? Anyway, happy birthday! Hope you had/will have a great day!

Awesome to know that it most likely won't be a problem with the pickups and stuff! Hmm, I've gotten positive feedback from a friend on the tele control plate, so I guess it's a love/hate thing. I like that extra piece of GOLD. It's PIMP. But I would love to see your take on the PRS body with 6 line headstock!

@westheman Thanks for the heads up. The name is really stuck in my head at the moment. But I haven't started on the guitar yet, so I might come up with something more original when the time comes to baptize it. I did some searches and it appears all the good knockoffs are used. I didn't find anything on "pussycaster" though, so it might end up being my mojo axe.. @SwedishLuthier I guess I'll just have to take a leap of faith with the stuffing. Luckily the buttons and pots are cheap, but I really hope the electronic parts and the pickups speaks the same language.

Yeah it's not the most original name out there... But I didn't know about it when I thought of the name. Anyway, it's only going to be this guitar with that name. The story behind the name is that I make music under the name "Manet", and that is the Norwegian word for jellyfish, hence the name Jellycaster.

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Wow, I'm impressed by the quality of your "quick drawings"! Thanks a million, this is a great leap in the right direction for my project! I think I will go for the first option, and "curve the neck part of the body up against the neck pocket extension" like a strat. I like the look of the telecaster hardware on your drawings, I might end up using that instead. Better start gathering wood and parts! EDIT 1: I really appreciate all the help I've gotten so far, and now I only have a few concerns regarding the "stuffing"... I promise I will be quiet for a while after this Let's say I use the following: PRS humbucker, telecaster single coil, PRS vol/tone pots (push/pull), telecaster knobs, telecaster 3-way switch. - Are all pots and "knob-holes" the same size? (Would a telecaster knob could fit on a PRS vol pot?) - I found a PRS humbucker compatible with 3-way toggle and push/pull pot, and I assume the Telecaster SC is also compatible like that. Will they work together with the wiring, tone/vol pots, and so forth? EDIT 2: New look

@SwedishLuthier: Ah yes, I actually thought about both those options yesterday, but I didn't have enough brain power to get something useful out of it. Tack så mycket! But is it necessary to think about angles if I have a telecaster bridge plate, and shape the neck part of the body like a (strat-/)telecaster? To me, everything along the median of the guitar would then practically be a telecaster except for the PRS humbucker, and the slight curve of the body behind the bridge plate...

Sounds like a plan! Thank you!

Thanks for the replies! @Ripthorn, hey thanks for the reality check! I will probably take your advice and do a copy of either the tele or PRS, but I can start by reading everything to death, since it's useful stuff to know anyway! My immediate thought now is to buy the neck and shape the body after it's needs, but of course, I should read something to death first. BTW, I just finished a sketch of how I want the guitar to look (roughly)

Hello fellow luthiers, I have no experience (hardly a luthier fetus) with building guitars, so I'm counting on you to save me from a potential disaster on my first build here! The guitar I have in mind has: - a PRS body (couldn't resist it..) - telecaster bridge plate and single coil - PRS humbucker in neck position - (Buy) a telecaster 22 frets neck (I think the body will be enough trouble for a first build) So here are some of my concerns: - Will a telecaster neck fit into a PRS body without any modifications on neck or body? - Will the position of the "string-holes" on the PRS body template be the correct place to put the telecaster bridge plate etc.? - Is there anything else that I haven't thought about yet?