bigdguitars Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 For all you newbs that think making a guitar is easy read this: Gibson: How they make a nighthawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 One-piece manufacturing makes for better clarity and consistency of tone, and it is also more stable physically than laminated or spliced construction. I think quite a few people would disagree with that last statement. Laminated wood construction is almost always more dimensionally stable than solid wood construction. They kinda lost me after that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 One-piece manufacturing makes for better clarity and consistency of tone, and it is also more stable physically than laminated or spliced construction. I think quite a few people would disagree with that last statement. Laminated wood construction is almost always more dimensionally stable than solid wood construction. They kinda lost me after that part. Ditto. I read through it, but it's a blend of good info and Gibson propaganda. To be honest I think there are still more people out there who believe that guitar making is too hard for them to attempt, than there are who imagine it's a walk in the park. Articles like that one do kind of promote the idea that guitars are made by master craftsmen, and are out of the abilties of regular mortals, which really isn't the case. I also find it slightly sad that all the guys on the Gibson line can do their job very well, but none of them can actually build a whole guitar start to finish. That's just the way in production line operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknohippy Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 I really can't finish reading that the gibson hyperbole and propoganda got to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Nice line of propaganda there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Its a lot og gibson hype, but for the newbs building a guitar is much more than putting two pieces of pine together.... I like the part about the CNC machine they can route hundres of bodies a day... I would love to see that machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Yea a lot more. BECAUSE PINE IS NOT A SUTIBLE WOOD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 every time someone says pine is not a suitable wood they will get the same reply from me. most soft pines suck, but the expensive, dense Pitch pine/yellow pine/parana pine is good, it has better statistics than maple if i recall. i have built a guitar out of this, and am very pleased with it, so much so that i am selling my ibanez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Relax litch, its a joke. my point is that you cannot go to most home depots buy some wood and expect it be some sort of guitar. And yes you can use yellow fancy pine, its full of sap and cost about 5 times as much as the boards you see at HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 But you're in the UK. The pine you have isnt even the same species we have. Neither is agathis...I think it and pitch/piranah are the same. Totally different from US pine. Our pine sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 dont get me wrong we have pine that is crap, but if you find the good stuff, its worth a look in. it is approx the cost of sepele mahogany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 i like that write up, 3+ pages of black and white text and detailed info on how to make a guitar from a MULTI million dollar company. and not ONE picture of any of the process. what gives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 As already stated it is all BS hype. Propaganda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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