New Guitar - Malcom Young Gretsch

[helliumbrz]

Hi everyone,

It's the first time i post a project here. I'm building a Malcon Young Gretsch copy for a guy who plays in an AC/DC cover band. There are some diferences of my version and the original one, the original have a set neck and my will be with a bolt-on neck and i'm going to use only Brazilian wood in this one.

Here is the pic of the original guitar:

This is the cad drawing I've made from the pictures:

[helliumbrz]

Here are some pictures of the woods I'm going to use.

Here is the neck blank, I'm going to use a local wood called PAU-MARFIM (Balfourodendron riedelianum) or IVORY-WOOD in English, it's very similar to Maple, but a little harder:

Here is the fretboard, it's a piece of Jacarandá-da-Bahia (Dalbergia Nigra) or Brazillian Rosewood, it's a very hard-to-find wood, even here:

Following as the Body Blank, it is called Marupá (Simarouba versicolor):

For the top I'm going to use a vener of Flamed Goiabão (Pouteria pachycarpa). But I don't have the picture now.

This week I'll try to post pictures of my work.

I hope you enjoy it.

[CoryKer]

That is some great looking rosewood.

[RRVCustom]

dont forget the hole at the neck where there used to be a humbucker. cover band fans are brutal when it comes to details. i saw a guy freak out b/c the frontman of a kiss cover band had the wrong makeup job.