Mattw04 Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Hi I am new here, my names matt if no one guessed! I have a major guitar making passion! I made my first guitar between the age of 16 and 17, i finished it in september 2004. Its based around Brian mays Red special which he made over 40 years ago! The body is made of walnut, with a mahogany neck and rosewood finger board! The tremolo is a knife edge tremolo with a schaller roller bridge, has stayed in tube ever since it was finished! Former site:- Red special making This year 2005 i started my second which is going to be (i hope) 100% accurate to the original! so far the neck is complete and i wait the arrival of the custom made tremolo and bridge! I decided to make another because it was my first go and a few things were wrong like buzzing strings! another reason is that its heavy ! This one is alot lighter and has the original sized neck! 4 red special making let me know what you think and critisisum welcome! cheers matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bconner Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Very nice looking. I had the same problems with the first guitar a built, buzzing strings, high action, etc. Doing a second time makes it a lot easier since you know what your doing. Keep up the good work, looks really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattw04 Posted February 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Ya thats the other reasons High action luckily 2 pieces of phone top up card did the trick I shimed the neck to give it a lower action! cheers matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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