letsgocoyote Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hey guys, I've learned some valuable info on the Project Guitar site. I recently fixed up a beat pawnshop Squier into an Esquire (I've since sold it).... but now I am tackling my first real build from scratch. Although I don't know if it's a 'for real' build, I did buy a premade neck. Anyways I have been blogging the construction of it and hopefully will be done soon! It's most heavily inspired by the Danelectro Pro model... with some Fender touches. http://letsgocoyote.blogspot.com/ I think I've done a pretty good job so far, except for some really rough pickup and control cavities (but they will be covered bythe pickgaurd). Interested to hear what you guys think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFW Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I like it, reminds me of Towely. ...you know, the South Park character. Paint bloodshot eyes on it and you'll have a guaranteed crowd pleaser, heheh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocoyote Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 thanks. its going to have two covered single coil pickups, a 3 way toggle, volume, and tone like a Duo Sonic Im just finishing the lacquering today, and waiting for the hardware to arrive int he mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocoyote Posted March 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Here is a progress pic: Now I am just waiting for hardware in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 That's a pretty cool project! It has a retro '50s feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I like the shape... but what happened to the routes? did you end up not using the templates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 Cool retro feel and the blog looks good too. Regards, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocoyote Posted March 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 I like the shape... but what happened to the routes? did you end up not using the templates? I don't understand how it was happening... the bearing was following the template, but somehow the bit or something slipped and started eating up the template... so I ended up going free hand on it. It's not pretty which is a bummer, but it is goign to be covered by the pickgaurd so I can live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocoyote Posted March 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Well I finished up the guitar today. Here's some pictures: I'm happy with how it turned out. I think it looks very cool and retro. It took me awhile to get it setup to play okay without fret buzz and bad intonation, but its not too shabby now. I used really inexepensvie ebay components... Most everything seems fine, but the pickups (which were $14 for the pair) are severely microphonic, so I think I will be upgrading those with seymour duncans or GFS sometime soon. i make upgrade the tuners then too, maybe a new nut as well. otherwise its pretty good, and if im not jamming full blast, the pickups actually do have a good tone, i really like the middle position with a little tone rolled back, it gives a good mellow chime. I call this guitar Mellowtone, or well thats my moniker that I used for the decal on the headstock. I'm already designing my 2nd build! Which is going to be a Tele meets Mosrite meets Gibson Melody Maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Looks cool. How is it for playing with a slide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Excellent work there fella. I've got my Billy F Gibbons book in front of me at the moment & that guitar would fit into his collection a treat....& mine I'm not sure what I like about it...the more I study it the less I like it & then I look at the whole picture, especially the outside shot, & I fall in love with it again...it shouldn't work but it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Looks great....glad to see some pine and poplar used instead of the normal swamp ash etc. I spotted some beautiful poplar at Home Depot, very similar to what you used, nice stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsgocoyote Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Looks cool. How is it for playing with a slide? ive never played slide really. just out of curiousisty that you mention it, i grabbed an old glass pop bottle to see haha. i suspect if i had a higher nut it would be pretty cool for slide actually Looks great....glad to see some pine and poplar used instead of the normal swamp ash etc. I spotted some beautiful poplar at Home Depot, very similar to what you used, nice stuff. thanks, i really like the idea of using the pine and poplar. they are readily available, and inexpensive. the body is made from abotu $20 in wood, whereas an alder blank is anywhere from $50-100. I'm the kind of person who likes to do things in a simpler and frugal style. Additionally I figured since poplar isn't unheard of in guitar bodies, and even people make pine telecasters, I thought it would work well. And since it is also hollowed out, when I am playing it unplugged I can feel how resonant the body is, you can really feel the strings through the whole body. This is my idea for my second build: Telecaster style body thrown off kilter and skewed out a la Mosrite, with a Melody Maker style pickgaurd, and lipstick pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Looks cool. How is it for playing with a slide? ive never played slide really. just out of curiousisty that you mention it, i grabbed an old glass pop bottle to see haha. i suspect if i had a higher nut it would be pretty cool for slide actually the danelectro original that its based is amazing to play with a slide liking the idea for a the second one, but then i have a thing for these old danelectro style guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I really like the design for your second guitar. I don't usually like the "unbalanced horn" look, but your design just works. I know it's a compilation of various previous designs, but it comes across as very original. The version with black body and cream pickguard might look cool with a one-piece maple neck. But then, you might want to change the pickguard to white, since the cream pickguard would be very similar to the tint of the maple fingerboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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