Maxim Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Me and my friend intend to build our own guitar and have made a crappy first design, could anyone tell me if this is possible and if it's doable since neither of us have built one. I was thinking of: scale: 25.5” body:alder neck:maple fingerboard:Ebony inlays: custom M's and an X with arraws at the ends on the 12th fret pick-ups:EMG 81(active) set tremelo: Floyd rose(this will give us lots of problems) electronics:volume,volume,tone and 3-way switch So tell me what you think: (please ignore my lack of photoshop skills.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davis guitars Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 im thinking that the body would be way to wide only problem i can see lol other than that the only other thing i can say is mabey build a standard style of guitar that other people have built that way they can answere u questions better and u get a learning experience ... im no pro by far but there are guys on here i really look up 2 and that have helped me and hopefully they can help u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 im thinking that the body would be way to wide only problem i can see lol Yeah, we're probably making the upper wing smaller so it's playable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 with all of my experience playing and building vees i have to say that looks almost completely unplayable.no upper fret access,no comfortable ergonomics...basically it takes away everything that makes a vee comfortable. take away the points next to the neck,make the wings narrower.you can keep the basic W shape if you are set on it,but the obstructions at the neck end have to go...otherwise you will never play it.it will just sit on the wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxim Posted March 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 with all of my experience playing and building vees i have to say that looks almost completely unplayable.no upper fret access,no comfortable ergonomics...basically it takes away everything that makes a vee comfortable. take away the points next to the neck,make the wings narrower.you can keep the basic W shape if you are set on it,but the obstructions at the neck end have to go...otherwise you will never play it.it will just sit on the wall Thanks, I'll edit it once I'm home and see if I can get it playable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 vinny...there was no reason to cut and paste another quote from another thread to here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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