Home Made Prs Hollowbody

[rdiquattro]

Hi everyone i have been have been hovering around this forum and have just joined up as member.

I think its a fantasic place to be and would like to show my latest creation .

www.diquattroguitars.comA copy of a prs holllowbody that i hope one day my little son will play.

[GregP]

Link didn't work! I'm curious to see, though. Welcome to PG.

[rdiquattro]

I cant seem to get the link to work if you look at www.diquattroguitars.com and look under completed projects hollowbody image gallery then you can see some pics there . Once i find out how to post pictures properly i will put some on the forum . :D

[fryovanni]

Let me see if this works-Gallery

Really nice looking guitar. The figure is really striking with that finish.

Peace,Rich

[Mattia]

Very nice!

Is that quilt poplar, perchance? Looks like some of the stuff I saw at Rivolta...

[rdiquattro]

Hi its flame queensland maple top and back and brazilian mahogony neck and body with a gomberia fingerboard.

Thankyou for putting up the gallery i must be doing something wrong it wont work when i try , but yet again im am pretty useless when it come to computers . :D

[prs man]

rdiquattro that looks nice.how long did it take you to build.

how do you likie the pickups.

[rdiquattro]

It took me about 2 years on and off because i had other guitars to build and repair.

I will tell you something i felt like throwing a party when i finally finished it because it took me so long to build.

It shaw isnt easy building a guitar like that , its a lot of painstaking work but all worth it in the end.

The pickups are fantastic if you like the Gretsch sound they are worth every cent . I used the classic plus for the bridge and standard for the neck.

[oz tradie]

Wow, 2 years is a long time to maintain enthusiasm. That's definitely a milestone achieved

Well done on the hollow-body, rdiquattro.

Nice to see not only a fellow melbournite on the build, but also another using Qld maple on this forum.

What are your thoughts on the Qld maple ?

Cheers, Stu

[rdiquattro]

Its great timber ,the stuff i use is very light in weight and easy to work with .

I have built two other guitars with it and its really nice stuff . I have been able to keep the weight down on these guitars as well .

Thats a good thing i think , what suburb do you live in i live in Sunshine and im a Carpenter as well. :D

[oz tradie]

Another chippy, eh I bet my hammer's bigger than your hammer

I'm out in Knox but work mainly around Kew area.

With Qld maple, alot of people say it's a substitute for mahogany. What I'm dying to find out is, sonically, how close to mahogany is it ? Is it anywhere near it ?

Cheers, Stu

[RGman]

Pfft...carpenters...

Cabinetmaking is a much more underpaid job...who ever would wan't to be a carpenter when you can be like me and build cabinets, sand, assemble, sand, sand, sand, sand, load containers, sand, assemble, sand, screw handles into drawers, sand...it goes on!!!

I, also am interested in this QLD maple, as i have a bit here with mottled figure that i wouldn't mind using.

edit: I bet you can't tell what i did all day!

SAND

My hands hurt.

Edited April 10, 2007 by RGman

[Fraser]

well, now that this guitar has been entered in GOTM........SOUNDCLIPS!!!!

post some recordings.....

oh, and congrats, it looks fantastic.

Edited November 14, 2008 by Fraser

[chops1983]

Great work!The workmanship is amazing! I wonder how many aussies on this site are Chippy's? You can add me to the list of chippy's and i think Perry was one aswell as a cabinet maker!