Chartier Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Hi all, I am currently working on my little project but my friend is looking for a luthier who can do pretty much the full guitar for him for a fee (of course) Anyone here does custom guitar for living? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 A warning.... In the past, new people have come in here, and asked for necks/bodies to be made because they dont have the time/tools/ability to make their own. The professional guitar makers, and experienced amatuers, all leave these threads alone, because they understand the difficulty of dealing with those people over a forum/email/etc. The OTHER newbs/amatuers/woodbutchers see it as an opportunity to PRACTICE on wood that is being paid for by others... Here is just ONE EXAMPLE of what can happen when you enlist amatuers to do a professional job. Neck being made for member: GOTH FIEND The neck NEVER EVER did arrive, but this fraud moved on to the next forum to sell his wares (or lack of actually)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chartier Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 oh I understand that of course... but the problem is that he want's a neckthru and he is scared of ruining his fretboard he bought the book Melvyn Hiscock Build your Own guitar but it doesnt show much about neckthru wich is the most important thing in his building since the rest is (fairly) simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 so he'd rather pay a couple thousand dollars for something to be built, rather than risk ruining a $30 fretboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 (edited) Looking around this forum and using the search feature should show you enough examples of neckthru builds being built to show you what needs to be done and what methods are best. I agree with perry though, don't look in forum for builders if you want it built well. Sure, there are some success stories on this board of people coming and asking to have a git built(mini guitar, customer is still happy with the work, btw), but not many. Anyone quoting you a really low price is probably not experienced enough to know what to charge you. Make sure you see previous work of whoever you get to build it. peace, russ Edited April 11, 2007 by thegarehanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chartier Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 it's not mostly about the fretboard but the neck thru. He has searched several forums but non shows the step to step all they do I take a picture and say Look at my new neck thru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 I don't see why anybody in the world couldn't get a pre-made neckthrough from someone like Soulmate or Carvin, and produce a decent instrument. If he's already willing to pay a bit, but isn't afraid of the OTHER parts of the build, he could buy a neckthrough blank, and add his own wings, hardware, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 excellent point, greg. i completely forgot about carvin selling premade neckthrough necks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Being somewhat of a Carvin fanatic (I think I'm up to 13 of them now), I'll add to the Carvin plug and say, Carvin makes the best necks I've ever played. That's a good way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpossehl Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 I'm doing just that with a Carvin neck! In fact I'm hanging out here between coats of Deft. I'm very happy with the quality of the Carvin neckthrough blank and would recomend them to anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Maybe your friend could watch or work with you on yours-your build topic. Then he could learn with you as you go before he tries his own. If he wants just a neck. There are places you can go for just that(as the guys mentioned above). That would be a cheap alternative to having a custom one built. If he wants something more than an "off the rack" pre made neck, and you are looking for a luthier to build a neck to his spec and then finish the guitar himself. It seems to me your investment would be safer if you hire the luthier to do the full guitar(at least that way you will get a finished instrument for the money spent). If your friend wants a professional. There are a lot of professional builders that could do the job(the internet has made the world a small place), but I personally would recommend looking for a local luthier(and definately look over their previous work and or talk to people they have built for). It will not be as cheap as just buying a factory guitar, but if he wants a custom it will cost. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chartier Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 cool ty I just told him about carvin he just ordered it In my position I hired a professional luthier to do the 3piece maple neck - thru center piece of body and head for a low cost of 150$ canadian I played a left handed guitar he made and its great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chartier Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 He is asking this question tough since it is 25'' and he wanted 25 1/2 (he still bought it) but the head angle is at 11degree what are the maths for the bridge height now? I wouldve help but only thing I know is the bridge height of my guitar and angle of my guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 just do the maths the same, head angle realy has nothing to do with bridge height. Just place the treble side of the bridge at the scale length. What kind of bridge is it anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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