keithb Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I'm just beginning to plan my first guitar project. My woodworking skills are limited to basic carpentry, nothing that compares to this. I definately need any advice I can get Here are my planned specs: Mahogany body, modified Strat shape, chambered, HSS Mahogany(?) cap, 1 f-hole Maple neck/rosewood fingerboard Wilkinson bridge Graphite nut/locking tuners I plan to buy my first router for this project, and I hope to do all other shaping with hand tools and a belt sander. I plan to buy a body blank and a complete neck (I don't feel up to constructing a neck yet) Does anyone have any words of wisdom to offer? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 yeah try to find a local hardwood supplier for your wood.you can get wood for about 1/2 of what the places with blanks charge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SguitarM527 Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 i would help, but im afraid im in the same posisiton you are my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 and the carvin necks are supreme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Plus belt sanders are good for removing hugh amounts of wood quickly, don't plan on using it to do detail work unless your really REALLY talented with one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Well, I was looking at some kits on ebay earlier. The SAGA kits would be hella easy to customize for this. They are like $80 for a strat. Theyre basswood. Or you could to it like you said, but for the hollow strat, I'd omit the contours for a 1st timer. And get a palm sander. it'll come in way handier than you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I'm just beginning to plan my first guitar project. My woodworking skills are limited to basic carpentry, nothing that compares to this. I definately need any advice I can get Here are my planned specs: Mahogany body, modified Strat shape, chambered, HSS Mahogany(?) cap, 1 f-hole Maple neck/rosewood fingerboard Wilkinson bridge Graphite nut/locking tuners I plan to buy my first router for this project, and I hope to do all other shaping with hand tools and a belt sander. I plan to buy a body blank and a complete neck (I don't feel up to constructing a neck yet) Does anyone have any words of wisdom to offer? Thanks! It's been my observation that most people when they first come to the forum post a wish list like this. Even I did and I never built that guitar. Keep the wish list in mind, but before you spend big bucks on expensive woods, consider what's been suggested. The suggestion to start with a kit, or a ready-made neck is a great way to get started. Get your feet wet first by using what you can get easily first. Your first guitar probably won't be the most pretty thing to look at, but it will help you learn about where you need to spend the most time when you do get around to building that dream guitar. And... Good luck and welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithb Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 I like the idea of a kit, and possibly customizing it a bit. Are the Saga kits "decent"? I wonder if I could take down top of the body a bit and still do a hollow body. Time to find a friend with a planer and plenty of spare time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Yeah, that'd wouk. But be carefol of the body contours. Look around on like page 4 of this section. BeAr built a stratacoustic out of w squier, that might help in the hollowing dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 be original...take the bubinga,hollow it out,and fill it with alder or korina just kidding,but then again...why not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithb Posted December 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I was looking around today, and I realized that I can get a Squier Affinity strat for just about what I'd pay for a kit. Now the question is: is the hardware, etc on the Squier better quality than the hardware on the Saga kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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