jaycee Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 I have done a lot of online research on making a guitar. This will be my first attempt, and having very little to do with electric guitars ( I play classical and acoustic ) could any one furnish me with a shopping list. I am planning it around a strat with 2 pickups ..... but open to suggestions many thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 First off I would get a copy of a book, I've got Melvin Hiscocks although there are others that some people prefer. Are you going to build the neck or buy one? If you build a neck the cost of tools will go up quite a bit. Anyway, I'm using: Jigsaw, Router, Wood saw, Surform (instead of plane), Large sanding block, Loads of sandpaper (and I do mean loads), workmate, clamps (you can never have enough clamps), straight edge, t square, glue. That should be enough to get going with. More info on the guitar would help though. Are you making the fretboard or buying a preslotted one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Thanx 4 the quick reply . i'm a carpenter so most of the tools I have covered. A list of guitar parts would also help, because this is my first I will probabley buy a pre-slottef fretboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Howdy, Try Stewmac for a parts list. I forget where on their site it is, but it is there. Good luck and take lots of pix for us. Guitar Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 The parts list on stewmac is here. Just to make it nice and clear: Wood 1 x Body (or blank if building from scratch) 1 x Neck (or neck blank, fingerboard and nut if building from scratch) Electrical bits 1 x 5-way selector switch 1 x volume (logarithmic - sp?) pot 2 x tone (linear) pots 1 x Mono 1/4" jack socket 2 x Strap buttons 2 x string trees (some use only one....) Wire (shielded or ordinary single/multi core) Hardware 1 x Pickguard (or blank if from scratch....im getting tired of typing that ) 2 x Pickups (i assume you mean humbuckers) 3 x Control knobs (1 volume, 2 tone) 1 x set of 6-in-a-row machine heads 1 x neck anchor plate 1 x set of strings (probably 9's for a strat) 1 x Bridge (hardtail) or tremolo (6 x string ferrules will be needed if using a hardtail with strings thru the body) ALL SCREWS, NUTS AND WASHERS AND WHAT NOT FOR EVERYTHING (Obviously ) If ive missed anything, im sure someone will spot it and fill in the gaps...and like hotrock said, a big book to learn how to do it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 jaysee, This is the Stew Mac parts list for a strat.. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 beat ya tsl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 hehe.. I'm too slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted December 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 Thanx 4 the feedback people. Stew macs is a great site I liked the fact that you could copy and paste the part number into their search box and see the item. I assume a "humbucker" is a type of pick up ? Is there a stew macs type of shop in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Humbucker: A combination of two pickup coils in one cover. The two coils are wired together in series/ out of phase to eliminate hum. Thus the term Humbucker.. Seth Lover designed the first one for Gibson in the late 50's. He then applied for a patent (PAF) when he discovered that two single-coils can be connected together in a certain way to make a hum-canceling pickup. PAF(patent applied for) was written on the actual pickups since they didn't have the patent for it just yet, thus the reason those early pickups was called PAF. As far as StewMac goes, they don't have a UK store as far as I know about. StewMac is slightly higher than most places, but they have great support and quick service so that helps out alot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMan Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Fretwire if you are making the neck from scratch... I forgot to have any on hand for my first build, and there is no substitute for it. Good Luck, Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 I got the wood and most of the hardware (in a complete set) from a place called Craft Supplies in Buxton. Phone them and they'll send you a catalogue. Got my truss rod and nut from Touchstone Tonewood (because craft supplies had run out). Also try David Dyke luthier supplies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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