mpeg2 Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 After the replies I had a little while back about using 3/4" Walnut for a body, I decided to go ahead & try to build my 1st body. I couldn't find any reasonably priced 1" think wood to go under the walnut (as some folks had suggested), but I found a nice piece of 3/4" cherry (very reasonably priced) - and picked up a 1/4" thick piece of poplar. The body is a 3 layer sandwich: Walnut (top) / poplar (contrast) / cherry (bottom). I managed to cut out the PU "routs" and the control cavity - as well as creating the wiring channel (one advantage of working with these layers is that you can cut through the top one before laminating - and route wiring channels on the underside. The body glued up fine & the initial shaping cut on the bandsaw worked well. Now that I've gotten this far successfully, its time to spend some money & buy parts (up to this point, only $15 invested). Here's some progress photos: Guitar Projects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Here's some progress photos: Guitar Projects You need to fix those web pages. They're filled with file:///D|/data/GuitarBUild/WebPage/... links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Nice stuff... i love walnut! You see lots of bass builders using all kinds of different woods, but you don't see too many guitarists or guitar builders really branching out too much beyond maple/mahogany/poplar/basswood/ash/alder. Gotta fix those links, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeg2 Posted January 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Fixed the web pages (didn't notice that my editor had thrown in some file:// type links - rather than the correct ones. Try now... Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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