oblaty Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) After first a little bit misleading topic I decided to start this new, hopefully stable topic Some things have changed since my Singlecut build topic. For example I´m building two guitars. The first one will be mine, the PRS Custom 22. I put the best I can in this one: Mahogany body with carved flame maple top (flame maple back?), flamed maple neck with ebony fingerboard, 24.5" scale, Kent Armstrong PAF Plus Special pickups, recessed TOM bridge The second one will be a value build for my friend, PRS SE (Torero?): Walnut hollow body with flame maple top (flat), maple neck with IRW fingerboard, 25.5" scale, 2x HB, hardtail bridge, finish will be some custom paintings (he is not sure yet). We want to keep this guitar under 100€ Feel free to comment and give some suggestions, I just glued the body blank, so anything could change (but hardware).. Edited May 18, 2010 by oblaty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Parts for my guitar, in the back you can see maple and IRW for PRS SE Mahogany already glued and ready for planer... can anyone tell me what kind of mahog. is it? And my pickups.. the came today and I can´t wait to hear them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 (edited) Got the template done out of plexiglass today Sorry about the poor quality Edited May 19, 2010 by oblaty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryM Posted May 19, 2010 Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 must start following this build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2010 must start following this build Hopefully you won´t be the only one I forgot to write that my pickups are custom wound for my guitar by Mr. Juraj Turza. He makes KA pickups and I want to thank him this way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Why an acoustic scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Why an acoustic scale? my guess would be http://www.prsguitars.com/25thsc245/index.php http://www.prsguitars.com/25thmira245soapbar/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Why an acoustic scale? my guess would be http://www.prsguitars.com/25thsc245/index.php http://www.prsguitars.com/25thmira245soapbar/index.php Actually Wez is right, but I´m not sure with this one. Shorter scele should make it sound warmer, when I´ll use maple on the back too. I was also considering the 24.75" scale... As I wrote, I´m open to any suggestions. This is not a "by-the-book" build, it should be fun build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 wow, never saw PRS in that scale. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 remember that gibsons are a tad shorter than 24 3/4" - 24 9/16 and 24 5/8" being more accurate depending on year... so its not really that far out from a gibson scale - which is why PRS advertise it as "a classic choice for more traditional singlecut players." They have been offering the 245 models for a few years now... i think it was to rub gibsons nose in it after the single cut battles started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 The mahogany's probably one of the Africa varieties unless it was either old, or sold to you as a Swetenia. True mahogany's not easy to find, while Khaya, Sipo and Sapele are all relatively common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wang Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) As I wrote, I´m open to any suggestions. This is not a "by-the-book" build, it should be fun build Thank you for your information Edited May 22, 2010 by MexicanBreed SPAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 As I wrote, I´m open to any suggestions. This is not a "by-the-book" build, it should be fun build Thank you for your information Oblaty or wang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Got some necessary tools yesterday I´m impressed with both of them... the small one is just 4cm long and radiused (for carving the top), and the big one si perfectly flat, great to make joints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 Okay I got glued up the body blank for no.2, it is walnut (Juglans Regia, L.), just need to glue on the ears And finally started working on necks. Scarf joints glued, sanded flat and truss-rod channel routed Fretboards are not glued on yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarkid4143 Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good Job! I love PRS builds. I like to see if people can make them even more beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Good Job! I love PRS builds. I like to see if people can make them even more beautiful Thanks, I love PRS too and hopefully this one will be beautiful At least it will be mine and original Actually the second one appears to be superstrat with PRS headstock... we´ll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Okay, after some time I´m here with some updates meanwhile I´ve made a replacement Ibanez body: Body Neck for the cheap one: Not done yet: And today´s work: a quick mockup rough cut mahogany body and flame maple top: Tomorrow I´ll try to take some better pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted September 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 okay, custom 22 has officially changed to Custom SC 22 pics: Glueing fretboard Routing body I didn´t have enough plexiglas to make another complete template, so I had to improvise Not the best flame, but I like it Got some wood yesterday. Alder and plain maple fort the second one. I think the alder turned out great Bodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crow Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 custom22: it looks good, only the rear take the hogging higher up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 I did not finish the carving at all I just tried to do something with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 And after some time there is an update. Finished carving: Neck glued in and testfit: Back stained: And finally color coat on new wood day!! Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymuffler Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 That looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menapia Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 Sweet ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblaty Posted May 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2011 Again I needed some time to gather inspiration... Then I did some progress on this one. Drilling guide holes Rough cut mahogany core with maple back And this is how the back looks now. I think that figure is fine And a quick mockup with neck layed on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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