Juntunen Guitars Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 So the other day I decided the first Minnesota guitar I built just wasn't working, there were things I skipped out on due to shortage of money and it was built entirely from parts I took off other guitars (I was given about 3 guitars within 2 weeks by people at my school who didn't play anymore). The guitar in itself works great but I am looking for something with a bit more. I was looking through my wood racks and found a lot of ash I forgot I had and a huge chunck of black walnut, along with many projects I started and never finished like 5 acoustics, a gibson style v and a strat. So here is what this guitar will be. Body: White Ash Neck: bolt on 5 piece maple, black walnut, hickory, black walnut, maple. Fretboard: Black Walnut, 24 Jumbo frets Scale length: Whatever Gibson uses (24 5/8th inch I think) Pickups: Haven't decided yet, either a Seymour Duncan blackout, Fullshred, or an Invader humbucker Electronics: 1 vol, 1 tone and fully shielded Finish: Similar to what Muzz did in his "Pointy Stick" build by filling the grain with black stain and then a color over it. I won't be using blue though but instead a two tone tobacco burst type finish. Truss rod: Handmade dual action rod Bridge: Floyd Rose or an Ibanez ZR tremolo if I can find one that's cheap. Tuners: Schaller or Gotoh, haven't fully decided Here are some pictures of the wood. This is the original MN guitar. This build will probably be like Muzz's "Pointy Stick" build in the amount of time it takes but not quite as long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 (edited) Your state looks like it makes a comfy guitar to play while sitting down Edited July 2, 2010 by ae3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinhold Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Your state also looks like the negative space around the profile of a face if you look at the right side of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted July 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 Your state also looks like the negative space around the profile of a face if you look at the right side of it. Yeah it does I never noticed that. Your state looks like it makes a comfy guitar to play while sitting down It does I guess I lucked out living here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mender Posted July 2, 2010 Report Share Posted July 2, 2010 You have more wood storage space than I have workspace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 (edited) You have more wood storage space than I have workspace! Yeah that's only part of it. I had almost double that in there last summer but got kicked out of the garage and now store the rest in my shop which is pretty small as it is. I will be starting this up officially tomorow. Edited July 6, 2010 by Juntunen Guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryM Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Sounds good. I must follow this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Sounds good. I must follow this build. Good to see you back it's been a while, I am heading down to the shop now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted July 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Got the body out of the clamps today and started to draw out the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 I got the body cut out tonight. I also found out I need a new blade for my band saw since it fell off the wheels twice and barely could cut this. I will be routing it soon and getting the neck guitar soon as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juntunen Guitars Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I have had the body cut out and sanded for a while but haven't had any pictures but here is where the body is now. I still have to do some filing to the the curves right but other than that it's pretty close to shape. I also have the neck glued up. I will post a picture tomorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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