LoneWolf121188 Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 I wanted to build a guitar for the woodshop class thats offered at my high school. I wanted an idea of how much it would cost, how hard, what i need to know, good sites or books, etc. My plan is this: guitars are called axes, right? so i wanted to build a guitar in the shape of a double sided medival style battle axe (think this, without the fancy dragon head thing). I'm obviously still in the waaaaay early planning stages. My main concerns are cost and difficulty (time isnt an issue, I can always take the class agian to finish it up). How much do these kinds of projects cost everyone else? Oh, one more thing: I'm thinking about making it a 7 string. I'm calling it the Battleaxe 7 project Quote
Drak Posted February 25, 2004 Report Posted February 25, 2004 You mean something like this? Gene Simmons done beat ya to the punch! Quote
Curtis P Posted February 26, 2004 Report Posted February 26, 2004 little awkward to hold eh? anyways, i would do the fansy dragonhead thing, and good job on thinkin bout doin it as a school project!! i did mine as a school project, and still gotta finish it up In my own opinion, the first picture would be sweeter Curtis Quote
LoneWolf121188 Posted February 26, 2004 Author Report Posted February 26, 2004 Drak, i was thinking more symetrical on both sides, but yeah, thats looks way cool. how much do custom guitars usually cost? the pickups im looking at (cant decide between dimarzio blaze or evo 7s) are 70 each at musicians friend, a FR 7 string trem will probably be $150 (i cant find an original 7 string FR trem, only licenced ones...any help here?), and I have no idea how much body or neck wood would be, or if i can buy the neck prebuilt somewhere. Ive checked carvin, and they only have neck through 7 string necks, and a neck through is probably gonna be to hard for my 1st guitar. could i cut off the excess neck wood and make it a bolt on? Quote
Drak Posted February 26, 2004 Report Posted February 26, 2004 For doing what you described, I actually think a Carvin neck-thru wouldn't be a bad idea at all... Quote
LoneWolf121188 Posted February 27, 2004 Author Report Posted February 27, 2004 do you mean using the carvin neck and cutting off the excess to make it a bolt on or actually making a neck through guitar? A neck through guitar would probably be too hard for my 1st project, dont ya think? Quote
Sethmetal Posted February 27, 2004 Report Posted February 27, 2004 Doing a neck-thru would be easier in that you don't have to route a neck pocket that is square with the body. It is already staright down the middle. All you do is glue on some sides and shape it. Just be really careful when cutting near the neck. That is the only more difficult part...well that and you have to work with the neck attached all the time. It will definitely add structural integrity to your instrument and you don't have to buy neck screws and a plate.... Quote
Drak Posted February 27, 2004 Report Posted February 27, 2004 I think the actual neck-thru would help you since your project is so symmetrical in nature, and we're all here to help you, there's some here that have built neck-thru's using those kits. I haven't, but I know others have. Quote
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