Simo Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 I finally got my body blank today! it's been slighty delayed due to my supplier sending me a Tele body As you can see I've scetched a rough outline on, hopefully I'll get time to cut it out later this week, and no I haven't cut myself the red streak is natural I think it looks nice for quite a cheap wood, can't wait to get started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManWhoSoldTheWorld Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 That does look pretty good for cheap wood, I think. Can't wait to see you start work on it. I love watching guitars devolping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 looks good, especially for cheap wood (can you see a trend in the replys?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Incase anyone was interested it was £23.90 including postage I've got another blank on the way, Alder with a Maple cap so this will be the prototype to give me some more pratice before letting loose on the more expensive wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Looks nice and good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahelcaya Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Nice ! What wood is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 very convenient that you cut the body shape at an angle, because the shape works very well with the red streak(at the same angle )! i really like the look of that wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 Nice ! What wood is that? It's Piranha pine, which according to my supplier has a simular tone to Alder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 18, 2004 Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 it looks like poplar to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2004 it looks like poplar to me I'm sure it's Pirahna here's the back..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 Starting to take shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManWhoSoldTheWorld Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Where do you order your wood from? I'm hopefully going to do my first guitar (a custom SG) over this summer, so I'm looking for wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 What is the weight like, both the guitars i've made have been from very dense uber heavy wood so i'm after something a bit lighter for "project lizard" wassit like, and of course where did you get it? Looking good by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinP Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Wouldn't it be easier to route all pickup and control cavities + neck pocket before cutting the body out? I mean, fixing the templates and stuff. That's the way I do it - so it MUST be right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 I brought it from a guy on Ebay, he builds Tele's... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW Altough after getting the Tonewood catalogue from www.craft-supplies.co.uk , I'll proberbly use them from now on Wouldn't it be easier to route all pickup and control cavities + neck pocket before cutting the body out? I mean, fixing the templates and stuff. That's the way I do it - so it MUST be right ? Yes you're proberbly right however I'm not using templates for routing so it doesn't really matter What is the weight like, both the guitars i've made have been from very dense uber heavy wood so i'm after something a bit lighter for "project lizard" wassit like, and of course where did you get it? It's not back breaking heavy but it's deffinetly not light either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Craft supplies are really good, I'm only going to get wood from them in the future, they package stuff really well... I do my routing while its still on the block, assuming everything is flat it does make it easier for the neck pocket and things like that as there is no chance of slipping and taking chunks out of the body side. I'll be interested to see how your guitar works out, good luck with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 i got my inlays and fretwire from craft supplies, quick delivery, good fretwire prices, top notch place!! they are getting more of my custom! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 I routed the neck pocket this evening, I did it freehand without a template but it came out quite nice The Kramer Imperial neck I'm using fits perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 That's looking really cool. With all those red streaks in the wood, you should keep it natural and put red binding on it. (I thought your red marker outlines looked really cool on it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 I'm thinking about keeping it natural, I don't think I've got the skills to do binding yet, altough I suppose there's only one way to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 No matter what, there will ALWAYS be a first time you've tried something. Why not now? Have fun getting a hold of some red binding, though. I believe a forum member found coloured binding recently somewhere; however, you may have better luck by makeshifting something out of something else that's not normally meant as binding. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 No more progress on the guitar as I need to buy myself a drill press and drum sanders to sand inside the curves etc, but I received the other body blank this morning The Pirahna body will be a prototype this will be the wood I use on the final guitar, unless I make a really good job on the Pine body and decide to make something different with this one Maple top... Alder back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Nice maple. Gonna paint it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Nice maple. Gonna paint it? I want to keep it natural with a gloss laquer but I need to get praticing on my painting skills first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 If you are going to keep it natural a little Danish oil would be agood idea to bring the flame out a little more, it'll darken things a little but not in a bad way. Those Danes know a thing or two about oil! I think it can be laquered after the oiling, but I could be wrong, so by all means somebody set me straight on that. did you get your maple from touchstone tonewoods by any chance? Looks just like the stuff I got, I was a little dissapointed with mine, but it finished well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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