Andreas Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Im thinking of contouring the sides of a PRS-alike body like this: The top half will resemple the contouring on a stratocaster and the bottom half will be like a normal PRS contour. What do you thing? Good Idea or should I go with the original? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a bicycle made of anarchy Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 i say go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcamp67 Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Make a mock-up on a piece of pine first to see if you like the look. It sounds a bit unbalanced to me, but maybe I'm just not picturing it right in my head.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted June 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Make a mock-up on a piece of pine first to see if you like the look. It sounds a bit unbalanced to me, but maybe I'm just not picturing it right in my head.... I cant waste the wood...altho if I find some cheap wood I might do a bolt on first with the same shape and see what evolves. I checked it out in a guitar shop today. I can still do the contouring of the PRS and further remove the wood nessesary to get the better feel of the stratocaster contour. I suspect it will look a bit unbalanced and thats why im asking here this question to get opinions. Im not sure tho since that bit extra of removed wood normally shouldn`t affect the physical balance. I might go with the normal PRS contouring and see if I later deside that it would be more comftable to do an upper stratocaster contour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 It's an idea worth exploring, but i would imagine it's something that's been tried before and didn't work... if it did, you'd see a lot more carved tops with forearm contours. Maybe a carved top with a Music Man John Petrucci-esque "scoop" armrest might work. I love carved tops, but hate having a permanent groove indented into my forearm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted June 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 I love carved tops, but hate having a permanent groove indented into my forearm. Excactly. Ill see what I will come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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