White Summer

I am thinking about going with two Seymour Duncan antiquities, P-90 in the neck, and jazzmaster in the bridge. Do you think this would be a good combination? Post some other ideas if you think there would be something better. i like to play blues and classic rock typed stuff, a little jazz. i want a good clean tone as well as moderate gain.

yeah thats my only gripe. My dad thinks we can clamp it down tight to get rid of the line.... We'll just see how it turns out i guess, what ever type of glue we use.

yeah thats what i thought too, but the guitar still sounds exactly the same. My dad wants to use that for our scarf joint, but i think regular wood glue will be plenty strong enough. But he's got 35+ years of wood working under his belt, so its tough to argue.

Ok, i couldnt get all that much done although i had a long weekend. my friend has an epiphone acoustic that got a break in the headstock. He was leaving 2 days after, so i had to repair it and touch it up in 2 days. It actually looked good, from about 20 feet you cant tell the difference. i used some model car paint to get rid of all the scratches from my dad's chisel. There are two things to keep in mind. 1) gorilla glue expands ALOT. 2) never trust my dad with a chisel and dried gorilla glue. When i returned it to the guy, he was totally surprised. Some of the little wood chips got lost, and if i had more time could have filled it, but not bad, considering he was about to use it as firewood (literally). I took the rest of the week and did a little work on my guitar. My dad routed the sides of the guitar body, and i got the grain down to 150 grit. We made the scarf joint for the headstock, and glued the fingerboard to the neck. My dad has some left over brass from a job he did a few years ago replacing a floor, and that will be my nut. I came up with a headstock design that looks good on paper, but it my be a touch small. Its an asymmetric 3 on 3, and at the slimmest point it is a little less than 2 in. Its kind of like a prs. Oh yeah, i routed and dropped in the truss rod. My next step is to cut out the neck pocket, taper and shape the neck, and cut out the headstock. I need to get those things done by next Wednesday, it will be in an art show even though it is unfinished. I'm looking around for a neck joining tut, so if you see one that is exceptionally exceptional, don't be afraid to post. pix soon

Thanks for the help, do you think that a little sliver of walnut would look cool in between the two cherries? This is one of the last things that worries me on this build, and my dad and i were at our corners with it, so thanks a ton.

if your building a silvertone, put lipsticks in it.

I did some good old trigometry to figure out the angle of the neck, but i dont know what to do about the headstock. Could i make a strait headstock along with a neck angle, or does the headstock have to be angled too? My dad thinks the headstock is going to be too weak with a scarf joint, and the truss rod hole will only make it worse he says. What do i do?

^That is definitely it thanks..

a double rod, the hot rod of stewy mac

BTW, for the truss rod, can it just slide in, and be touching the fingerboard? kind of like letting the fingerboard be a cover, or do i need to put something else over it? i think my tele just has the fingerboard to cover it

OK so today i went to the shop for a couple of hours and cut out my body shape, sanded the edges to about 100 grit, and trimmed and drew my taper on the fingerboard. For my pickgaurd, im going to use a 'mystery wood', and not even 35 years of woodworking can decipher what it is. Its hard as hell, the little 16th of an inch thick slice is REALLY hard. its stiffer than a plastic pick guard twice that thickness. My dad made a little box out of it a few years back, and its beautiful. My next challenge is to design a neck joint, and angle it, and the pickup cavities. Ill let my dad do all the routing, something about 32,000rpms scares the crap out of me. the body http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0598.jpg Lets string it up! http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0599.jpg Mystery wood http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0597.jpg again http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0595.jpg again again http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0593.jpg

Ok, im not doing a neck thru, you guys can make your own neck through guitar. I just dont have any money to go and buy any other wood, and besides, id rather have a bolt on.

SOLID WORKS OWNS!!!!!!!!!!especially '07

Im kindof stuck with a bolt on or set neck now, my dad went ahead and cut it to a slightly-longer-than length. Also, i dont have any wood that matches the thickness of my body, and its getting pretty slim already.

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! i redrew my gwiter and my parts came in a day before schedule!!!!!! http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0533.jpg this is my new drawing (new out of like 6-7 failed attempts ) http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0534.jpg I thought you guys might enjoy this, its my eraser Hopefully i can start slicing and dicing soon, this is probably your last chance to make any comments about the body, so speak now or forever hold your peace! Edit: oh yeah, i remembered to bring my mahogany from the shop, about 20 yrs old http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0536.jpg

Thanks, im definatly considering. I redrew today and it feels like the perfect size, but it may feel better moving the curves around like you said

Thanks alot, especially rick, My body seems a little small, its the same length as a tele (15 3/4). well let me just give you guys everything. Length: 15 3/4", width at waist: 8 5/8", width at the back: 12 3/4", width at the front: 10 1/2". I really think i need to lengthen/widen the smaller cutaway, its sortof out of proportion to the rest of the body. My length, and rear width seem to be correct. I think that after i correct the cutaway problem, it should be near its last revision. And when i mean i wont have time, i mean in the near future (year or so) lol. thanks for the help, but dont hold your breath yet

after this, im problably not going to have time to do any more projects like a guitar, so i want to plan out everything before hand to get it right. My body keeps staying small, no matter how big it looks on paper. Could someone get some deminsions of of a les paul for me? I know they feel good, and they are really tiny compared to a fender. My parts should be in wednesday, so things should take off at that point.

Im only 13, gimmie a break

ok that was what it looked like before i measured the length. Eww http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p96/temp4/DSCN0531.jpg This is more of what i was going for in the first place anywho. I just need to design a headstock, and put in a toggle switch originally i wanted a really small curve on the top, like in the first pic, but i like the more normal size better

Yall arent going to believe this and will problably kill me. I forgot to measure my body LENGTH, so when i cut it out (on posterboard) it was way small. Pics will come eventually..... im just glad i saw this now, and not on wood, and im glad its just a small problem like this, and not something too severe.

lmao... Yeah, set necks look awesome, i just think there wont be enough contact area on this guitar, but i think a fender bolt on would work. I need to extend the heel or whatever it is out 3/4 in. I took my tele apart last night, and it had 3"x 2" of contact area. how short do you think i could go? I need an inch to match fender, but do you think i could get away with 2 1/2" or 2 3/4"? Im going to have to lengthen my body some if this is too sketchy, i suppose. Thanks in advance

Sorry guys false alarm. my neck joint isnt THAT bad. My drawing shows that it connects at about 19. I think i could get away with it if i extended the part of the body that connects the neck (what is it? the heel? has the little chrome plate on it...) out about 1/2-3/4 of an inch. for my pickups im thinking about a P-90 in the neck, and a jazz master in the bridge. Thats what the guy im working on/ helping me out with this guitar recommended when i brought up that combo. I dont know if he has posted, ill try to get him to put his guitar on here, he loves this site. Im going to get some pics on soon, but my mom has the camera right now. thanks for all the advice guys. edit i forgot to tell you, ive got access to about 1000 different tools, jig saws, planers, drill presses, band saws, table saws, if that helps you recommend stuff.

Alright, ive read two books about a million times in the past month, i dont know if they do any good though, it seems yall read different ones. I read Make Your Own Electric Guitar and Bass by Dennis Waring and David Raymond, and The Player's Guide To Guitar Maintenence by Dave Burrluck. Ive made a rough cut of my neck, and glued the pieces of mahoghany together, and made a life size drawing of everything so far exept the pickups. The problem i mean with the neck (sorry i didnt clarify), is that it connects at around the 21-22 fret, so im thinking the set nect would have to extend pretty far into the body. EDIT Do you think that it would be easy to do a deep set bolt on?s

Ok, so im trying to make my first guitar, a solid body unique shape. I know you guys are ravenous for pics, so im going to take and post some ASAP. ive been watching this forum for the past week or so, and ive been getting alot of ideas. My dad found a BEAUTIFUL piece of mahoghany on the local interstate, 10 feet long, 12 in wide, and 1 three quarter inches thick. My fingerboard will be a stewy mac rosewood, an all in one wrap over bridge, and im going to carve my own nut with a knife. My neck is a cherry piece, but my problem is that im trying to make a 25 in scale with 24 frets. Im not exactly sure how i should connect the neck to the body, i think that a set neck is going to be too weak, and i want to angle my neck back like a gibson. Is it possible to bolt on the neck and get that angle without putting in wedges? what im thinking is to shave down the square where the neck joins. Sry there is no Pics, and im going to ask about the pups i want to use, but ive got to go now.