Hey guys, I've been lurking the forums here for quite some time and though it was finally time to sign up and give something back.
I've only just started building guitars (well, these are my first) and already i can't stop thinking about what to build next!
First up is a 7 stringer which was basically designed around a RG body, EBMM headstock and a fixed bridge. Simple.
Needless to say, there's been PLENTY of um.... 'learning curves' so far . But I'm getting much more confident now.
The wood being used is fijian mahogany, yes i know now after reading here that it was a bad choice, i didn't bother changing it
for my first build. Rock maple neck and rosewood fretboard.
I've cut the body out (needs sanding) and cut the neck, put the trussrod in and the fretboard is ready to glue down. the headstock
looks terrible atm but it should come out ok after a good sand. I'm open to any advice thats for sure!
The other guitar I'm working on is a Semi-Hollow Tele.
I made the body out of blackbutt (could sound terrible, i have no idea?) since i got it free. Neck is maple with a maple fingerboard.
Unsure as to what top i'm going to put on it, i don't want to put too much $$$ into it though.
I've cut the neck routed the truss rod channel, drilled holes for the tuners and just waiting on the maple fretboard to arrive.
The body has had both sides routed out, but it's messy as hell so i have to go clean it up once day.
They're coming along but i wish i had spent more time planning. I pretty much sleep with Melvyn's book but it never really sunk
in about how important the planning and templates are. I did draw out full size plans but they were rushed and had a few things
that could of made things go horribly wrong!
7 String body with some hardware:
7 String neck shot (not pretty... yet)
Tele body looking nice and ugly
The tele neck pre-headstock work