For-The-Love-Of-Music

Regarding the inlays, I wanted to use this very cool design, but I think I've seen it used somewhere else. So the current baseline is to go for slightly more elaborate designs but to keep the feathers theme to maintain a "visual connexion" with my previous build. Will we put an inlay on the top ??

PRS use Bird Inlay themselves. Is that where you saw them

Frankly, I really like the bird inlays, but Idon't know about everyone else...

Anyone Know how to get a finish like this!

On Kisakae it's a stain. Lower layer Green,Upper layer (grain) Black, it looks like a Burnt Finish to me though! I read up on Burnt finishes and stains and read the tutorials but I'm wondering how to get the black so Black and green so solid!

If we use the Kisakae model:If the green is solid how does the black sink through! Surely it Can't go through! Or can it? ( I Guess it's just because It's a model sim!

My thoery on getting it with a burnt finish:Does stain or whatever avoid Burnt patches beacause if so I think i've got it sussed! But then How do I get the green Solid? Oh dear, Bamboozled (again)!

Cheers in advance,

Do a lot of reading and go for a from scratch build. Either a strat or a tele is a good place to start because they are quite basic

I wouldnt bother with a relic yet, its a whole other set of skills to learn

Yeah I suppose theres no point in doing a relic an learning that aswell! I'm going to do a tele of some sort now (i think anyway) andI shall have to think about going from scratch I might do a body from scratch! But to me a neck from scratch sounds a bit too complicated (is it not)!

Yeah, I was going to use high quality hardware.

How difficult is it to build stuff from scratch - I mean like to me building a neck sounds IMPOSSIBLE but a body sounds feasable !! I will consider building a body ,but as a total newb to building, I might stick to just "finishing it"

Cheers,

Hi people,

I new to this guitar building stuff but thanks to people on here, I'm inspired to build A guitar! Whoopedoo!!

So I'm going to make this clear because this is my first Project I won't be building it form Scratch. I've gathered together some idea's and stuff:

• Okay Firstly I fancy doing a Les Paul, but with Prices of Mahogany and Maple So high, I might give It a miss!
  
• I also want to build a tele, Ihave a few different Ideas, Check Them Out to!
  
• And Finally, I fancy doing a Strat, Olympic white!
  

I need some help choosing a Design. My Favourites are the Stained Tele (green And black with EMG's but is it too difficult), I also like the tele in butterscotch and The idea of a white Relic Strat (no Picture)!!

Hmm... I guess it's (probably) narrowed the poll down to three!

EMG Tele

'52 Tele

Sorry No Picture of A white RELIC BUT iM SURE YOU GET THE IDEA!