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thanx Hotrock.. I doubt it can be that complicated , all u need is patience right>? and be able to messure and draw straight lines..

well sourced done some very pretty timber .. I wouldnt know whats what but no maple here.. http://www.interaccess.co.za/Species%20List.htm also here are some pics of the woods :: http://www.interaccess.co.za/Sample%20Gallery.htm yes all of thease are hard woods.. look how pretty they are , bet u dont get thease in the us.. amazing what u can find when u look heh?> another site here in s.a > http://www.countrywoods.co.za/ lets see what they have OH JOY AND JUBILATION THEY HAVE MAPLE!!! OMW!! here comes my NECK!! yay! EVEN BETTER .. they around the coner from work.. HAHAH why did I never notice befor hand? they aboput 2-3 km away from where I work. I emailed them requesting info on the following woods : mahogony , ( african or brizillian ) Ash maple ( or some equivilent ) ebony rose wood what esle can I look at ? obviously , i am taking pricing in to the consideration.. hence the mulitiple choices now to source the hard ware.. heheh.

heheh.. yeah .. the beauty of building a custom guitar .. is that u can build it the way u like umm problem , as far as what I can tell Maple may be a problem to get in South Africa , I dont know , I spoke to my dad , which is an engineer , He laughed at the thought of me building a guitar , well I still want to do it .. He sujested to buy a seperate neck .. cause the neck seeems to be complicated , well not to me it doesnt.. I still wanna give it a go tho.. after all , if its a flop at least I can try again , or use the hard ware to upgrade my crap electric strat look alike , or something. SO its a win win situation.. so for necks is there ne other wood I can think of using... Or should I get a already made neck from some wheres? but let me see what wood is avalible here first.

well looks like ur in the same boat as me with the build ur own guitar .. good luck to you too thanx for the link... Ditto for idotic questions.. I really know nothing other than how sortof play the guitar , and I hope by building one I can learn even more ... BUt JA,,, lets see how it goes ... I will be sure to get pics off progress etc.. but for now I think its shopping , shopping , shopping..

Well ... I live in Johanessburg , edenvale to be exact , ( which in the east where most of the best bands come from , like tree 63 , seether , wonderboom ,tweak ,etc..) Nice to at least have some support on the site thanx guys.. In answering the question .. I think for a first build to go for a strat since I have one already ... but with no tremelo !! andd perhaps a different head maybe?? so the measurments etc will be a snap since I can get them off mine.. but I will see how things go. I wanna obviosly make a kick ass AXE thou..

well , thanx for more info there.. let me see i think I wanna build a strat.. I am not sure on that one yet , I like the shape , but umm I am not very fimilar with all the different styles of guitars .. I know of the flying v ones the strats and the RG one which is quite similar to a start ( the body from what I can see ) I like the head aswell the strats head is a bit too boring .. I mostly want a axe thats ideal for Rock / grunge and little bit of metal ... As I am mostly into thats sorta music .. so umm yeah ,,, what axe is this then I like this one too :: ( paul gilberts axe) this is quite funny it came off the offical Paul gilbert web .. he was mukking around with photoshop heheh ne way thats kinda what i want to do , that or a strat with a fixed bridge as suggested already. the bodies kinda have almost a simlar shape .. well AT least I thought so..

well.. lets see after hours of reading.,.. still more to go.. I would like to build my own axe from sratch.. so I guess thats a start.. hmmm I see Maple is good 4 the necks.. and Mahogony is good for bodies , and ebony is used for the fret board. Tools... I have pleanty wood working stuff at home , like a lathe , a planing machine , belt sanders and band saws lucky 4 me my dad is very jacked there and clamps etc. the hard part for me would be sourcing down the hardware like the electronic bits etc , but I suppose I can get it online if I have to. umm the only things I am not sure about is: Should I go for A tremelo in the axe , I dont really use that thing anyway ? right? second problem comes in the wiring .. do u get like pre asembled stuff or do u need to like be a super boff in electronics. P.C 's are very different , but I think I could do it.. soldering is easy so.. and then the neck seems to be the hardest part , best get started on sourcing some good wood.. thanx for the help.

well , I randomnly stumbled apon this site , like 5 min ago .. and now I know what I wanna dop build my own AXE!! yes!! thats it!! Ok I have never done something like this at all never,, I think I have the right tools .. oh Yes I can play a guitar.. I wanna get better at it too , but I think it would be awesome to build and play my own one in my own band when we start.. I have a cheap fender strat look alike one atm.. but its no ways near to a real fender.. and I Am not entirely happy with that one.. So building one the way I want it will be COOl .. I am A computer support tech , so I can do some wiked stuff to p.c's . Where can I start .. HOW do I start .. I mean Duh TUTS? Right... well .. ne thing else I need to know? Oh.. yes ME who am I .. I am 23 male from South Africa and I love guitars,, yeah thats about it.. I would also like to find some good sites regarding Lead guitar.. techniques.. p.s I never had proper lessons heheh Help if u can .. but for now I am gonna absorb everything I can find on this site and in the linkage.. Ciao Ciao..