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I was wondering about the neck too, I have huge hands á la Vai and I want a meaty neck. Is there any neck profile you guys think I could shoot for or just make the neck wider? Also I made a huge stain on my desk today by hitting my cup of coffee over. It looked to cool and could be something for a future finish! But If I was to do this I would have to either drench the whole body in coffee or separate the top from the rest in some way. If I drenched the body/top in coffee would I damage the woold in any way? Do different roasts have different tone? All input is good input folks! EDIT: I also checked If I could get Melvyn Hiscocks's book around here and I could. I'll go to the local bookstore and see if they can order it for me.

We need a righty pic because that looks awesome!

Any thoughts on finishing the body with just shellac? Would ash absorb alot of it?

Aaah nice!

Hmmm .dxf? You need autocad or something similar to open that? EDIT: They have autocad at school!

I'm gonna need a template for the body. Anyone who could e-mail me one? Any way I could make one myself? I guess I could ask my guitar teacher to bring his so I can put some stuff down on paper..

Fine by me! I like a little meat on mine ^^.

Do something about that heel fast or I'm gonna have a stroke.

Lets say I made a telecaster out of the same wood do you think it would be heavy?

That looks super clean, I love it!

Interwood in Gothenburg, they claimed it was "american ash". Ok cool, is it heavy?

Where did you get your wood from? And is that regular ash or swamp ash?

That actually looks real nice. Love the birdseye maple too. I've heard swamp ash is sort of mid-rangey is that true?

Yeah, how does swamp ash look with just some cellulose lacquer on it?

Hmm, how about an armrest but no tummy cut?

Biliousfrog: I haven't decided if I'm going to have a scratchplate yet. And a set neck wouldn't be old school (tele-wise) would it? I'm going bolt on so that If I 'm not happy with my own neck I can buy one. Buying one might rule out changing the heel hmm.... Fryovanni: The jam idea was cool! I think I could ask my guitar teacher to bring his USA Tele and have him try mine as well, then I would try his and so on just to compare the tone, playability etc.

Wow! Wow! Slow down! All of our teachers who have presented different ideas about what you could do in biology/chemistry/physics/history but they have all said the same thing: IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PROCESS. I could f**k up and WOD the geetar as long as I documented all the steps and what went wrong, then what I could do better next time. It is the end product and the way there that is the most important, all the theory behind and the physics is just a small part of it, I'm not even sure I have to include it. Fryovanni does have a good point though. The amount of work to explain how it all works depends on how deep I want to go. If I have time I could go for it but I'm not really a physics guy.

Okay cool. How much effect will having a smaller heel affect the tone? Not too much?

I like the look of the spokewheel peeking out at the back of the neck but thats just me.

Cellulose Lacquer is paint. Thin finish is a nice. Many people really like the feel of oil, and it is a nice easy finish(as long as your prep work is done well). Physics, look over your guitar it is all about physics. Look at the strings, tuners, bridge, body and neck. It is a Mass Spring Damper system-link. As far as winding your own PU's check your available time and if it fits in your schedule go for it. Never hurts to learn as much as you can. Just watch your time constraints if it is a school project. Good luck with your project. Peace,Rich The paint part was as in NO COLOUR just the lacquer . And yeah I know the whole guitar is a big package of physics but I just picked something (to me) obvious. Verhoevenc: Yeah I meant the heel, bummer . More comments!

Hello! I attend the natural science program at a school and in the third and last grade before graduating you have to do a project. I was going to make a tube amp (Physics) at first but I wasn't so sure I was ready to jump in with high voltage stuff so I decided I would make a guitar. Alot of physics involved in a guitar as well! But anyways, the reason I start this thread so soon is I want to be prepared for the project and get some input from you guys. I want to build a Telecaster. I want it to be as old school as possible but with a few minor twists. Heres what I've had in mind so far: Wilkinson 3-saddle bridge with adjustable brass saddles 22-fret neck with a little more meat on it to fit my hands, maple with maple fretboard. Alder body Trussrod with spokewheel at the body for easier adjustment, I would route a cavity so you can access that without removing the neck. No staining, paint or whatsoever, just cellulose lacquer or maybe oil? Maybe modify the neck pocket to something smoother and a little less "blocky". Haven't come up with anything else at the moment. I want it to look as clean and raw as possible and be all about the tone. Thats where I still can't decide If I'm going to wind my own pickups (the physics part!). I chose this really clean and raw style (I thinks its pretty raw) because I think its cool and It will be a bit easier If I don't go all out with fancy woods and stuff. What do you think? Anything you would do differently? Go ahead and comment my thoughts! What would yo

Carve was a bit too rad for me, I think you should've gone with more standard SG looking carve with just a little more evil in it ^^.

Pukko: Don't really know ^^.

I look forward to some more pics!

I have relatives in Uppsala! Keep up the good work!