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The only large scale tool I have to use is a drill press.

I have smaller stuff but I don't think making a guitar body with a dremel would work.

Have you thought about building your own body? A mahogany bass body blank at Warmoth is only $94. A Firebird shape isn't all that difficult. In addition, a neck pocket template is $22 from stewmac. With the money saved, you could buy a nice pair of locking tuners (a godsend!) and still have money left over.

Also, add to your list: money for finishing/paint/sandpaper

I don't have the required tools or skills to shape my own body.

Here's a list I have so far of what I need:

1. Warmoth Firebird Body – 200$

2. Warmoth Birdsyes Maple/Rosewood Fretboard Neck – 193$

3. Korg Kaoss Pad 2 - ~150$ ebay

4. Neck Pickup Seymour Duncan SP90-2 – 76$

5. Bridge Pickup Kent Armstrong Motherbucker – 100$

6. Gotoh SG28 Tuners – 25$

7. Gotoh Tune-o-Matic Bridge and tailpiece – 30$

8. 3 way selector switch – 10$

9. Pots and stuff - ~20$

Dependent on your budget, pickups can be had from many places. If you're looking on a budget, www.guitarfetish.com has a fair few, or there's always Seymour Duncan. I'd look at places like Harmony-Central.com (they have a user review section for pickups with a load of models tested and stuff).

As for the Kaoss pad - how are you planning on doing it? All the mods I've seen have transplanted the pad in, but the surrounding electronics remain in the box, with a serial cable running from pad to box.

That's what I'm going to do, drop the touch pad in the guitar with the rest in the box. I have to check to make sure, but I'm looking at a Firebird body which I think should have enough room.

Hello all! I've been lurking around project guitar for a good while and I'm of the opinion this is the best place on the net for guitar building and customizing.

Anyway, I've been planning on doing a custom guitar, and I'll need a lot of help planning it out. I'm not sure I have the skills or tools required to make a custom body out of blank pieces of wood, so I was curious to wonder if there's any place where I can buy like a "blank" guitar body to work with.

I'm heavily inspired by Muse and Matt Bellamy, which gave me a few of the ideas for this guitar. I'd like to wire in a fuzz pedal and sustainer such as Bellamy has on his custom guitars. I'd like to include a Kaoss pad as well, but that's probably way too complicated for me to do. Right now I don't have the funds for this project yet, but help planning it out and locating the supplies would be invaluable.

If you want to wire in effects, I'd recommend taking a look at ModBoards (click the link). There's a thread in the electronics section about a sustainer.

Warmoth sell guitar bodies for you to put electronics and stuff into. Have a look there (google for warmoth). Top quality stuff.

Wow, thanks for the links. I'm pretty sure I have the body and neck I want picked out on Warmoth. And surprisingly, the Kaoss pad looks like (aside from routing) the easiest thing to do.

Also, where's a good place to buy pickups from? I'm looking for P90s.

Hello all! I've been lurking around project guitar for a good while and I'm of the opinion this is the best place on the net for guitar building and customizing.

Anyway, I've been planning on doing a custom guitar, and I'll need a lot of help planning it out. I'm not sure I have the skills or tools required to make a custom body out of blank pieces of wood, so I was curious to wonder if there's any place where I can buy like a "blank" guitar body to work with.

I'm heavily inspired by Muse and Matt Bellamy, which gave me a few of the ideas for this guitar. I'd like to wire in a fuzz pedal and sustainer such as Bellamy has on his custom guitars. I'd like to include a Kaoss pad as well, but that's probably way too complicated for me to do. Right now I don't have the funds for this project yet, but help planning it out and locating the supplies would be invaluable.