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red special is probably the most famous oak guitar around... not sure what type of oak though

That certainly gives credibility to the thought. An ounce of research says it was made from an old fireplace hearth or something along those lines.

BTW: Did y'all know that Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics? That's right, he's a frikin ROCKET SCIENTIST! Just exactly how cool is that!

um....astrophysics and rocket science aren't really the same thing.

I must say I'm very much against the idea of money contribution. When I first joined I just kind of stumbled onto the site and started reading and all of a sudden I got interested in guitarbuilding. If it had cost me 2 bucks I probably would have never had a look, and I would probably never have built a guitar. It'd probably be better if people where in read-only for, say a week...maybe that would stop the spammers, and also get people to read up before asking basic questions.

Well..school, then I spent time building a car for a roll-over contest, me and a friend built a hovercraft from scratch (also came up with the design as we went), then I started building those effectspedals...then work. Didn't have any wood for the body and were always busy doing other stuff. Also I was teaching two friends how to build guitars, and they're not here for the summer and it's not as much fun building on your own.

Finally got around to making a body yesterday.

Depending on the finish it could be a reasonably simple repair job for you local friendly tech

Isn't the point of projectguitar to have a go at repairs and builds yourself?

Getting really tempted to trying something like this out. Awesome work.

I tend to stay away from GMF as much as possible...The markups are just ridiculous, and considering I usually get stuff from Stewmac to my door in 36h I don't really see the point of doing business with them. Bought some small stuff from them on fuzz guitar show when the prices where ok. also had a look at the necks they displayed but where less than excited about the quality.

Can you export a drawing to *.pdf or something?

make an offer

seriously?

Print in on several A4's and tape them together.

They need to be installed sideways so they can grip in two places along the shaft. The peg holes must be reamed to fit the finished taper of the peg. You will have to use that peg shaper tool to match the reamer taper. Just like on a violin, the pegs get loosened a bit for tuning then pushed in to keep them there.

Not sure why you want avoid modern the technology new tuners offer. It certainly is a time tested method so there's no reason to doubt it will work.

Uh, no, they really, really don't. Look at any number of baroque or romantic small guitars, or any modern flamenco, and you'll see friction fit pegs in solid headstocks. You need a tapered reamer to match the peg to the wood, and preferably a fairly tough, solid wooden peg (boxwood, ebony) slotting into a slightly softer wood that helps bind it in place.

This works reasonably well for gut or nylon strings (lower tension application), but if you want modern tuning stability with higher tension steel strings, just use traditional tuners, like doug says.

How come Nylon strings are lower tension? Nylon strings are usually a bit thicker, wich to me spontaneously makes it seems like it would need higher tension for the same pitch.

I built my first neck with cheap Tasmanian oak from bunnings warehouse...worked out quite well.

1. The DIY you saw was probably the one on the main site about making cavity covers out of a trash can.

2. Maybe try laminating 2 sheets of plastic together in whatever colours you want and then engrave a crackle-effect into the upper layer deep enough for lower layer to be visible.

Why do you need to compete with US prices? Take advantage of the extremely weak dollar and just order from the US instead.

You've got companies like GMF that sells stewmac's stuff with a couple of hundred percent markup.

The times I've ordered from the US with DHL it's taken 1½ days to get the goods. Just make shure you get everything you need at once.

there is now way in this life you would be able to fret a steel fretboard. it just wouldnt work.

but i do see synthetic ebony for fretboards on ebay a lot.

OH yeah I know it would be impossible to fret a steel fb. I remember though, there was a thread a while back with someone sho had a link to some ebay auction where they had a metal strat neck. All metal. So theres gotta be a way. It may have been aluminum though.

EDIT: found the thread.

i started that thread. it was an aluminum neck, not metal. aluminum is a completley different story, its a hundred times softer.

this guy used a clear plexi board

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZl8sYqJZgg...feature=related

Yeah aluminium is a softer material, doesn't make putting frets on a steel board impossible. It's all about the tools and know-how.

there is now way in this life you would be able to fret a steel fretboard.

Fretwire without barbs and slots cut the right size seems like a good way to do it.

So how would the frets be secured? The barbs are what holds them into the wood. Maybe some type of glue?

With the correct tolerances you can press it in and it will hold.

there is now way in this life you would be able to fret a steel fretboard. it just wouldnt work.

but i do see synthetic ebony for fretboards on ebay a lot.

No way in this life...? Doesn't really strike me as impossible in any way. Fretwire without barbs and slots cut the right size seems like a good way to do it.

What would be even greater is if the info was free

Nice!

I'm really satisfied with the sound I'm getting from my tele deluxe made from ash (of course there's the contribution of the split pickups and neck and hardware etc to the sound as well...). It's a pretty heavy guitar though...but I don't mind.

Might I ask where the obsession with quartersawn fingerboards stem from?

You put in a different neck then before?

...and mirrored the body

Are Quartersawn Ebony Fretboards for Guitar available at all, or are they too rare to be an economical option?

Is there a specific reason you want it quatersawn? Doesn't strike me as being very different in looks since ebony has such an even structure and colour. Also it's not like it's going to make much of a difference in strenghtening the neck either.

Anyway, even if you flatsaw a chunk of ebony you're going to end up with a couple of quatersawn pieces anyway, so you should be able to find some.

Thanks, edited the first post but here's the second one anyway.

This one's is a MXR distortion+ with a couple of mods to it.

The first one is based on the zvex Fuzz factory.

I recently gained access to a small NC mill and have been playing around with that for engraving and also milling the holes for effect boxes. Gonna try to use it for cutting some inlays on an upcoming project.

Also made two ross compressors wich turned out great

+1 on just planing it.