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Paul Penney

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About Paul Penney

  • Birthday 04/12/1986

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    Ancaster, ON, Canada
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    Guitars, music, aviation.

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  1. I am stilll aiming for a maple neck, fretboard, and mahogany body. This is based on what I have read about the tones they will give. Paul
  2. The design is almost complete! Cavities are planned, scale length is set, final dimentions are all together, neck thickness is finalized! I will be making these plans public, for people to build for their own personal use, if I get any demand. I have worked hard on them. Fret spacing shown is accurate, as well. Wood soon! I am busy consulting luthier friends for advice on building this mother. Hopefully I will have an update within a week about wood. Paul
  3. Arrrg..... I need a Cad program. Anyone know where I can download one for free? thanks Paul
  4. Alright..... heres the plan with the updated neck. You guys are right, it will help playablility. Looks better too. Thanks! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Pau...-Full4paint.jpg Paul
  5. Ahhh.... I see now. No reason, just personal preference. I actually modelled the joint after another guitar I own and thought it looked pretty good. Is there a reason the Ibanez joints look like that? Structural integrity maybe?
  6. Excuse my ignorance, but I have no idea what AANJ means
  7. Ahhh... Sorry mods, feel free to delete the other thread (or merge it into this one, I dont care too much though ) Thanks for the link maiden. Paul
  8. Thanks for that info! Soon I will be purchasing wood
  9. Howdy, Well, this will be my first guitar build. I have gathered resources and information from the internet and this board, which has been particularily helpful. My goal is to copy and manufacture an Ibanez RG570 guitar, one of many in the RG series. This -should- be a relativly easy build (simple body shape, straight forward design, etc). Here is what I am thinking of for materials: Body.... 2 peice, mahogany Neck.... laminated 2 peices of rock maple OR, laminated 2 peices of rock maple with a strip of oak (or whichever brown wood I see in these guitars in the center) for added strength. Fretboard.... Maple I would appreiciate any suggestions or input you guys have to my choice of woods. I am looking for a bright tone, as I am looking for a rock guitar. I decided to start from scratch and use photos etc to get a rough design going. I have located the body plan recently for the ibanez jem (similar to RG) and my version fit perfectly, so dimention-wise I am on the right track. I still need to figure out things like the routing for the floyd rose trem, and the routing depth for the humbuckers etc. If need be I will take these dimentions off the jem plans and use them. Please, tell me what you think and any suggestions you might have before I start building. Once I begin building I will be updating this thread with photos, etc. Best regards, Paul http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Pau...23/RG-Full3.jpg
  10. Heres an update from tonite...... Starting to take shape! I took measurements off the net and made a digital rose and took the measurements for the locking nut and strung it up Paul
  11. Hey, I see what you mean now! Thanks, and I have adjusted it as it does look a little better as well Good news everyone! Simo from these boards was kind enough to send me some jem body blueprints and, to my surprize, my trace from an 800 x 200 pixel image from ibanez website was spot on! The only thing I needed to adjust was body thickness a tough and some neck anchor details! Keep the comments coming! Thanks, Paul
  12. Heres an update on the drawings..... thinner neck, thinner body, and back view. I welcome comments if I am going in the right direction here. I am also looking for DIMENTIONS for this series of guitar. If someone has a guitar like this and an accurate ruler handy, can they please email me? pasta_guy@hotmail.com http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Pau...23/RG-Full2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/Pau...23/RG-Full2.jpg Thanks! Paul
  13. Hey Maiden.. I cant open that file for another week or so...... Can you post it as a graphic? thanks Paul
  14. I think I am going to thin the neck a TAD more and make the body a little thinner.... now that I look at it it looks a little bulky.... maybe not...
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