Duff Beer Man

If you got a lot of it, why not just throw together a guitar body and see if ya like it. Who knows you could be on to something new for guitar wood. Always worth a shot in my eyes.

Sweet, thanks a lot guys.

Can someone show me the difference between and aanj and a non aanj please. Iknow what it stands for but not what they look like.

That is just a little piece of paper cause we didnt want to get the glue all over the clamp. It will sand right off.

I went to the plastic shop today and my mirror front is underway being worked on as we speak. He said it should be done monday, if not monday then tuesday most likely, depends on how many problems he encouters. He gave me a big piece of scrap so that i could test different types of glues to glue it. Total cost it cost me for the material was 13 dollers.... lol, the price came in in labor which was about 60 buck. so round80 bucks total, i didnt think it was bad at all compared to sims, lol. So ibanez and sims even for that matter are totally marking these things outta control. I also got my jem and V neck cut out and here are some pics.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0420.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0419.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0418.jpg

Yeah, im using a pickguard. Once the pups and pickguard are in place no one will beable to tell...

Cool man, looking good. What are you going to do for a finish? Also is that poplar as the body?

I will either take some scrap alder and glue it in or stick some foam type stuff in there. Personally i think the foam will be a better choice cause i can get it really dense so it will soak up more of the vibrations then the wood could.

My cousin saw me building my jem and decided he wanted one. He has never built a guitar before, he asked me to help him. Here are the specs of his.

Ibanez Jem:

Rosewood fretboard w/ some crazy inlay in it (he is buying it pre inlaid)

Birdseye maple neck

Ash Body

Dimarzio or seymour duncan pickups

Flody rose (not sure if cheap or pricy yet)

Some paint job that he wants to do.

So far we have the body cut out and tomarrow we will cut out the neck and i will post some pics. He let me be the ginny pig and make all the mistakes first so he didnt do the samething lol, jerk.... ill keep ya posted

Im working on my 2nd guitar and have never painted anything in my life with a gun or can. So im wondering which do you think i should start with? Is there an easier one? So i pick both up and start using both? I know there are prolly a lot more colors in paint then cans but im still wondering. I have done the research on the site and am really scared to try both lol. What do u guys think?

my battery compartment is for the leds to power off of and its not done yet lol. Thats why it looks so shottie. i did that roughly and then had to clean up cause it was getting really dark outside. I will go over and clean it up tomarrow most likely if it dont rain. Also i am going to put some then foam type stuff in the trem cavity, im debating between foam and a thin piece of alder. I would do alder but would be confussed on how to glue it in there. We will find out. Also it seems like my neck wasnt meant to be, after about 2 or 3 mess ups and 2 or 3 repairs i made one more mistake on it. Dont even seem how i did it but i did . So im going to talk to my teach, he might know a way to fix it. If not, im not too heart broken, guess it just wasnt meant to be lol. I have some birdseye maple here too so i can get right back on it.

Just got done routing some more of the Jem. The only things i have to finish up now are the rest of the front of the trem recess and the rest of the battery cavity on the back. Then the routing on the jem is done and i get to move onto the routing of the cavity for the V. Here is a pic and links to the rest.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0414.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0413.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/DCP_0412.jpg

Edit: Just found something that made my day, i was looking in my garage and found a huge piece of wood i bought and forgot i had of alder. There is enough for at least two more guitars here

I like it a lot better man. No offense but way better then the camo attempt, just show practice makes perfect.

Personally (no offense either jeremy) but im voting for the tele, i just love it death man.

What was hunysu's mess up, i dont think i saw that.

Yes i am using the mirror plastic on my jem im building right now. Any local plastic shop in town will have it. I have a couple of shops here in town that do custom cutting and shaping, and this is who i am going ot have do mine.

Just curious, does it matter if there is any wood between the pickup cavitys and tremolo system? The only thing i can think of is pickup wires hanging down but if i tuck them away i thought i would be ok. Opinons everyone?

Well, today im going to start routing again. Hopefully i wont run into anymore problems (crosses fingers).

I actually think i am going to pick up a copy of this book, just curious what it can teach me. After all its only 20 bucks,i spend more then that at lunch every week so why not, and it is a book i an keep around forever in case i forget something. I might just type it up or make copys and post it here for all you guys to see whats so special (if anything) about it. Ill keep you posted on it.......

What i did to clean my finger boards when stuff would build up was just take a rag and some guitar cleaner (mine was ernie ball cleaner) and just stuck the tip of my fingernail in the rag and scrubed it away. Of course mine didnt look that bad so maybe my idea is out of the question.

Ive done tons of business with this guy. He is a good guy and his products are nice. I never used paypal with him, of course i never had pay pal when i first bought from him. He did tell me he does only accept money orders. So what i did was wait till everything i needed went off (if you buy more then one thing), just tell him and he will put ur stuff aside till everything goes off, then i went and got one money order. Parts arivied in aobut 4 days and was happy on both ends.

I got the pieces of alder glued in today. Tomarrow i am taking an epoxy and filling around the pieces cause they are a little off in some places. Then this weekend i will finish routing the jem and V. After that i will move onto starting my necks. First i will cut necks out then then route truss rod channels, then shape them. I will start the necks on monday. This weekend i am also hoping to install my leds into my fretboard (keeping fingers crossed but dont know if i will be able too, depends on what goes on and how much time i have).

Alex i would like to get ur opinion on my jem and the shape and see what you think of it. My topic is called This years 2 projects.

I got my alder pieces cut and just need to fit them into the pickup holes and that little situation will be settled. Well do this tomarrow.

Nice to see you took my advice and came over here lol . The relic is also my fav, i never saw that one on the other fourms.