Hey Guys, Im new to these forums (obviously). Thought Id sign up here for a few reasons
(1) I have made the rather ambitious decision to build a guitar or two for my own ammusment in the next year or so ( I have virtually no woodworking experience )
(2) Musicianforums (of which i am also a member) is overrun with pathetically annoying people who cant have a logical disscussion to save themselves and just flame enything that moves for no reason whatsoever.
So far Ive planned out (sort of) 2 guitars.
guitar number 1 (which im building first) will be a custom designed strat-like guitar. it will have strat style horns, but a slanted back half like a fender jag (im doing this so i can move all the controls back so they arnt in such an annoying place). it will have a 22 fret bolt on neck, similar to fender necks, but ill make a custom 4-2 style headstock. The Neck joint will be countoured a bit (probly just slanted) so there is easier access to the upper frets for my little hands. Pickups will be a SD-JB in the bridge (taken from my Shecter C-1 classic when i get it) and either some hotrails in the neck/mid, or some hot livewire singlecoils, i havnt decided yet. The other hardware and woods have yet to be decided on.
Guitar 2 will be a Neck-thru design, 24 fret with a 3 piece neck (and my 4-2 headstock again), and a walnut center (as i have a whole walnut tree in my shed out back , there must some good wood in there). it will have a C-1 style body with a figured top. and thats about as far as ive got at the moment.
the woods need to be decided on. Unfortunately, becasue New Zealand is so small and secluded, alot of stuff is hard to find and/or expensive. ive been looking into native woods a bit, and Rimu is the only thing i can think of so far that would be suitable (I think its like mahogany, but denser and darker), so any help there would be much apreciated.
I also have my wonderful Squier strat (with my uber flash custom mod of flipping the neck and bridge pickups around cause it sounds better) to practice on once i get my C-1 classic. ill have a go at making the neck contour on that, aswell as refinishing it, and maybe refretting.
So im lookin foward to gettin to know you guys better (this place seems to be a much stronger comunity than musician forums) and seing some kick arse, uber sexy guitars on here.