danthemanhan

Well, think about the fancy wood on the back as a pair of fancy silk panties. you don't see it all that often, but when you do, darn it's special. In all seriousness, I used the wood I did, because it was what I had. I already knew I wanted the top to be fir, I already had the padauk, and I had this nice piece of maple given to me.

yeah, there's going to be a piezo under the bridge, with a buffer/preamp to deal with the impedance problems. vol/tone stacked pots, a blend pot, a kill switch, and a switch to completely cut out all the wiring and just choose either mag or peizo. I can't get any work done on it untill this summer at the soonest, so I've been spending a lot of time dreaming. any ideas at all, feel free to suggest anything. nothing's set in stone yet.

Used the maple on the back because it's what I had. I hav to agree about the contour. really wish I hadn't done that. same with the cutaway, and the weird rounded upper horn thing. Wish i had left it as plain dreadnaught. Learned a lot on this first build. Probably stick to more traditional construction techniques for the next one.

Thanks, and that's because it's not. the neck isn't bolted on, it's just resting in the neck pocket. there's not enough wood to keep it exactly straight.

Hi. Long time lurker, first time poster. I'm actually on the other side of the world from the guitar at the moment (guitar's in Vancouver, I'm in Taiwan) but I felt the need to post pictures of my guitar. Had my mom take pictures and send them to me. It's not done yet; still have to polish it up, attach the bridge (acoustic guitar bridge, like that off an ovation), the trapeze tailpiece, bolt the neck on, wire the pre-amp, wire the guitar...the list goes on. Hopefully I'll be able to finish in February when I get back. anyway, the guitar itself is made from a solid piece of alder. I traced my dreadnought for the shape. Had a bit of a thing for hybrid piezo-magnetic guitars when I started out. I routed out cavities, trying to keep it strong while keeping out of contact with the top and bottom. here's a rough drawing of what I'm talking about. be kind. Drawn in a shareware app for mac, because I don't have photoshop. The top is quartersawn fir. the piece I had wasn't big enough, so I had to put the stripes in. the middle is quilted maple with strips of black walnut that join with the black walnut binding. the outside stripes are padauk. I'm not sure if I like the padauk (mostly the one on the bass side, because it gets cut off by the contour. Top thickness is about 8mm. Standard x bracing. Oh, and that hole is for a chrome Stratocaster-type input jack 3 piece back with padauk in the middle, same black walnut between the pieces. matching cavity covers. looks a lot better up close. pictures don't do the wood justice. binding was bent on an old laundry iron. pickup is....I can't remember. got it a while back from a local music store. kind of like a Gretch surface mount pickup. only problem I ended up having is that it was too high to be surface mounted, so I had to stick it in the sound-hole, which is a shame, because it covers up the hard work i did bracing the back of the guitar. was originally planning to use a telecaster pickup. I'll probably end up switching it out sometime anyway. (the strips down the length are figured maple, while the cross braces are padauk. had a hell of a time lining up the braces on the 3 piece back. Not much else to say. Neck's a pretty standard one piece drop down headstock with 3x3 tuners. I think the neck looks terrible on the guitar. Have to build a new one out of more exotic wood some day. Contours were done with a belt sander. Finish is sprayed on lacquer. Building the preamp myself, because I couldn't find one that did what I wanted it to do, which is buffer the piezo so that I can wire it into a blend pot. Finished guitar will have concentric pots, one each for both the magnetic and piezo tone/ volume, a blend pot, and some other stuff that I haven't figured out yet. wouldn't mind some feedback, if possible. I am planning to continue building guitars in the future. just wondering what people think, especially on the body shape. Thanks!