mojoman

that is a good looking guitar

Not sure what it is, but something looks a bit off in the shape. Might be that I think the horns are too thick, or the curve of them could be different, but something looks off.

I like the overall shape and it looks like nice works so far though. Keep it up.

I agree about the thickness of the horns but ill be carving the top down and im hoping that will bring the look im going for

as for the wings im going to do the top and bottom symetrical

kolansky im not real sure were chardon is im thinking its an eastern burb of cleve?? but keims would be about an hour from akron

in the amish belt trust me worth the drive just remember to get gas before you go , cause its easier to find horse feed in that neck of the woods

woah! that's a little on the extreme side but i like it. What part of ohio are you from? I ask because I'm up in northeastern and i cannot for the life of me find a lumber yard

im from the canton area , how about you ?? keim lumber is awsome been buying all my wood from them for 10 years , for my company and even my house even though

they are an hour away ... cant say enough good about them !!!they have every speicies you can think of except i didnt see any limba/korina

well the wood has been glued up ( body wings not glued on of course )

i desided to go up to 24.75 scale as its not that big a difference and although fretting seems doable i didnt want to buy the tools needed

parts were bought from guitarheads through ebay at a decent savings over there website price 83 bucks shipped for 2 humbuckers bridge nut truners ferules

now i just need t figure out what i want for a wiring harness and knobs

body wings are mahogany/paduk/quilted maple

neck qtr sawn curly maple and paduk

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are all non metalic materials ok to use in covers for pickups ?? i know wood plastic ect is ok , im wondering about epoxies,animal hides ect,

do pickup covers cause any minor loss in the pups performance ??

my build is a shorter scale so i want to weigh every input to the build !!

does the wiring harness and pot have much to do with sound quality ??

does one companys parts or harness vary much from anothers???

in that case mitch sand the wood till its smooth then wipe it down with a damp rag ,towel whatever and let the wood dry

now the wood will feel fuzzy sand it smooth and repeat 1 more time for best results

now when the finish or stain is put on the wood the surface fibers will stay smoother

there are variation to the method but this will work , if your useing a waterbased stain and certain woods , like maple the process

can be done with the stain instead of water , that will allow the figure to to pick up more color

you guys are all correct , but i wonder if he isnt refering to wetting to raise the grain

if this is what your talking about mitch let us know , you dont wanna go slopping a wet

sanding block on the bare wood of your guitar

ohh i see what your saying wezv to clarrify ive made my living for 20 years as a woodworker and feel i can do a good job building one , i have no desire to sell any guitars

but my boy has practiced , and done quite well for a young guitar player and in addition to something for us to do together

he is ready and i feel deserves a guitar better than the $300 ibenez package he has played almost everyday for a 3 years

so my plan was to get him a guitar in the $800 - 1000 range ,get him profecional lessons and build my own But now he wants me to build his as well .

my wife and i are just wanting him to have what he needs to have every opportunity to advance

i am not really sure i understand the point of the question

i guess my question was what would a guy have to spend to get a guitar of comparable quality components

im not asking what you could sell one for !

what im curious about is my second build will be for my son who is a gretty good guitar player for a 14 yearold that has been playing 3 years

if you do quaility workmanship ,good well seasoned wood high end figure and for example floyd rose trem , grovers , and good duncan seymor

pups

what price range of name brand guitars are built to this quality???

i need to know if someone is willing to make me a very simple plan so i can get underway on my build

i someone let me know how many 12 packs its gonna take ...kevin

what does checking mean?

CRACKING

you could drill a small hole through it right past the crack if it going to be a while till you can saw it up

it is nice to have a good relationship with your wood supplier ,ive stuck with the same place 10 years even if not the cheapest when they know they can forklift you a pallet of wood and youll

leave it nicer than they brought it to you and they let your rummage for hours thats PRICELESS i got enough for 2+ guitars for $100

ON to the design shorter scale 24 3/8

twin active guitarhead humbuckers

recessed tom bridge

string thru ferules

0 neck angle

hi glossy finnish using superglue , ive used this on 100's of high end custom pool cues prior to getting spray equip . and thought id demo it

on mine before offering others on how to do it

body shape WELL im stealing a little from several members hear and puting it together into what i like

'a little influence from wezv latest gom , a little from guitart's future build and some from huntindougs parable

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i think i got it

well my books have all come and ive gathered my wood

rock maple and mahogany for the neck

couldnt decide between quilted and curly maple tops on the body wings

as well as between mohogany and sapele on the back

after wetting for the pics im leaning real hard towards the quilted

ill post a pic as soon as i figure out how

the libraray was supposed to be getting me Melvin Hiscock's and Martin Koch's books and they have been " in transit" for 2 weeks from a different

libraray now they are saying they got lost

so now i gotta go buy them ..no biggie but i read a ton and alway try the library first

BUT in the meantime id like to laminate my body wing blanks and neck blank

SO ! with a recesssed bridge and no neck angle would a 3" x3" neck blank need a scarfed headstock ? is 3x3 big enough?

thanks kevin

sent pm

ive used about 4 gallons of super glue as a high gloss finnish in the past on the custom pool cues i build

and ill attempt it on my guitar build assuming it works as good on this project ill write a tutorial for it

by the way .. unused CA needs to be kept in the freezer once its opened

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The next step is to show us pictures of your wood

... then step 3 is to describe your wood

:auss

just curious as to whats the coolest maple ? not nessasaraly the most popular or most comon

hi my names kevin and im a woodaholic

is there anyone else on here that cant pass up on a nice peice of wood even when you dont need it

i went to the lumber yard today to get the wood for my first build and came back with enough to build 3 guitars

BTW thanks for sharing the location of that lumber place, that's only an hour or so away from me!

some sellers on ebay have additives you can add to clearcoat to make a transparent blue , not sure if these will work with anything

other than the current trend of eurethanes but i doubt it

its in central eastern ohio

http://www.keimlumber.com click photos : then facilities

if you click on the building it shows the inside : upper right is all figured maple in the big building exotics are in the smaller 2 story building beside it