mojoman

Does it have to be a shortscale?

80's rock guitars are ussually based around a 25.5 inch superstrat scale. And YES, this does affect the tone.

Any wood you say? I don't know where to start with suggestions

if you seen my stuby lil fingers you wouldnt ask

im lucky enough to live near a very very large lumber place that has about 20 pole buildings

1 building for each common wood ie cherry , maple , oak ect . and then 1 more building

maybe 40 ft by 100 ft of just exotics

best part is i can go search the piles and pick out the peices i want they will even cut the boards

to sell me the part i want although if what i want is in the middle of the board i got to buy from the nearest end

out to the middle ...it has made it possible for me to make some beautiful projects in the past

hey thanks guys .. i tried searching guess i coulda tried harder

i wasnt sure which affect the shorter scale would have , and i dont really know the qualities

of the pickups other than price ..free is good

as for the wood pretty is a must i have my woodworkers pride at stake ...

im looking to build my first guitar , and while i have a ton of woodworking experience i know little about guitars

i have quite short fingers and want to build it to around 24.25 scale thru neck with a pair of emg select humbuckers

and i am into 80's rock , hair bands what wood's would make the emg's ( i already have them ) and scale sound ok ??

thanks .. kevin

ps i have easy access to any wood and #1 concern is playability and action but i dont want to sacrifice too much sound quality !