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Very very very nice!!! Great job!!

I'll post some sound samples as soon as possible. If you have any question about the building process give an eye also to the others chapters on my web site under "The Building Process" section

Hello guys, I completed my last project: a PRS style guitar. With this project I would create a replica of a PRS. I was faced with several challanges: I started from blank piece of paper and re-designed all. I have to thank my friend and collegue Lorenzo Sommaruga because he suggested me to build something challanging: only in this way you can learn something new. Here some pictures: pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 On my website (http://www.power-development.net) under the section "The Building Process" / SC-SetNeck, you can find some pictures of the building process.

Did you have problems with sheptone's site or with mine (power-development)? I know that there are problems on my web site with Opera (doen't render correctly): what browser did you use? Sorry for this inconvenience :S

Hello guys, I found hand wound PAF replica pickups at an affordable price by Sheptone (http://www.sheptone.com). I installed them with my complete satisfaction on 3 guitars I built and I think they are really interesting. If you want you can listen to some samples on http://www.sheptone.com and also on my web site (http://www.power-development.net) under "Guitars" / "SC-Hollow" and "SC-Curved". The last set I bought will be installed on my new SC-SetNeck that will be finished soon (I'm going to paint it). I hope this information about these pickup will be useful for you. Regards

Hello guys, I uploaded, on my site (http://www.power-development.net), 2 pictures rendered from the CAD drawings of our new fiber carbon guitar. You can find them under: "Carbon Guitar V2.0" / "The Drawings". I'll let you know when will we start the building activities. Regards

Hello Rog You are right, I'm comparing a semi hollow with a solid body (I built both guitars from the same plans). What surprised me is the fact that a semi hollow body should sound fat and warm but in my case the sound is bright and I suppose this is due to the fact that the ash I used (european) is very very heavy and very very very very hard. This fact is driving me crazy because that sound is not what I expectes... In relation to the approach you propose for the tests (2 identical bodies, same pieces,...) you are completely right: my test was not so scientific, I would only demonstrate to the friend who asked me that there is always a difference... The registration is the only element that is "scientific": I used the line 6 guitar port with a standard preset (like heaven is its name) that sets the amp type, the mids, the basses and all other settings... I posted this message because I would have the feedbacks from other people on order to better understand. Thank you all

I'll work on it... Unfortunately I did not test the website with Opera... I don't know why but the server consider Opera as a mobile browser and opens the mobile version of the site (you can see it from the address bar). Thank you very much for your post

Hello again to everybody. I updated my website because there were some problems with browsers different from IE. Sorry about it, now it should be ok. If you will experience any problem, please let me know. Thank you all.

I think your approach is really interesting: the fact of recording the wood's characteristics is a scientific approach that will allow you potentially to precisely choose the sound your guitar will have... really very interesting! On the other hand, with my simple test, I would demonstrate my friend that there are many elements that will affect the final sound and that the differences on the sound are really noticeable. In addition to this, I updated my website because there were some problems with browsers different from IE. Sorry about it, now it should be ok. If you will experience any problem, please let me know. Thank you all.

Hello again to everybody. I updated my website because there were some problems with browsers different from IE. Sorry about it, now it should be ok. If you will experience any problem, please let me know. Thank you all.

You are completely right. For this reason I did this test with 2 guitars I personally built. The elements that are the same for the 2 guirtars are: Scale Neck wood Neck and body dimensions Pickup positions Wiring (pot, cap and wires) Bolt-on Based on the same project/plan The elements that are different: Body construction (one is hollow and the other is solid) Wood (one is ash with maple top and the other is all mahogany) Bridge (one is a piezo strat style and the other is a wilkinson wraparound) In my case I really think that the 2 guitars are more comparable than other guitars. In the cases you reported there are more structural differences: a les paul and an explorer cannot be compared at all (the first element is the pickup positioning and these 2 guitars do not have them at the same position). You probably know better than me that the pickup position is a key element for the sound... In my case, the semihollow body sounds brigther than the solid body and this is due to the fact I used a very very very hard type of ash (european). What I mean with this is that the type of wood you use to build a guitar is really impacting the sound. In addition to this, in my case I used a, let me define it, a "standardized amplifier": I used a preset of the guitarport of line6 and this allows anybody who has it to reproduce the same amp set-up (same amp and same eq set-up). I heard some samples that were uncomparable (even if the authors didn't agree with me) because they used different amp set-up.

A friend of mine was not convinced that there is a real difference in the sound that a wood can produce in relation to the others. He asked me if the difference between ash and mahogany, for example, is so noticeable or not. I did a test to demonstrate this and the result is really impressive. The answer to the question that my friend posed me? Yes, absolutely! The difference is really noticeable: my wife noticed it! If you are curious you can listen to the difference on my web site: http://www.power-development.net, navigate to "sound comparaison" / "SC-Hollow vs SC-Curved" and listen to the samples. Let me know what do you think about it

I'm very pleased to explain how to do this kind of inlay. The mixture: mix 14g of resin (resin + hardener) and add microbaloon (glass or phenolic) till you get a sort of clay (not too hard and not to liquid). Then fill pattern you routed on the wood and let it harden for 24 hours. At the end, with a radioused sanding block, sand it. It's very easy! The color of the mixture can be changed using special color for resins (liquid or paste). You can also use powdered ones but you cannot use water based or solvent based colors (they cannot evaporate and they also damage the chemical structure of the resin --> the resin is a polymer). My advice is to do some practice on scrap wood. Let me know if this description is sufficient and don't hesitate to pose me any question.

I added some new pictures and I also added my usual sound tests. Let me know what do you think about this guitar. Thank you all

Thank you for your comment, I really apreciate it. I actually rubbed the top and applied another coat of stain, the problem is that the picture I took is really orrible: I'll take another and post it. In relation to the Forstner, you are completely right: I bought one when I finished the work... so I'll use it the next time

Hello, Yesterday night (late) I completed my guitar: a semi hollowbody with a piezo bridge. The specs are: Body · Semi-hollow body · Ash body with flamed maple top · Finish: flamed black Neck · 1 piece of mahogany · Wide fat contour · Indian rosewood fret board · Tree-of-life inlay · Bolt-on Pickups · 2 Sheptone PAF Tribute (http://www.sheptone.com) · 1 L.R. Baggs X-Bridge (a piezo bridge) Wiring · 2 output jacks · 5-way rotary switch I published it on my web site (http://www.power-development.net) you can find the details under Guitars/SC-Hollow. Here you can find more pictures: Image 1 Image 2 Image 3 On my web site I also published the pictures of the building process, to see them just navite to "the building process" section and choose SC-Hollow. As soon as possible I'll publish also the sound tests (if you want an example of what the Sheptones pickup can do, just give an eye to my guitar SC-Curved). Let me know if you have any question. Happy building to everybody!

In this section I also added 2 pictures: the mould and the first unfinished body. Stay tuned

Hello again! I put on my web site some details about the project of the new version of our carbon fiber guitar. In particular you can find the specifications and the differences from the current version. Go on: http://www.power-development.net. Under "Carbon Guitar V2.0" you will find all the information I'll post about our project during the execution. I also wrote something about the pickups I'll install on it: if you are looking for the real PAF tone, I think you will find what I wrote there very interesting. If you are curious just give it an eye. If you have any question about our project, don't hesitate to ask, I'll be pleased to give you all the answers I'll keep you informed.

I asked to my collegue Raffaele to provide me 2 pictures of the CAD geometry of our new project. As soon as he provides them to me I'll post them with some more details about what will be the specifications. I'm very pleased to see that so many people is interested in our projects. I'll keep you informed Thank you!

Thank you. When we will start with the new project (I hope in the next weeks) I'll take the pictures of the entire production process and I'll keep you informed from the beginning so you will be able to see the progress every week. Thank you again.

You are completely right on all. The problem about the web site is that the version of the content manager is old and needs to be upgraded. It was a test installation and now it's becoming "productive" for this site. Anyway, thank you for your tech feed-back I'll, upgrade it as soon as possible. About the guitar. You're right, the controls are a bit cramped and close to the edge because I installed the Fernandez Sustainer that needs a lot of room in the control cavity and due to the fact that the body is a semi-hollow one that was designed a few months before (with no idea on what electronic would have been installed) there was no chance to extend it at that time. Thank you for your feed-back ;-D

I had in mind fiber carbon because I built airplain models using fiber glass and kevlar and I asked my self: "What about building a guitar in the same way?" The only problem is that I don't know, at the moment, how to make that guitar fly Thank you Dylan for your comment

Hello guys!!! I put online a new website about guitar building: http://www.power-development.net We are a group of 3 guys that love guitars and we also love builging them (more interesting than buying them ). We do not build guitars for business we build them for amusement only, we are curious and we love to learn: doing is the best way to the knowloedge. I started the Power-Development initiative because I was interested in building a guitar made of fiber carbon so I involved 2 friends of mine. We built the first version of a Tele style all fiber carbon guitar. At the moment we are working on a new version (more complex geometry and more complex building process...). If you are interested I'll keep you informed (on this forum and on my web site). I also love wood so I also build traditional guitars. At the moment I'm completing a semi-hollow body one with a piezo bridge and I'll publish soon the pictures on my site (I also have the building process pictures) The web site is still a baby and I need to make it grow so be patient, I'll add progressively some new stuffs. Kind regards to everybody