danbking

Thanks Prostheta. I think that I'm going to make mine out of what I have available. I would love to reproduce the RS, but I don't think that I have the money for materials. I have a lot of salvaged oak that I made my daughter's bed out of. I know it's going to be heavy, but I think I'm going to make the whole thing out of oak. I'm using mostly hand tools, and so far one ground the neck to thickness. Not depth yet. I've got a thin oak board for the fretboard. I'm going to worry about the body when I get the neck done. I'll probably do most of the body of he oak, and then see if I can finagle some laminate. By the by, do you know what the "shelf edging" white material is? I used to work in a wood shop where they had a lot of edgetape for prefab particle board stuff. That's the only thing that I can think of. What's your website? I'm collecting a list of them that I'm referring to. I often get a lot of contradictory info like fret radius 7.5 & 9. Don't know. I have a friend who's really into guitars, and I figure I'd just ask him if he has both and see which one I like best. Party on, peoples!!!

Thanks a ton for your info! I know that this is a little more than I can handle. I'm okay with that. I'm expecting to take years to make this guitar. I'm expecting to have to rebuild parts. I'm just that kind of guy. I want a project to work on. I usually have several projects in several different stages of completed-ness. I'm not looking to finish and expect to sound like, or play like Brian May. I know about 10-20 chords. I don't have a guitar right now, and I'm looking to have something to pick on when I'm done. If it sounds like CRAP, then I may just buy the pickups instead, but we'll see. Brian May did make his own pickups for Red Special, but then threw them out because they sounded too "scratchy". Again, I'm not looking to make something PERFECT. Just looking for a good project to do. Again, thanks a bunch! Dan ROCK ON!!! :D

Hi. I'm new to guitars, and things. I've done a lot of woodworking, and in general, I am very handy. I've got the bug to make my own guitar. I'm doing it on the cheap (as much as I can). I'm going to make a somewhat replica of Red Special, from Brian May (of Queen). As I read things, and I think that there's as much legend/myth as there is truth out there about this guitar, I'm trying to see what the Burns Tri-sonics are like. Does anyone have one of these lying around to take some pictures of? What I'm confused about is that the descriptions say that there are just 3 magnets stuck end to end here, and that the wires are just a hodge-podge stuck in there. And that the casing of the pickups are chrome, so they extend the magnetic field of the magnets. It seems though, that every other string would be traveling through a different polarity. Wouldn't that make the sound a lot different (scratchy even)? Anyways. I'm looking to make these, I have a forge at home, and could form the case myself. But I'm anxious to see what these actually look like on the inside and what the hodge podge of wires on the inside look like. Thanks for any help! You guys are awesome! I've looked at quite a few things in here to help me along as I go. Dan