Chalig

yea i am actually thinking of reconcidering those v shaped end bits. lol i wasn't given this project, i chose to do it. because this is my final year. well sorta, i am in year 11 doing an accelerated year 12 subject. does any1 know how this finish was done?? i got that from this site Thanks, Charlie G.

what price are you thinking for either of these.. under AU$30.00? thanks Charlie G

hey, i do really need sum help here. like even if your not from sydney, if you could just reply and give me some ideas, thanks.. charlie

I am very unexperienced in CAD, so if somebody has created a accurate cad drawing of a stewmac 24-fret through body neck, a fender strat 3 pickup and trem bridge set up, could u please post them here because i am desgingin a guitar for my Year 12 Design Technology Major Design Project (MDP) and i need to design the parts around these things. K thanks, Charlie G

Hey, if u have created CAD Drawings of Guitars/Parts/Tools Etc. Post them here. K thanks, Charlie G

Hey, my name is Charlie G, I am a year 12 student (16yo) in Sydney, Australia. For my Design & Technology major project I am designing a guitar. The basic idea behind the project is to design and construct a guitar that will be able to go wherever I go. The guitar has a 24-Fret through-body neck with maple wings in a shape that resembles a Gibson Flying-V with out the end pointy bits. The guitar also has metal sides that fold out to form these end pointy bits. The guitar has a tremolo bridge and a standard Strat electronics set up. It also has the electronics of a small amplifier (minus the speaker) in the guitar along with a 9-volt battery compartment so that I can plug headphones straight into the body of the guitar. This means that I can play the guitar anywhere at any time. Some existing designs that have influenced this include: - The Gibson Flying-V. - The Yamaha Silent Guitar. - Various Travel Guitars. I have completed the following designing: - Initial sketches. - Final drawings. - Cad Diagrams. - And as a result have ended up with this design (ON MSN SPACE - Black/White Guitar Diagram) So far I have purchased: - A 2nd hand Strat-style guitar which somebody made, and did a shoddy job of. I bought this from a pawn shop in Hornsby. - 24-Fret through-body neck from StewMac. - A piece of maple wood. At this point in time I have undertaken the following construction: - Deconstructed the 2nd hand Strat-style guitar, taking out the electronics which I suspect was a pre-wired pickguard and the bridge. - Cut the maple sides to suit my design. (To be the wings to the neck). I am stuck as I do not have any of the profession equipment/routing templates and I have a couple of problems, including: - How to undertake the routing as I do not have any templates, and I am also installing amplifier parts and a 9-v batter compartment? ON MSN SPACE- there is a picture of a guitar with a built in amp, this example is sort of what i want to do, just without the speaker. - How do incorporate these amplifier and 9-volt battery? I need to have a headphone jack as well as the output jack (the output jack is not the Strat 1, but the one that would be on, say, a Les Paul. there is a small wiring diagram of this on MSN SPACE - What glue should I use and where should I get it from? Eg. Epoxy. - I am rapidly approaching my budget and I still have to buy sum stuff. Any ideas - How can I go about finishing, as I want to air brush it, but I don’t have the professional kits, or any paint? I was wondering if somebody could help me out there. Is there anybody in Sydney, Australia (I live in Wahroonga, near Hornsby) that would be willing to give me a hand? Any help/ideas/comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Charlie. (I will update this post when I transfer the photos off my camera.)

Hey, my name is Charlie G, I am a year 12 student (16yo) in Sydney, Australia. For my Design & Technology major project I am designing a guitar. The basic idea behind the project is to design and construct a guitar that will be able to go wherever I go. The guitar has a 24-Fret through-body neck with maple wings in a shape that resembles a Gibson Flying-V with out the end pointy bits. The guitar also has metal sides that fold out to form these end pointy bits. The guitar has a tremolo bridge and a standard Strat electronics set up. It also has the electronics of a small amplifier (minus the speaker) in the guitar along with a 9-volt battery compartment so that I can plug headphones straight into the body of the guitar. This means that I can play the guitar anywhere at any time. Some existing designs that have influenced this include: - The Gibson Flying-V. - The Yamaha Silent Guitar. - Various Travel Guitars. I have completed the following designing: - Initial sketches. - Final drawings. - Cad Diagrams. - And as a result have ended up with this design (ON MSN SPACE - Black/White Guitar Diagram) So far I have purchased: - A 2nd hand Strat-style guitar which somebody made, and did a shoddy job of. I bought this from a pawn shop in Hornsby. - 24-Fret through-body neck from StewMac. - A piece of maple wood. At this point in time I have undertaken the following construction: - Deconstructed the 2nd hand Strat-style guitar, taking out the electronics which I suspect was a pre-wired pickguard and the bridge. - Cut the maple sides to suit my design. (To be the wings to the neck). I am stuck as I do not have any of the profession equipment/routing templates and I have a couple of problems, including: - How to undertake the routing as I do not have any templates, and I am also installing amplifier parts and a 9-v batter compartment? ON MSN SPACE- there is a picture of a guitar with a built in amp, this example is sort of what i want to do, just without the speaker. - How do incorporate these amplifier and 9-volt battery? I need to have a headphone jack as well as the output jack (the output jack is not the Strat 1, but the one that would be on, say, a Les Paul. there is a small wiring diagram of this on MSN SPACE - What glue should I use and where should I get it from? Eg. Epoxy. - I am rapidly approaching my budget and I still have to buy sum stuff. Any ideas - How can I go about finishing, as I want to air brush it, but I don’t have the professional kits, or any paint? I was wondering if somebody could help me out there. Is there anybody in Sydney, Australia (I live in Wahroonga, near Hornsby) that would be willing to give me a hand? Any help/ideas/comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Charlie. (I will update this post when I transfer the photos off my camera.)

go to www.sketchup.com. and download the trial version and just find a activation key off the net. the actuall program is meant for architecture, but in more recent versions it's capabilities have expanded and it can be now used for almost anything. it is what i use to design my guitars, k cya