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  1. Time for a MAJOR change of plan!

    During the last week, did i buy a donor guitar, but it was SO awful that i went back and got my money back..

    Therefore, am i thinking about doing it all myself, buying stuff from Guitarfetish.com!

    Because of this, am i gonna need some advices, so i get all the parts i need in one order :-)

    What i got so far in the cart:

    Maple/rosewood neck w/o tuners or anything

    Output jack

    Pre-assembled pickguard with 2 coils and 1 bridge humbucker

    Gold hardtail bridge

    Trem(olo) Cover

    I probably need a whole lot more, so please shout if you got something i should grab with it! Can Give the links to the things i have so far, if you ask me for them :-)

    Thanks alot!

    Lycking

  2. FINALLY got a bit further! I got my guitar this morning, its a good bit used, and tbh am i not sure it works. Its low quality really, but again aint i expecting this project to end with a fender/gibson quality.. Gonna test it later tonight, hopefully it works! the pickups are loose, but im changing them anyways.

    I hope this is my lucky day!

  3. Right, so ive found a guitar i consider about buying and taking apart. IT has no brand on the headtock, and the seller doesnt know how to find out which brand it is. (she cant spell guitar anyways, hehe)

    Here it is anyways http://www.qxl.dk/pris/musikinstrumenter-udstyr/guitar/el-guitar/elgitar-incl-forstaerker-tuner-og-skulderrem/v/an695527076/

    Its up for 350 DKR which equals to about 35£

    I've written to the seller and asked if its a bolt-on neck, as thats what im after.

    I know its hard to say, but how would you reckon it for the build? its cheap and seems decent in my eyes.

    Its with a small amp by the way.

    Cheers and thanks again

    Lycking

  4. Thanks for the replies both of you!

    Great comments both of you :-)

    And thanks for the picture tip, ill try it ;-)

    50cm at stockholm!? Most of it here at sjælland has melted overnight, so we have like 5cm left.

    Heading to Idre Fjäll in week 5, hopefully theres still some great skiing snow!

    Glædelig jul til dig også//merry christmas to you too :-)!

    Lycking

  5. Right, so i kicked off the project today!

    I went to my grandpa's (damn you snow!), and took a chat with him, and went to his basement to look for some wood.

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/145/imag0381z.jpg/

    I went to the back of the woods, and found this beautiful piece of 22 years dried European Ash!

    Love this piece of wood! So pretty :rolleyes:

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/imag0383k.jpg/

    Cut off the edges/tough bark

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/imag0384j.jpg/

    Aaaand here begins the work!

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/imag0385v.jpg/

    Rough body cutoff

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/imag0386yj.jpg/

    And finally the result of the days work :D

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/imag0387ib.jpg/

    I havnt cut out the headstock yet, because im not sure how wide the neck from the guitar im going to buy is.

    Also, i was hunting for a wood thats as close to 45mm thick, but the one i found is 39, and will probably end about 35mm thick, after Grounding/polishing (damn you terrible english!), Is it thick enough? :unsure:

    Wont be working on it before the 27th, since all the xmas stuff coming up :)

    Cheers n merry christmas!

    Lycking

  6. Thanks for the replies both of you!

    Going to check out the woods he has around later today, hoping he has some decent :-)

    Speaking of the pickups, am i quite sure i'm going to switch them out, since the ones in the guitar already by a huge chance is awful, thats what ive read about them. Also, im going to save quite some money on tools/sandpaper/other materials, since my grandad also has a old wooden/metal workshop in his cellar, because hes a former machinist. But well, time will show.. If the pickups already installed is decent will i stick with them.

    Thanks for the answers again, very useful :-)!

  7. Thanks alot for the reply Demon, motivational!

    By your words do i guess you've built quite a few guitars, just got one quick question, if i cut up the wires just before the pickups, swap the pickups, and then solder the new pickups on, can i then place the stash in the new body, without changing alot of other settings/wirings? Asking since i havnt got alot of experience with soldering, just the basic stuff..

    Also speaking of the body, do you reckon i would be able to make a solid body with wood that has been laying in a fairly dry and hot cellar for 10-20 years? Read alot about woods, but i only think ill have access to woods not too oftenly used in guitars (beech, oak and such).

    Would it still be possible with those like that? As said, not got too high goals of the sound, just to have something fun to work on!

    Cheers n thanks again!

    Lycking

  8. Hey there fellow guitarfreaks!

    To introduce myself, i´m 17 years strong, I live in Denmark, and i've only been playing the strings for ´bout 4 months or so, so im quite a rookie. I've got a single guitar, an acoustic Cort Earth 100-NS, a decent one, without too much fancy stuff.

    Thing is, that ive got this ridiculous idea stuck in my head, about building my own Strat...

    So far i dont know alot about guitar crafting, but this holiday is gonna be used on reading and reading.

    Since i'm only 17, is my budget kinda tight. I'm thinking about 60-70£. I know this is a VERY low amount of cash to use, but thats kind of what i got leftover to spend :rolleyes:

    So here's my ydea...

    Im thinking about buying a cheap used strat copy (found a few at 25£), and use the neck and things affiliated with that (hunting for a bolt-on). Other things than the neck that i'm after from the guitar, is the pickguard, and all the electronics, except for the (probably awful) pickups.

    The reason im going for a used guitar to pick apart is, that it can't pay off to buy the parts individually.

    If i was going to buy just the neck and pickguard (without tuning heads or anything), would it already be somewhere up near the 100£... And thats simply too expensive for me, even though it may be better quality...

    As going for pickups, im thinking about adding 3 single coil pickups by Wilkinson: MWVSM Vintage http://www.jhs.co.uk/wilkinson.html scroll a bit down, the white ones at the left.

    They cost 32£ each, but i've a store near me, who sells them for just 7£ each! (legit and factory fresh pickups, used it loads of times), so they are quite cost efficient i guess :D

    When the neck and electronics are fixed, is the main part of my project to build the body myself, with mostly hand tools. Obviously is it going to be strat-shaped, or something near it, as i love to make things unique and my own. Im not really sure about which wood i want to use, but im taking it to my grandad's possibly tomorrow, and his whole cellar is stuffed with different woods B)

    If i ain't getting any luck there, i'll surf around the city's woodstores. The most of the wood he has, is probably Oak/beech, which of what i know ain't the best guitar woods.

    I'm mostly doing this for the project itself, and im not expecting to make a perfect guitar that plays like a '67 strat or anything near it, as long as it can play without making my ears bleed am i happy :rock

    So, i would just like to hear you folk's toughts about my ideas and stuff, and thanks in advance :D

    Cheers!

    Lycking

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