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thanks for interest! Continue work with shape.
Maple body with sapele top.

Hi to everyone!
I'll be the second participant!

I want to show you my second guitar. I wanted to install very agressive pickups and call it Angry Strat, but change my choice to more "blues" sound. So now it's just an FatStrat ))

Basic idea was to modificate classic shape to modern look,  laconic and without unnecessary decorations like exotic woods, bindings and inlays.

Specs are:
sapele body with maple top.
25,5", 24  bolt-on fret maple/wenge neck with wenge fingerboard, Jescar SS frets
Fokin pickups "ROut" set with split-coil.
Gotoh hardware.

So, here it is.








And short home video))

22 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Same here to be honest. If it's not shipping costs, it's taxes.

I understand you. Hope it will not interfere with our work

4 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Totally. Now you just need to replace the body :-D

If your client can afford it, I highly recommend ABM's single-string bridges when the time comes.

I know about ABM but our current situation with ruble makes any purchases from foreign shops very expensive. I think it will be standard Gotoh bridge. It's good and cheaper.
But I hope I will try ABM hardware for our next custom guitars in future

Neck is finished. Now bass sounds much better then before.






 

13 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Great idea. Are you making a template from the existing body?

Yes. But possibly we will change some details. Or will design absolutely another shape.

7 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Everything you do to that bass will make it better than it was. Harley Benton stuff is usually really poor. Not surprised that the neck pretzeled! 

Absolutely!
Neck replacement - first stage. This work for my friend. He want new good bass, but can't pay total cost immediately. So we made new neck first, and will make new body little later. As a result we will get new bass)

Only finishing and frets are need to be done

Hi to everyone!
Today I want to show process of customization of 5str bass
Original neck - maple with rosewood. In very bad condition. No repair is possible.
We decided to make new neck. Maple/sapele/rosewood.














 

Ok, guys.
I made few photos of my Strat.









Also two short videos with this guitar

It's done!

2 hours ago, 10pizza said:

great looking strat man. It looks like you just shake 'm out of your sleeve!

do you have a website as well for your shop? or is it just building for friends?

 

Our shop has official page at FB https://www.facebook.com/SGWGuitars/
large part of our working time is spent for repairs, but we want to leave repairs in future and only make guitars.
This strat was made for customer. Few guitars we make for us.
 

And now th 3rd bass.
Some time ago I tested awesome custom bass, neckthrough, mahagony with maple. I liked it so much and decided to make similar bass.

Second bass
Maple body with sapele top
Sapele/wenge/maple neck with mexican rosewood fretboard, 4str, 24 frets, 34", bolt-on
Gotoh hardware, Fokin pickups 4str Jazz Bass set

Want to make natural color top. Sapele looks awesome, see no reasons to cover it with color.

I Have free time and lot of wood. I'm basically a bass player so I decided to make few different basses. I will post them in one thread.
They are:
1. 5str jazz bass 
2. 4str jazz bass
3. neckthrough 4str jazz bass

Let's start.
1. I never like a classic jazz bass design, so I decided to make my own modern looking 5str jazz bass
Ash body
Maple/wenge neck with wenge fingerboard, 34", 24 frets, dot markers, bolt-on
Gotoh hardware, Folin pickups Jazz Bass Set.









 

I decided to take a part in Guitar of the Month with Fresco) Maybe this one is for next competition)

hello everybody)

Had no possibility to record good demo, but could show 2 short videos with my friends

First guitar I made for myself, but my friend bought it on 3rd day after I finish guitar.
This one for customer. I feel that I go in right way and guitar making is what I really want to do.
So, I will make guitars for customers and for myself, I have few free projects. I will post threads about them. I plan to finish them in February.

hello to everyone!
My name is Mike (Mikhail Sokolov).
I'm from Russia and today I want to show you my first experience in guitar building.
I'm owner of guitar repair workshop over 10 years and have experience in all possible types  of guitar repair, but it's first time when I made my own guitar by my hands.
I made it for myself but friend fall in love and bought it on third day after I finish guitar))

So, my first guitar is called "Fresco".
Specifications:
body - sapele with maple top;
neck - maplesapele/maple with rosewood fingerboard, 24 jescar frets, 25,5" scale, bolt-on
tuners and bridge - Gotoh
pickups - Fokin Demolition set https://www.facebook.com/fokinpickupsofficial
1 vol - 1 tone - 3-way switch








 

Hope to finish it today.

Making shielding

I'm assembling guitar now. Will make good photos at weekend.
On those photos I try to show that finish is like mirror) I see myself very good)

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