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Man, those are some nice basses. Something about the horns reminds me of a parker fly.

i dont post here much. but when someone combines my favourite wood, with my second favourite guitar. i have to tip my hat to them *tips hat* truly 'tis an artwork.

i like the look of this build. the headstock is rather nice. and i like the wood. nice choice

well today i got to drawing out some to-size drawings, i used the neck of a guitar i have as a guide. the scale is something like 25-1/2" then using my bass as to get a basic shape for the curves (i used one curve and flipped it for both sides, but its being altered) its starting to look more like part of the rickenbacker 300 series, which come to think of it makes sense, since the bass i used is a rick 4003. but anyway i actually like this shape, so now ive got some sort of gretsch-rickenbacker hybrid. right now, ive got it drawn on 3 sheets of a3 paper. i find it funny that the shape i drew, i measured up for bridge positions, and it turned out pretty good. im also thinking now, i might put a jazzmaster trem on it. it turns out to be about half the price of the bigsby, although the bisgby requires no routing, but i think it could be a good choice. each wing looks like it will be 13-1/2" long. (should i shorten it? whats the average blank length?) and about 6" wide, although the neck will probably get wider as it hits the body. right now im working on cuting away the treble horn, i htink i might just leave it at the 21st fret. i never really go that high. im typing this as i go so im forgetting things ive already typed. but now im stuck with the horns, no matter what i do, they dont look right. this is gonna take a while *puts a yes album on*

i mean from the nut, to where the neck finishes. and also how do you plan on keeping the neck in? are you going to bolt it on? or just glue it.

hey man, nice guitar your building there. im thinking of doing something similar. and i have a few questions. when you routed out the chambers, did you just go around the outside of it, or did you route all the wood?(probably a stupid question) and secondly, how long does the neck extend from the nut onwards?

by the "how much wood" i mean after pick up routing in the center how much would i need to leave on either side to keep enough strength? and also, are their any other companies you know of that make the bigsby style trems? because im not sure i want to pay $160 aus for it. but in the end if it comes down to it i will. the carved top could be an interesting thing to do, ill have to think about it. although i think ill stay with a flat top. tonight i think ill start the fun of guesstemating and designing the basics of this thing.

thanks for that, i hadnt realised that it actually exsisted.

thanks for those links to other guys stuff, especially aidlooks, that seems to be what im looking at doing. if i were to do that, would i need to start off with a thinner wood, since i would be adding the caps? and also, how much would i need to leave to keep the body from imploding on itself length wise from string tension. and if i were to build my own neck, would it be possible to use carbon fiber rods only? or is it better to have the adjustability of a steel rod? as for the bigsby trem im assuming it would be heavy, after the weight of the tuneomatics i got for my lapsteel. i wasnt quite sure weather i still needed a second part for the bridge if i used the b7. oh and i forgot to add to my first post that i wanted to put in a pickup selector switch, just a 3 way switch. for bridge/both/neck sorry for such a long reply, but what do you mean by a carved top as apposed to an arch top? im not really that knowledgable when it comes to these things.

first off - black cat- i dont plan on making it the same thickness, that will cut down quite a bit of weight, and if i still feel it will be too heavy, ill size it down a bit wheres the beef- i know its an arch top, but i plan on making it flap top. i also said i plan on making it solid body, the reason i chose these was because i really dont think i could build and archtop hollowbody. (although i want to route fake f holes in it just for looks) like i said i have made a guitar before, although it was alot simpler. it was a lapsteel, so i didnt need to worry about carving a neck, and fretting it.(although i did make fret marking with a wood burner) and with the neck through part, not only will it be easier to build, but after playing some neck through guitars, i find they play alot easier at the higher frets. so what woods would you recommend? they dont have to be attractive woods, because they will be covered, but im looking for something reasonably light, and easy to work with. and im from the western suburbs of sydney. -chris

ok. so lately on the suggestion of a group of friends that i "need a new hobby besides making music" ive decided that i want to build a guitar. ive built one before for a school major project.(it was a double necked lapsteel) so i have some sort of experience. but i have this idea in my head, that i want to build a solid-body, neck-through guitar, similar to a gretsch white falcon II. (as far as i know, the white falcon is only single cutout, i want double cut out) im thinking of puting this trem on it. bigsby b7 these machine heads gotoh vintage scalloped as for the pick ups, i want to have a HH configuration, in the neck i want something that can get a nice jazzy tone, while for the bridge i want to get a garage blues crunch distortion/overdrive (although that probably has more to do with what pedals i use) so any suggestions on what pick ups i could use would be a great help. also for the neck, i have been thinking about building my own neck, but im not sure i could do it, mostly because i dont have access to alot of the tools i would need. so ive been thinking of getting this as for looks, although i love a natural finish, with this guitar, i want to finish it with a white undercoat, then get a friend of mine to paint it psychedelic. so what woods would you reccomend? and finally, would anybody have basic measurements for a white falcon, or similar guitar? just thought id ask, before i go down to the store and measure one up. so anyway, to anyone who replies, thanks for the help, im getting excited about building this. oh and one last thing, ive been trying to view the neck through tutorial in the other forum, but the pictures arent loading, is anyone else getting this or just me? -chris

i thought treys guitar was koa? i was sure i heard that somewhere