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It was given to me when I purchased a like new but used Ibenez acoustic electric in my neighborhood. It needs a repair which I am also working on. You should google it as the brand has some interesting reading and some pretty high-profile players and admirers. Later...

I am still getting the hang of communicating this way as opposed to years of Facebook dalliance. Ha, ha, ha...great word “dalliance”, eh? Anyhow, today and the upcoming weekend I am busy with many unavoidable, non-instrument-building activities. Thanks for the interesting reply. JE

SR, Your comments here and comments from others make me want to sequester myself in my “shop” (small area in my basement with limited tools and big ideas) and endlessly produce gits and basses of unique design. Emphasis on the “big” ideas. Also of note...the knowledge and expertise evidenced when I manage to slice out some time to read the posts here indicates to me that I should have spent more time in pursuit of worthwhile skills such as these instead of mucking about all over the place. That’s a whole other story though and not entirely without merit. ( “Fun” fact - In the summer of 1969 I worked on the Edmund Fitzgerald and, among other things witnessed Detroit in flames at night from the deck of said vessel.) But I digress... Sufice it to say, I will do my best to be worthy of inclusion to this impressive group of builders. Peace.

Hi all, I was wondering if someone could help me get “fully” signed up? I cannot seem to set a password. When I try I get a message about username already in use. Thanks

Wow, thanks for all of those tips! Makes perfect sense to me. JE

Good stuff. Thanks for taking the time to help give me ideas.

Thanks, that is so very nice of you to say. Not sure about classy (lol) but I can say that the sound and intonation was spot on. Combination of taking it real slow and a little bit of luck, I think.

Thanks.

I’m new here so I hope that I am doing this correctly, lol. First I want to say that you have seriously over-the-top building skills! At 70 years old and low on the learning curve with minimal tools I think it’s highly unlikely that I could ever hope to achieve what you have. ”Throwing convention to the wind” is exactly what I want to do. I am building for no one but myself and a beautiful finish is not necessary for me. What I want is, as you touched upon is balance and playability tailored specifically to my playing. I am so impressed by your builds but realistically it is not in the cards for me to get to where you are. Great work and looking forward to more from you on throwing convention to the wind.

Thanks guys.

Hi, new member here, I would like to have dialogues with builders in the group who are able to build good looking, great sounding solid bodies without spending a ton of money. I realize that a person could spend “thousands” using the best parts (electronics, etc) and have better odds of hitting a home run. For some of us that’ Just not in the cards. Anyone feel that way?

Hi, new guy hear, Anyone have suggestions for lower cost, good sounding pick ups? Thanks

Interesting topic for this “old” new member. As I am a new member I don’t want to be guilty of “hijacking” the post so if my question is off-topic please tell me. Here it is: How does a builder (commercial or private) come up with the starting shape? I know that there are several well known shapes (you know what they are, lol) that many of us start with and then modify one to personalize for ourselves. Here is where I am getting bogged down... I always play seated. No matter which guitar I am playing (solid-body, acoustic, full size or 3/4) I play more comfortably that way BUT I still don’t feel that I have the control I want. I can’t help but think that by taking and using the proper measurements for myself that I should be able to design a guitar just for my own use. Any thoughts?

No in-progress pictures that I can find easily but here’s one of the finished pictures. LOL, be gentle it was my first. Plays like a dream and intonation and tone very nice IMHO. I gave it to my daughter so I can’t provide an audio sample unless I did one 3 years ago when I gifted it to her. Thanks

Also, my intent is to gain additional information to build a solid body electric 4 string guitar tuned to D3-G3-B3-E4 from low to high. Sound wise I hope to result in tone similar to some of John Mayers guitar sounds. (Sure wish I could play like he does!)