jimmyb

cheers litch, big up to litchy for the pic reduction!

ok its my first attempt at building or even modding because im only 15!! im a bit embarresed cause you guys are like experts!!

anyway, so yeah ive cut out the body and sanded. ill be doing a shitload more sanding though. ill be routing and starting the neck later as more money comes!!

oh and another thing...dont take notice of the neck pocket region...i havnt even touched it so its not like done or anything!!

ok any help and comments are appreciated!

laterz

jimmyb

ok thanks....ive got pics now and will make a post in the solidbody section...i just used a normal camera and got the developers to put on a cd.

bump

hmm my faves to play would be

dyers eve or battery by metallica= great when your angry!!

dyers eve is very easy on geetar but **** hard on drums! hmm i wish they could play that live

ok im currently building my first guitar(from scratch).

anyway i dont have digital cam. to win do u have to make a tutorial or anything? because i would have to take all the pics, take the film into the shop and get them to put it on a cd for me should i just do a tutorial or something to win?

by the way its an esp explorer. it will be painted white, black hardware, 2 humbuckers, TOM and tailpeice etc.

thanks

ok thanks for the replies. a guy named perry (rhoads56 on this forum), lives right near me and he sells them so im gonna buy the templates of him.

ok so ive cut out my body and sanded it.(its an esp explorer, from the bolt on explorer CAD from guitarbuild.com)

anyway im ready to start doing the next stage. routing the pickups cavities, neck pocket, the control cavity and drill the holes for the TOM and tailpeice.

ok i was wondering if anyone knew of any where i could get templates. the thing i am concerned about is the neck pocket. im not really sure on the angle or the depth that i have to route.

any help is GREATLY appreciated.

squires are gay....i have one...feels nice though...hmm shouldthe pickups with genuine mexixan strat p/ups that i found on ebay. would it sound any better?

hmm i think you should be right as long as you follow your templates, practise on **** wood and ask lots of questions here!!

that headstock is looking good jeff

Are the plans of the this site accurate with measurments i tried those cad ones from guitarbuild but they dont show any measurments

thanks

you can dimension them yourself.Just read the FAQ in the cad program youre using.

that iceman!

hmm its inspiring me to build one for my next project!!!

hmm im thinking black with white binding...emg 81/60 combo....hmm!

thats really cool LGM!

@#%$# !!! Why can't I edit the subject. Yeah, I know there's a freakin' T instead of an S , LOL !

lol i didnt even notice it!!

anyway....check google!

looking good mate...nice job

but on a squire!?!? WHAAAAT?

hehe i have a old squire i picked up from my bro....got a really nice colour so cant change it...the colour is like very rare

haha thats awesome!!

i dislike it. my mate has a epi SG and it looks better

is there a way to save the pics?

excatly what i was thinking

ok thanks

ok cheers wes

ok thanks drak, im building my own neck...do you think that template from stew-mac will still work??

ok thanks man, im building the neck so ill route the neck pocket after. im buying the pickups off rhoads56 and they come with templates so thats good.

please help!

I used the ESP bolt-on explorer plans from www.guitarbuild.com(explorer13_pub.dwg).

Im using 'Melleluka' wood, not sure what its like though my uncle whos a carpenter bought it for me because it had similar properties to Mahogany.

I cut out the body and sanded it today at his workshop.

its awesome, cant wait to finish!!!

anyway i have a few questions:

1) does any one have that CAD file?can it be used for humbucker templates? If yes how deep should i go.I'll probably be using Seymour Duncans.

2)the cad has the neck pocket but again how deep do i go and on what angle?

3) the cad has the tunomatic and tailpeice on it. can i just drill at the end of them? If so what size drill bit should i use?

Thanks