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GR8HUNTER
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#1 posted 11-14-2019 10:39 PM
I always thought it would be fun to make one of these …. you made a very excellent choice on your woods …… GREAT JOB :<)))
-- Tony---- Reinholds,Pa.------ REMEMBER TO ALWAYS HAVE FUN :<))
hairy
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#2 posted 11-14-2019 11:40 PM
SWEET!!
-- You can lead a horse to water, but you can't tie his shoes. Blaze Foley
therealSteveN
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#3 posted 11-15-2019 04:44 AM
That burl really brings in the WOW factor. I know for nothing about music, does it play well? Looks magnificent.
-- Think safe, be safe
EarlS
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#4 posted 11-15-2019 12:36 PM
Nice work. That is an amazing burl.
-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"
drbyte
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#5 posted 11-15-2019 01:58 PM
Sweeter than sweet! Great job, nice wood! What brand pickups, tuners, and tremelo did you use?
-- Dennis, WV
DDWW
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#6 posted 11-15-2019 02:33 PM
This is great aside from having amazing burl, I am drawn to the design of your headstock. It is thoughtful and well balanced. Hardware is understated and lets the design and materials shine.
DDWW
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#7 posted 11-15-2019 02:57 PM
This is great aside from having amazing burl, I am drawn to the design of your headstock. It is thoughtful and well balanced. Hardware is understated and lets the design and materials shine.
Thorbjorn88
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#8 posted 11-15-2019 03:31 PM
Thanks all!
therealSteveN It plays great! I’m planning on redoing the neck on my first guitar now that I’m better at fret work and stuff.
Dennis the pickups are tonerider, I think they’re hard to beat on bang for the buck. The tremolo is a wilkonsen licensed one I got off of ebay and I think it’s the same for the tuners. The guy I built it for isn’t a huge player so he didn’t want to go over the top on the hardware budget but I was completely satisfied with the quality of the trem and tuners.
DDWW thanks for noticing the headstock. It took me a lot of iterations to find something I liked that wasn’t just a knock off of something else.
-- Dave
moke
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#9 posted 11-15-2019 06:18 PM
I’ve played guitar most of my life and also done woodworking, but have been too afraid to build a guitar…..you have created a masterpiece! Well done!
Pardon my ignorance for asking these two questions…..first, why no pick guard? Just for ascetics? or a sound thing?
If I did try, would I be safe to buy a neck and head stock?
-- Mike
oldrivers
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#10 posted 11-15-2019 06:30 PM
Beautiful Guitar. you did an excellent job, congratulations.
-- Soli Deo gloria!
Thorbjorn88
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#11 posted 11-15-2019 07:09 PM
moke Yeah no pickguard for ascetics. But by doing that it requires the pickups to be directly mounted into the wood with either wood wood screws or threaded inserts. I prefer threaded inserts because it makes pickup height easily adjustable. Mounting the pickups directly into the wood does affect tone, this is something that I believe was popularized by Van Halen’s frankenstrat. It’s a subtle difference though and could be one of those many many things that guitarist think they can hear a difference but it’s all in their head.
As for buying a neck and just building a body, that’s a good option but it doesn’t save you from doing the fret work to make it play really well. And honestly there’s nothing really that difficult about making a neck. Cutting the fret slots is a little tricky and you have to have the right sized hand saw or table saw blade to do it. A great option is buying a pre-slotted fretboard. And I think the most fun part of the project is carving the neck.
If you’re interested I can answer more questions over PM and send you some videos I like about building the neck.
-- Dave
BurlyBob
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#12 posted 11-16-2019 04:15 AM
Both those are wonderful and way out of my league.
splintergroup
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#13 posted 11-16-2019 03:00 PM
The instruments here on LJs always draw my attention. True craftsmanship with plenty of artistic engineering. Nary a straight line except for the strings, it makes my table saw lonely 8^)
Very impressive!
KelleyCrafts
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#14 posted 11-16-2019 05:21 PM
Awesome job!
-- Dave - http://kelleycrafts.com/ - pen blanks - knife scales - turning tools
James E McIntyre
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#15 posted 11-19-2019 12:10 AM
You are one fine luthier!
I replied to your comment on the Deadman post.
-- James E McIntyre
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