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Started Building My Project Guitar Today...

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  1. 09-05-2004, 04:16 PM #1
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    Started Building My Project Guitar Today...

    Today I decided to get off my ass and start building my guitar. So I grabbed my drawing and began my master template. These two pics show the drawing before I glued it to a piece of 1/8" thick tempered hard-board and then after I rough cut the shape on my bandsaw. I need to setup my oscillating spindle sander to final sand it to shape. This will be my master from which I will make templates with different pup, bridge configs and even mods to the body style itself. I don't know how much time I'll be able to put into this but I have no more excuses as I've loaded up on wood and have all the parts already.

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    Good luck on your venture.....a buddy of mine does this for a living and produces some of the best axes I have ever seen....maybe you could be the next EBMM......
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    I don't know....It looks kinda thin
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  4. 09-06-2004, 07:44 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by jongitarz
    I don't know....It looks kinda thin
    Yeah. Well next time I'm going to use 2 pieces of hard-board.
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    It's funny, there was a dude on another forum who said you could put EMG's in a plywood cut out and it would rock the world.....getting EMG's for that? LOL or are you making it a hollow body?!?!?!
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  6. 09-06-2004, 06:59 PM #6
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    Today I made a top for my spindle sander. This way I could easily final sand my master. Here is the top with the master after some sanding. I need to do more sanding. :-)

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    I'm going w/ Jon's response...is that a Thinline? Where are the F-Holes?
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    This isn't part of the actual body. It's a 1/8" thick piece of tempered hardboard. It will be the routing template for the body blank. That would be about 1 5/8" thick without the flamed maple top.

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    I know Dave...I'm messing with you!
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    Well I thought maybe Jon was and then you came back with the same thing and well it's all fun and games till someone makes the "thinline" joke!
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    Hahahaha! Good luck homey!
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    I used to work in precast concrete, and I always dreamed of making a conrete body, with a bolt on wooden neck...you could polish it and get some wicked looking finishes, depending on the aggregates and the cement colour...however I wouldn't know if it would work...the weight might be a small issue, but then again you could pour a fine mix into a thin form and get a strong, thin and somewhat lighter body...meh who am I kidding!
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    Umm..Dave..I have to confess. I was messing with you too
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    Jon,

    Yeah, like you'd admit you really thought I was making a 1/8" thick guitar.
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    I have to confess, I was thinking of making a thin comment, too.
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