Started Building My Project Guitar Today...

[CudBucket]

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.

Dave

 

[koogie2k]

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......

 

[jongitarz]

I don't know....It looks kinda thin

 

[CudBucket]

I don't know....It looks kinda thin

Yeah. Well next time I'm going to use 2 pieces of hard-board.

 

[koogie2k]

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?!?!?!

 

[CudBucket]

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.

 

[OrangeChannel]

I'm going w/ Jon's response...is that a Thinline? Where are the F-Holes?

 

[CudBucket]

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.

Dave

 

[OrangeChannel]

I know Dave...I'm messing with you!

 

[CudBucket]

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!

 

[OrangeChannel]

Hahahaha! Good luck homey!

 

[Raz]

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!

 

[jongitarz]

Umm..Dave..I have to confess. I was messing with you too

 

[CudBucket]

Jon,

Yeah, like you'd admit you really thought I was making a 1/8" thick guitar.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I have to confess, I was thinking of making a thin comment, too.

 

[Mick]

I have to confess, I was thinking of making a thin comment, too.

Where´s the neck buddy???

 

[CudBucket]

Neck!?!?! DAMN!!!

I've yet to layout the diagram and make the master. It will be 25.5" scale, 24 frets.

 

[koogie2k]

So, it really is gonna be thicker than 1/8"?!?!?!? hehehehehehe,

 

[OrangeChannel]

That ultra thin 1/8 neck must have 1/16 action and no higher!

 

[CudBucket]

Making The Neck Master...

Today, I drew up a neck/head-stock and created a master. I still need to final sand the profile but it is a 3 + 3 headstock, 25 1/2" scale for 24 frets. Here are some pics I took during the process.

Here's the drawing clipped and glued to a hard-board blank.

Then the profile cut on the band-saw.

And a mock up fit with the body.

I didn't have time for any more today.

Thanks.

Dave