Bizzar_Guitars Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Well here goes nothing! Hi, my name is Garth, I live in Nepean, Ontario, just south of Ottawa, and I have “Fat Fingers” (more on that later) First, a big thank you to Brian and all the staff involved in Project Guitar. I have spent the better part of the last three weeks or so, on Project Guitar surfing, reading, drooling and making really good use of the search button! My hat goes off to all of you who have posted your success stories, and even some failures here. I have learned much and am looking forward to implementing some of your ideas, concepts and methods on my next creations. May I present, the Viking: This is my first guitar. I decided to dive in head-first and create a custom made original neck-thru guitar and case. Here’s a link to my page with some more pics and some specs: http://ca.geocities.com/bizzarguitars@rogers.com/ I am a single dad raising four kids on my own. As a result, I have next to nothing to spend on making guitars, not to mention very little free time. So I have scrounged as much as I could to make this guitar. As I already stated, I have “Fat Fingers,” which is to say I have thick fingertips. That makes playing a standard guitar nearly impossible. So I decided to custom make one for my “Fat Fingers.” I have spaced the strings a little farther apart at the nut. I have used a regular Tune-O-Matic bridge. The neck is a three layer (horizontal) laminate made from a piece of cherry I found in the rafters of a house I bought years ago. The body “wings” are made from four laminated solid maple planks I salvaged from an old skid (pallet). The head stock veneer and fret board (both discarded pieces of pre-finished tongue and groove flooring) were also obtained from a local dumpster. That dumpster was good to me, with the exception of hardware and inner material, my case came out of there too. I made many mistakes throughout the making of this guitar. I have learned from all my mistakes and I will not make those mistakes next time (I’ll make a whole different set of mistakes!) I am restricted to working in an unheated workshop/garage, that means little or no working in winter (Ottawa is the second coldest capital city in the world eh?!), so I have to make the most of summer. After the success of this one, I have started to draw out the plans for my next three guitars! That way I’ll always have something to work on! My two youngest kids want me to make them each one of their own (that way, I’ll get this one back! ) I have come up with some interesting ideas to make guitar building easier (for me at least), that I will document and post here later, perhaps even a newbie like myself can offer something useful. Quote Link to comment
RGGR Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Welcome to projectguitar. 4 kids hey? Like the look of you dumpster guitar. Guess one man's trash is other mans supply store. ;-) Here’s a link to my page with some more pics and some specs: http://ca.geocities.com/bizzarguitars@rogers.com/ On your website my browser gave black writing on grey/black background. Not best readable option I my opinion. Quote Link to comment
mledbetter Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Welcome. Neat project. i'm a married dad of 3 kids so my hat is definitely off to you my man.. Teach them all how to build and you'll have a ready made workforce Quote Link to comment
sepultura999 Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 good to see another canadian here. Can't wait for metal matt to come back -Jamie Quote Link to comment
Bizzar_Guitars Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Welcome to projectguitar. 4 kids hey? Like the look of you dumpster guitar. Guess one man's trash is other mans supply store. ;-) Thanks RGGR. You'd be surprised how much useful wood gets tossed, just because the box was opened or one piece missing. Quote Link to comment
TenderSurrender Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hey Hey and welcome! Doing lots of welcomes latley which is cool, means more and more advice being given so we can all learn more Hope you enjoy your stay here... ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment
GregP Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hey there, I'm just up the road in Greely. Congrats on your first build. I'm hard for cash, too, but I'm not resourceful so I've spent far too much money on mine already, and I'll be lucky to finish it in the next year. Greg Quote Link to comment
erikbojerik Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 WWWWWWAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSUUUUUUUPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! Father of 3 here....they suck the life out of you, but they're great! Quote Link to comment
Bizzar_Guitars Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Well I fanally finished the Viking! I put a few pictures of it at the bottom of this page: http://ca.geocities.com/bizzarguitars@rogers.com/ Ciao Quote Link to comment
Gorecki Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 WWWWWWAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSUUUUUUUPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! Father of 3 here....they suck the life out of you, but they're great! You got that right! Quote Link to comment
croaticum Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Welcome to PG Great lookin guitar. Quote Link to comment
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