tomg666 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 i have just finished building my first guitar! monhs of work have payed off. I built it out of oroco wood it is denser then mahogany! but i took out the wieght like a thinline tele and set it up with a gibson with the hardware and neck style but i made it as a bolt on rather then glueing it in as i felt it safer for my first guitar. its got a beautifull top i will try and get a picture up soon for you all to look at it really does play well. But i just wanted to share my ecitement as i did it as a GCSE project im only 16 and its the first big building project of any kind ive done. only faults i can find is that its still to heavy even after the hollowing out i gave it and ive still got to lower the action as im use to really low ones but at the moment it is a little high but easily playable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg666 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) here are some pics of it for you to have a look at, inspect, grade, criticise anything. the body the whole thing the table i reclaimed the body wood from http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/tomg666/MVC-006S.jpg and a picture of half of the guitar routed wings First of all, one pic per post as per forum rules... Second I removed 2 of your pics, once you remove your NICE finger from them you can upload again. This is your first warning, the next one will be a nice vacation to read only land!!! Edited March 25, 2006 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) uh oh...the mods will have a field day with this they have a crappy rule of only1 pic per post thats a great shape!and the wood has turned out great in the finish Edited March 24, 2006 by whitey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardd Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Really cool. I like the modified SG body shape. As it happens, I made my first guitar out of a maple table my mom got at a auction sale. That was in 1979 or so and I was around 27 then so you have a few years head start on me. I'm a teacher so I'm wondering what a GCSE project is. I spend my days with people your age so you should feel really proud of this project. It's way.... better than anything I see our shop kids do. Keep up the good work, d ward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg666 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Really cool. I like the modified SG body shape. As it happens, I made my first guitar out of a maple table my mom got at a auction sale. That was in 1979 or so and I was around 27 then so you have a few years head start on me. I'm a teacher so I'm wondering what a GCSE project is. I spend my days with people your age so you should feel really proud of this project. It's way.... better than anything I see our shop kids do. Keep up the good work, d ward Really cool. I like the modified SG body shape. As it happens, I made my first guitar out of a maple table my mom got at a auction sale. That was in 1979 or so and I was around 27 then so you have a few years head start on me. I'm a teacher so I'm wondering what a GCSE project is. I spend my days with people your age so you should feel really proud of this project. It's way.... better than anything I see our shop kids do. Keep up the good work, d ward i come from the uk so gcse's are like your final year of high skool exams i think or sumin anyway thanks and i havent used this forum for a while so i forgot about the mods so sorry if i piseed you off it was not ment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Nice guitar. Quite unique. I like the look of the wood. Looks quite nice. So does the table have a hole shaped like a guitar or something now? Kinda Sg/Mockingbird/Ferdinand looking. Looks swell. Also, you should've put this under the "In Progress and Finished" area Again, Nice guitar and congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolysmaster Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Nice guitar. Congratulations. Did you make the neck yourself, with inlays, binding and all? What kind of finish does it have? One small note: You might want to bone up on your spelling and punctuation; it would make your posts much easier to read. Again, good job. You're already way ahead of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fatalities Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 too bad i cant see any links to the actuall guitars finished product. All i see is a link with a pic of a table and a pic of the guitar shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinedwards Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Doncha love reclaiming desks from science? My acoustic les paul has the same pedigree!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomg666 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 (edited) too bad i cant see any links to the actuall guitars finished product. All i see is a link with a pic of a table and a pic of the guitar shape. heres a link to my photo bucket account to have a look http://photobucket.com/albums/h237/tomg666/ Edited March 25, 2006 by tomg666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 You need to make your album public so we can see the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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