GuitsBoy Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) I had meant to post this a long time ago, but here's a bunch of pictures from my first attempt at building a guitar. Its a pre built carvin neck. The body is a thinline tele derivative, hollowbody, single f hole, dimarzio humbuckers and a fishman pickup under the bridge. I have the accoustic pickup electronics in the back cavity. The small toggle lets me substitute the accoustic pickup and preamp in place of the neck position pickup, that way I can easily switch between leads to my choice of clean tones with the big switch. Anyway, here are the pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/GuitsBoy/GuitarProject What do you guys think? -Tony Edited June 20, 2006 by GuitsBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 That looks fantastic, and especially so for a first guitar. You seem to be blessed with a nicely equiped workshop too. I bet you're already planning guitar #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badsnap Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Excellent work!!! Awesome finish. How does the piezo bridge sound?? I'm in the planning stages of a single PU (humbucker) guitar with a piezo bridge (I'm actually toying with the idea of a decorative "fake" sound hole) and am curious how much it (the piezo bridge) cost, how easy was it to install, and how it sounds...Rog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Wow, very cool! You should take pics outdoors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum_Barrow Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 That looks good, VERY good. Even better if it's a first guitar. You seem to have the skills so a neck shouldn't be any problem next time round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 That looks amazing, great work man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitsBoy Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thanks for the kind words guys... Ill probably build another one eventually when i get some more time. Im thinking about either doing a martin kit or perhaps a carved top solidbody neckthrough like a PRS derivitive. As for the fishman, I really like the way it sounds. Its not a convincing accoustic tone, but its far more resonant for clean sounds than a normal neck position humbucker. I like it a lot and find it rather useful. Im constantly using that for my clean tones over the bucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Gross Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Very nice work! It's almost hard to believe it is really your first attempt at making a guitar. You never made anything before this, or have been fooling around with kits and so on? I am starting a Martin kit soon. Cheerio! -Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitsBoy Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Very nice work! It's almost hard to believe it is really your first attempt at making a guitar. You never made anything before this, or have been fooling around with kits and so on? I am starting a Martin kit soon. Cheerio! -Spencer I built a carvin bolt kit guitar, but that was fully finished, and only needed to have the neck, tuners, bridge and prewired pickguard screwed on. I wouldnt even count that as a kit. I just like building stuff with my hands. I guess its in my blood. The machine shop in the picture is my fathers aerospace shop. I used the bridgeport milling machine for all the milling and routing out the channels, sanding with a sanding drum, and even cutting out the body binding channel. I guess I did use a dremel to touch up some places here and there too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Brian Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 WOW.... That looks phenomenal..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkRockerLuke Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Very nice work! It's almost hard to believe it is really your first attempt at making a guitar. You never made anything before this, or have been fooling around with kits and so on? I am starting a Martin kit soon. Cheerio! -Spencer I built a carvin bolt kit guitar, but that was fully finished, and only needed to have the neck, tuners, bridge and prewired pickguard screwed on. I wouldnt even count that as a kit. I just like building stuff with my hands. I guess its in my blood. The machine shop in the picture is my fathers aerospace shop. I used the bridgeport milling machine for all the milling and routing out the channels, sanding with a sanding drum, and even cutting out the body binding channel. I guess I did use a dremel to touch up some places here and there too... I'll bet you had a ton of legos then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom22 Posted June 22, 2006 Report Share Posted June 22, 2006 Im not a fan of browns but that is sweet. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKO Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 that is an absolute effort. well done. amazing for a first project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pariah223 Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 agreed, this is very amazing for a first project. Much more successful then mine. Curious though.. what is that bit in the mill? that thing is a beast. I have been using a 4 flute end mill for all my milling and as you could imagine, it takes a while on bigger surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitsBoy Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Curious though.. what is that bit in the mill? that thing is a beast. I have been using a 4 flute end mill for all my milling and as you could imagine, it takes a while on bigger surfaces. That bit is a 6 sided stepped insert face mill. Its got 6 inserts that are sequentially stepped downward and inward towards the center, that way as the cutter goes around, it only takes 5 or 10 thousanths with each of the inserts. Theyre sequentially moved inward towards the center to compensate for the movement of the table as you traverse. Its really meant for face milling aluminum, steel or Ti, but its seemed to cut through maple just as easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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