pukko Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Hi! I´m new to this forum and thought I should present the first guitar that I´ve built. I´m Swedish, so please don´t be too hard on my English writing... I had been thinking about building a guitar for many years and finally had the money to do it. I also had a bunch of sketches that I had drawn through the years, picked one of those and did a couple of changes to it. Since it was my first build and I didn´t think I could make a neck from scratch, I chose to buy a maple/rosewood neck with a paddle headstock and shape that. The body is mahogany with a maple top. It has three GFS Dream 90 pickups wired like this: Neck and bridge pickups have one volume control each and a tone control that works on all pickup selections. A Les Paul-style three-way switch and a push-pull switch on one of the volumes give these options: With the push-pull down, the three-way switch works like on a Les Paul (neck, neck/bridge, bridge pickup). When the push-pull is up, the middle pickup is added to whatever pickup combination is selected, giving neck/middle, neck/middle/bridge and middle/bridge combinations too. The pickguard is made from a tortoise blank, as is the truss rod cover, jackplate and tailpiece plate. I made the metal on the jack and tailpiece from aluminium and had a guy nickel plate it. Schaller GTM bridge, Kluson tuners. Knobs from GFS as well. Well, here´s what it looks like: Back: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/94.jpg Headstock: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/104.jpg Jackplate: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/91.jpg Tailpiece: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/92.jpg A couple of close-ups: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/101.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/97.jpg http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/pukko/95.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ahhhh, I can't get enough of this one! I've loved it ever since I saw the first build pics on "Planket". I really want this guitar!!!!!!!! Such a great build Pukko! /Jens (Toshiya) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 That is far too cool! Awesome effort for a first guitar! I trust theres a second and a third on the way? Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Ahhhh, I can't get enough of this one! I've loved it ever since I saw the first build pics on "Planket". I really want this guitar!!!!!!!! Such a great build Pukko! /Jens (Toshiya) Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 WOAH! And WHY is everyone's first build way better than mine was? lol Great job man, it's absolutely stunning! I'd enter it into the guitar of the month competition if I were you. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 That is far too cool! Awesome effort for a first guitar! I trust theres a second and a third on the way? Keep it up! Thanks! Yep, there´s a second one being built right now, I´ll make a topic for that one as well. WOAH! And WHY is everyone's first build way better than mine was? lol Great job man, it's absolutely stunning! I'd enter it into the guitar of the month competition if I were you. Chris Thanks! How do you enter that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 wow thats awesome i love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 and wow i just looked at the close ups, i REALLY love it i like the way you accented things with the pickguard material Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 and wow i just looked at the close ups, i REALLY love it i like the way you accented things with the pickguard material Thanks! I think it turned out pretty good. That jackplate is a pain in the lower back parts though, it´s not glued together so when you take it off it´s kind of hard to put back again since the plastic isn´t curved. I´ll have to fix that someday... It´s not something you take off too often though, that´s good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 There's a thread each month called "guitar of the month _______" and then the name of next month in the annoucements and test forum area. go to that thread, and reply with a post with pictures and specs. end of the month, everybody votes. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 There's a thread each month called "guitar of the month _______" and then the name of next month in the annoucements and test forum area. go to that thread, and reply with a post with pictures and specs. end of the month, everybody votes. Chris Thanks, I'll check that out then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 and wow i just looked at the close ups, i REALLY love it i like the way you accented things with the pickguard material Thanks! I think it turned out pretty good. That jackplate is a pain in the lower back parts though, it´s not glued together so when you take it off it´s kind of hard to put back again since the plastic isn´t curved. I´ll have to fix that someday... It´s not something you take off too often though, that´s good. How about heating it up and bending it? nice guitar btw....and nice to see some more Swedes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 How about heating it up and bending it? nice guitar btw....and nice to see some more Swedes... Thanks! That might work, or I might take some epoxy glue and put between the metal and the plastic and just screw it back on. Too bad if some of it seeps out and glues it onto the guitar itself though... Are you Swedish too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 I like this alot, makes me want to do more retro stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cknowles Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 What a beautiful Guitar!!! Excellent work, I"m jealous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 I'm not generally one for really retro stuff, but I'm really, really, really digging this guitar. A lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 >>WezV, cknowles, Mattia Thanks a lot! I'm glad you all like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 How about heating it up and bending it? nice guitar btw....and nice to see some more Swedes... Thanks! That might work, or I might take some epoxy glue and put between the metal and the plastic and just screw it back on. Too bad if some of it seeps out and glues it onto the guitar itself though... Are you Swedish too? Yeah...live in Gothenburg at the moment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted November 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yeah...live in Gothenburg at the moment.... I should have guessed that, now that I see your avatar. Have you seen Ian Persons First Act guitar? Takes a big Blåvittfan to do something like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aidlook Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yeah...live in Gothenburg at the moment.... I should have guessed that, now that I see your avatar. Have you seen Ian Persons First Act guitar? Takes a big Blåvittfan to do something like this: hehe....funny thing...I wasn't at all trying to resemble that....I hate football ....I just moved to Gothenburg a couple of months ago to study.. The workshop at Chalmers will be perfect for my guitar-building needs..hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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