Zeb_hendrix Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Ok For the truss rod i used just a standard curved rod (which can be found here: Visit My Website To make the hole for the truss rod adjustement nut my dad helped me make a jig to hold the drill bit at the right angle. To shape the neck first off i cut it to the right depth. I then drew on the shape. & finally i shaped it using spokeshaves & scrapers. & RGman what makes you think i bought the fretboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Probably because all smart people do for their first. Heck, I even bought my entire neck secondhand for my first (and 'till now only) and it's the best neck I ever had. Next project I'm going to try making the neck, but fretboard I'm still leaving well alone. (maybe the project after that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 RGman what makes you think i bought the fretboard. What, did the timber appear out of your arse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Visit My Website Now I am impressed, he owns the StewMac website. If you made the neck and fretboard yourself then you have made a very good, tidy job of it, especially if it's your first you should be really proud and very keen to show it off to everyone and post in-progress pics. As such, your post started off with a rather crudely cut strange lozenze shape wood body which is undoubtably 'unique' and all credit to you for creating such a marvellous unique body shape. Personally I think it's ugly, uninspired and will be uncomfortable to play. However the excellent work you have done on the fine strat copy neck leads me to believe you've got yourself into a hole and trying to lie yourself out of it. Haing preached the virtues of 'unique design' so strongly, why would you bother to go to all the effort of making a strat-copy neck? Zero cred, sorry, it's difficult for kids to lie convincingly to cynical adults. Good on you for having a go at putting together your own guitar - hope you keep it up and don't feel the need to have to lie in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 To shape the neck first off i cut it to the right depth. I then drew on the shape. & finally i shaped it using spokeshaves & scrapers. But you ordered the scrapers after you finished the neck? (which amazingly doesn't look all that new) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I'm sorry, but this is getting ridiculous. Will you lot just get off his back. So he might have bought a neck and said he built it. Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things? The amount of ridiculous, unnecessary flaming on here from people that should know better is disgraceful. It's funny how all it takes is one 13 year old poster for half of you to descend into primary school bickering. Grow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGman Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Yeah, alright. Just a little fun, take everything we have said with a grain of salt, Zeb. If you did make the neck, cool, looks like you did a pretty good job. If you didn't, thats cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Just a little fun Well, probably not so much, from the other end of the stick. Now I am impressed, he owns the StewMac website "visit my website" is the text the BB software leaves in the blank when you post a link. He just didn't rewrite it. especially if it's your first you should be really proud and very keen to show it off to everyone and post in-progress pics. He said he didn't have any pics to show. Not everyone takes pics of every step of their progress. Especially if they are 13 and building their first guitar unaware that they will be required to provide graphic proof that they actually did it. Zero cred, sorry, it's difficult for kids to lie convincingly to cynical adults. It is, however quite easy for cynical adults to decide a kid is lying and use their adult status to overrule any motions to the contrary. Did that never happen to you? QUOTE(Zeb_hendrix @ Mar 9 2008, 04:25 AM) RGman what makes you think i bought the fretboard. What, did the timber appear out of your arse? He probably thinks you meant he bought it prefretted and such. Probably because all smart people do for their first. Not all of us are that smart. I certainly wasn't when I was 14 and built the neck for my first guitar. For the truss rod i used just a standard curved rod (which can be found here: Visit My Website To make the hole for the truss rod adjustement nut my dad helped me make a jig to hold the drill bit at the right angle. That sounds about right, looking at that neck. looking around the project section on this sight I have seen bearly any original designs. I'll have to agree with the others here, that you are either not looking much, or defining original as something that has never been done before. Not everybody wants something that has never been done before. Some like a classic shape, but want to see it in a different way, Some want to combine different elements Some want to modify or pervert existing shapes to various degrees Aside from that, there are actually quite a number of truly original designs that have been posted here, and it is really quite galling to hear someone make a comment like yours. That may be what ruffled the feathers here. Anyway, I hope we can get past all this, and you keep posting pics of your progress. Usually when a guitar appears that people don't like the looks of, the commentary runs more along the lines of "not my cup of tea but.. " and such. Maybe now we can get back to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I agree with orgmorg. People should stop mocking the poor kid. He shows more maturity than some of the posters here. Don't be discouraged, Zeb. Not that it matters... but I if you say you built the neck, I believe you. I'd like to see some close-up pictures of the neck and the neck joint--not to decide whether you're lying, but just to see your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPboco Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 well put guys! Connor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb_hendrix Posted March 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Here are some more pics: Neck Joint Close up: Rear View Of guitar: Side View: & one more: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) yeah, you definitely didn't make that neck. you can barely route the control cavity but try to take credit for the dot inlays and perfectly sanded neck profile? puh-leez question: did you cut the body entirely freehand? Edited March 10, 2008 by mailman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yes everyone I built the neck, unfortunately i havnt taken any photos of me working on so i cannot prove myslef. besides im 13 where would i get the kind of money to buy a neck. most places online its cheaper to buy a neck then to build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb_hendrix Posted March 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yes i did cut the body entirely free hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 I want to see the back of the neck. did you use a skunk stripe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Man43 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yeah no offense man, that it totally a bought neck, inlays PERFECT, heel PERFECT, and everything, and like mailman said, the routes are far from perfect yet the neck is emacultte? im throwing the sheenanigans card. But judos for building your first guitar. Bass-man43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Like orgmorg and others have said, enough is enough. Can we please declare this myth 'busted' and leave him what dignity he has left? Seriously - let it go. He wanted to impress the veterans and got busted. I'm sure he's more than a little embarassed and is REALLY tired of getting ripped on mercilessly. Let... it... go. Zeb: FWIW, I don't plan on EVER making my own necks. There are just too many things that can seriously go wrong unless you're extremely meticulous with detail & measurement, which I'm not. I'll be happy as a lark buying them and doing my own inlay work and maybe shaping the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 There are just too many things that can seriously go wrong unless you're extremely meticulous with detail & measurement, which I'm not. I'll be happy as a lark buying them and doing my own inlay work and maybe shaping the headstock. Well, that's not really true. Start with a pre-slotted, pre-radiused fretboard, and from there it's just building. It's a lot of fun to do too --carving your own neck is definitely something you should at least try once. But I'm not against using bought necks either --the project I'm working on will have one, at least until/if I get around to building one from scratch for it. I like modifying necks too --this one, for example, started out as a strat neck, but has now morphed into a teleneck with overhang.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Maybe I'll give it a shot WAY on down the line. Were I to do it now, I'd go with a fretboard that has already been slotted & radiused. There are two things that make me really nervous about making a neck, and measuring the fret locations is one of them. The other is the truss rod. I just don' tknow enough about them to be confident with them. Even if those two things weren't an issue, the tools would me. Everything necessary for fretwork is beyond my budget right now. No... I'm perfectly OK getting a paddle head bolt-on or neck-through from someplace like Carvin. The kit I've been playing for 9 years or so is from Carvin, and I REALLY like the neck. Also, they're cheaper than Warmoth for a maple/ebony neck. A neck-through with a paddle head & no inlays goes for $220. I have a couple of necks here waiting to be used. One of them is from Larry Karosa. The other... I really don't know what it's from. It's a generic maple/rosewood 6-in-line neck. It was dirt cheap. I'll me using it to practice inlay work. If it only plays average, I'll be happy with it. I'll be selling bodies soon enough and I can bundle it with one and get my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 How about we just get onward and upward with the guitar building, guys. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 i avoided posting because there was a lot of flaming going on but now i im going to thats bad ass, being 13 and persuing such a difficult task by whatever means you did, *i know its tough to get aholod of equipment when you dont have much money* its comming along great. what type of finish do you think your going to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb_hendrix Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Well before i finish it im going to put some cream binding aroud the outside of the body. Then for the finish id like some kind of opaque light blue colour all over with some kind of print/picture on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Sounds like a cool finish! Except that personally I wouldn't put a picture on it. But whatever suits you 'course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisgreat Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Like orgmorg and others have said, enough is enough. Can we please declare this myth 'busted' and leave him what dignity he has left? Seriously - let it go. He wanted to impress the veterans and got busted. I'm sure he's more than a little embarassed and is REALLY tired of getting ripped on mercilessly. Let... it... go. I'd just like to second that. Let the kid get through his first guitar with lessons learned about integrity and honesty and maybe next time he'll be inspired to shoot for a higher goal. All this rhetoric would make me consider throwing in the towel. However, I wouldn't get myself in that position, but that's beside the point. Zeb, the guitar is not my style, but I really hope it turns out great. There's a good reason people build replicas of other guitars, even if they plan on using their own designs in the future, and that is to become familiar with what has been proven to work. After you've gotten a grasp on that, the sky is the limit as far as unique designs go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 . It's a lot of fun to do too --carving your own neck is definitely something you should at least try once. I agree. neck building it`s a lot easier than most people think. and shaping the neck its my favorite part in guitar building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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