intothedeadsky15 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I've been working on a new project. It's some kind of hollow body V? Not quite too sure what possessed me to build it. It probably won't sound very good or even play very well, but at very least it'll look nice (i hope) I've never seen anything like it (probably because it won't work well lol) so maybe that's why I gave it a go. Anyway, it's my first time doing anything of this nature so go easy on me. body fingerboard/binding neck back Headstock back back(alcohol applied to show figure) yeah... i'd have just used the image tag thing so you didn't have to do any work to see the pictures but i didn't feel like resizing the images after i had posted them. sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 (edited) Woah! That's an interesting project. You weren't kidding about it being hollow. What are your plans for the top and bridge? -Dave Edited April 11, 2009 by dpm99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 This is a neat idea. Love to see what comes of it. It's hard to tell in the photo, but some of the joinery on the body frame looks a little suspect to me. Like the laminated neck a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I can definitely understand why your going hollow instead of solid. Mine weighs in at about 11 pounds but it sure does have a nice tone to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 +1 to the joinery question. There are some big gaps in there that shouldn't be. I'd be concerned with major neck dive - not enough body weight to keep it in place. All that being said, i really like the idea. I'm doing something very similar myself, but with a different shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intothedeadsky15 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Yeah unfortunately a lot of the joinery didn't come out quite as well as i would've liked... well in the body at least. Surprisingly, having the thing neck dive doesn't seem to be too big of an issue yet, but I also have to take out a substantial amount of wood for the neck heel. We'll just have to wait and see. I really had no idea what I was going to do as far as a bridge. The top will just be purpleheart; no center strip like the back. I was going to cut a sound hole and see if that works out well, then go and add electronics depending on how it goes. Anyway, I plan on gluing up the top and adding some kind of support to the top and back in the near future, so I'll post more pics as they come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Well, it looks like one of the miters didn't come out quite right, but you've got that support piece there. I'd think it would be fine structurally. The only issue, I'd think, would be appearance. Are you gonna leave that small gap, fill it, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 What bridge are you using? You need some kind of support to hold it down, the top wood will not be strong enough, and the string pull will bend the top and probably yank the bridge out of the body. I think that you can revise it to fix this problem, but you need to do a lot of research before gluing the top down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewey Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I would be putting some bracing between your neck pocket area and whatever you are mounting your bridge on. I made an explorer with almost the same frame layout you have going there. About a month later the neck pocket support area started to cave in toward the bridge. I thought the 16mm ply I was using for the top and back would be strong enough, not a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intothedeadsky15 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Progress. Glued top and bottom to body. Neck Body Whole Guitar I plan on routing the top and back flush tomorrow and probably sculpting neck heel over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLeader Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Oooh, I'm loving that BC Rich esque headstock there. -Stormy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddW Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Looks good, but I'm curious: How thick are the front and back plates, and are they braced? I'm worried about it self destructing when you string it. -Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Le Dick Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Hey fantastic I was playing with the idea to build a semi hollowbody V but went for a solidbody first. I might do a hollowbody next time I like the concept and choice of wood, mega! Also wondering if you used bracing? Respect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intothedeadsky15 Posted April 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Looks good, but I'm curious: How thick are the front and back plates, and are they braced? I'm worried about it self destructing when you string it. -Todd Yes it is braced. We'll see if it holds up to the test, but to be safe I will string it up with extra light strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiewarlock Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 I can definitely understand why your going hollow instead of solid. Mine weighs in at about 11 pounds but it sure does have a nice tone to it. Do you know the picture of your guitar was used by Ed Roman on his website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted April 21, 2009 Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 Do you know the picture of your guitar was used by Ed Roman on his website? Uh oh, got a link? I'm curious to see this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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