Stolysmaster Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) I am looking for some one to build me a guitar body with a mahogany back and a mahogany carved top, preferably a figured bookmatched top. The body is that of an early 80's Ibanez Artist, and I have one that I can trace and send to someone with thickness specs, etc. It is similar to a symetrical double cutaway Les Paul. I am having a neck made for it that I will have set in (mortice/tenon glue joint) by a local guy who has done this before for me. He will also do all the routing, and locating bridge - tailpiece. All I am looking for is the body to be built. Thanks for all responses in advance. Edited November 21, 2012 by Stolysmaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolysmaster Posted November 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I forgot to add that it has a "body contour" on the back. These can be seen regularly on ebay by doing a search for "Ibanez Artist" and looking for the vintage early 80's models, not the newer ones. The newer ones made in China do not have as thick of a body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Walker Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Why not get the person who's making the neck to also make the body. This would make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stolysmaster Posted November 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Why not get the person who's making the neck to also make the body. This would make sense Good question. I asked Doug at Soulmate last year about that and he told me he was too busy making necks to make me a body!(?) I guess it's back to the drawing board. BUT, I did recount the pieces on the Artist body, and although the back is still 13 pieces of Birch, the top is not 5 pieces of maple; I think it is really just 3. It was hard to tell, but I think I was just looking at some grain changes within the same piece. So, the total number of pieces for the body are now 16, not 18! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.