Guitar Project
r1_pete - 11/11/13 at 11:30 AM
There were a couple of posts last year about non car winter projects, I suggested building guitars and learning to play them.
I know many poeople on here are interested in guitars too
I thought you might be interested in one I have just put together, I bought all the best components I could afford:
1 Piece swamp ash body
Maple on Maple neck.
Shaller machine heads.
Wilkinson pickups
Full size pots and sprague tone capacitor.
Hardtail bridge, I hate tremelo's
Microtilt neck fixing.
Total cost was about £250, which is about what you can pay for a laminated bodied 'cheapie' I've spent a few hours setting it up, it
has a great action, nice and easy to play, a little more work is needed triming the strings but it sounds superb through the 18watt marshall copy I
built a few years ago....
Jenko - 11/11/13 at 12:11 PM
I have a fender 59 custom shop relic, a gibson Les Paul Standard Plus, and a made up guitar I did myself using a Warmouth neck and body (Telecaster
shape)...Of the three, it's the home built one that usually gets picked up and used at Gigs... :-)
P.S. love the guitar you've built.
nick205 - 11/11/13 at 01:49 PM
Looks fantastic 
Not Anumber - 11/11/13 at 02:04 PM
It looks really well made. Something to be very proud of making.
big-vee-twin - 11/11/13 at 03:21 PM
I made an SG in a similar fashion couple of years ago - no idea how to play it!!
I used Gibson parts and installed EMG pickups, has a rosewood neck and maple body.
RK - 11/11/13 at 05:02 PM
Looks very nice! I have made a couple of electrics myself, one bass and one similar to a Mosrite (the Johnny Ramone Special), made of maple (really
really heavy, unfortunately). Anybody wanting to do this, should realise that it is a bit exacting, and start out with a bought neck. If the neck
doesn't turn out well, it is very much a handful to play.
It is very rewarding to do, and in the 90's was expensive, but eventually the neck broke on the bass, and the paint was so bad on the 6 string, I
took everything off a few years ago, and started (unsuccessfully) painting it. I ended up getting a new Les Paul on sale one day, and haven't
looked back! I have to say the SOUND from the two instruments was very very good: they just haven't been the most playable guitars I've had.
Simon - 11/11/13 at 10:16 PM
quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
There were a couple of posts last year about non car winter projects, I suggested building guitars and learning to play them.
I like yours
Last year bought a cheapie guitar/amp combo and am still quite frustrated at how slow learning to play is. As of this week, I'm upping my
practice time to at least an hour a day as opposed to 2 a week if I'm lucky! Do find myself struggling to make quite a lot of chord shapes, and
having my fat fingers muting strings 
Managed to break my first string just yesterday, so think I'll have to frame that 
Have a slightly bigger amp on order and will be getting myself a Cort X-6 VPR prob for my birthday middle of next year, assuming I haven't thrown
my toys out of the pram in frustration
ATB
Simon
chris-g - 11/11/13 at 10:21 PM
These are my efforts, both built from scratch. It helped that I was able to use my violin making uncles workshop and he donated the flamed maple for
the electric. The acoustic is very, very nice.
Smoking Frog - 11/11/13 at 10:30 PM
Looks good and a great winter project. I have no interest in playing but do admire the workmanship.
RK - 11/11/13 at 11:26 PM
Anyone interested in playing should get themselves right down to the nearest reputable music shop and let them know you want a teacher. Contrary to
the image some classical teachers have - you know, driving all the creativity out of the poor student - it will lead to nothing but good things (if
you find a person you are comfortable with).
Search: Rob Chapman "Motivation" on you tube...