Homemade guitar...

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:29 am

Alright my dad and I have decided to undergo the grueling process of making our own electric guitar. He's a carpenter so the body shouldn't be a problem. It's all the wiring and stuff that is gonna bog us down. The electric I am playing on right now was made by his friend, it's a Fender look a like, it plays great though! I would just like to have my very own guitar, that I can give a nick name or something corny like that, to. I was just wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of any good guitar making resources, or if anyone on these boards have made their own guitars before?

Oh by the way, if we end up going through with this, which we most likely will, what kind of guitar should I knock off. A strat or an LP, or maybe some other guitar. Or maybe something really original looking? You tell me.

ryopan · Unread post by **ryopan** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:42 am

dont know anything about making guitars but you should definitely put your own spin into the design some how. that way, you will have the only on in the world like it. there are a million LP look alikes. what if a strat and an LP had a baby.....mmmmm very interesting. 8)

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:03 am

I am diggin it.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:15 am

hehe i also wanna make guitars... i just might do it for a living lol. anyway i believe http://www.12thfret.com or http://www.12fret.com or something like that has some good resources..

i like this site too... http://www.lmii.com/Default.asp

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 12:24 pm

shane wrote:www.12fret.com

woah...they will fix a lifting bridge for $100...everyone in nyc wanted like $250 or more. too bad i'd have to mail it to them...

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:49 pm

wiring is actually not as tough as it seems. i've done a lot of work on my telecaster because of a buzzing pickup and i found it really was quite simple. i'm no wiring expert, but if you keep it simple (which will usually be more reliable), then it shouldn't be too hard.

geekmug · Unread post by **geekmug** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:53 pm

You mentioned wiring being something you were concerned about.. http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/menu.html is a great resource for strat wiring. They have the "stock" wiring if you want to go with that and some modifications you can do.. I recently decided rewired my old Squier Strat and used that page as my source for info.

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:59 pm

thanks for all the info guys

pennywisetheclown · Unread post by **pennywisetheclown** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:57 pm

if youre looking to buy a wiring kit or you need any parts or tools, http://www.carvin.com has stuff, and http://www.cfmartin.com has woodworking stuff that your dad might need. i wouldnt buy the pickups from carvin tho. go with dimarzo or seymour duncan. as far as the style of the guitar, do something original. there's this band called the heavils that builds their own guitars. one is made from a toilet seat. theyre all 5 strings, with 2 bass strings and 3 guitar strings. you probably dont want anything that radical, but try and be creative.

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 6:08 pm

haha that rules. i saw this one guitar on BET jazz one time. It had like 3 bass strings and 4 guitar strings. It was pretty nifty.

geekmug · Unread post by **geekmug** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:17 pm

Build a chapman stick then, while you are at it :-p

ryopan · Unread post by **ryopan** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:57 pm

when i saw timmy here some guy opened for him and played a chapman stick. first time i had ever seen one and this guy was awesome too. he did one sweet world, watchtower, and a beatles medley. then timmy did a five minute finger drum solo....... 8)

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:28 pm

busted stuff · Unread post by **busted stuff** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:47 am

Yeah building your own electric sounds pretty cool. One day I want to build my own acoustic. My budy and I were playing the other day and in the middle of a solo I just felt like I wanted to switch tunings. What got me thinking back to the 80's with the cool double neck guitars. I want to build a double neck acoustic. I also want to some how put a wammy bar on it. I think that would be really cool. Ok, so I'm kdding. Sorta.

geekmug · Unread post by **geekmug** » Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:24 pm

ryopan wrote:when i saw timmy here some guy opened for him and played a chapman stick.

That guy's name is Greg Howard.. He is bad-ass.. also the man who plays chapman stick on Dreaming Tree, fyi

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