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March 2nd, 2006, 22:12
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: who haa
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 |  Prototype update ... Well my first guitar is shaping up pretty nicely. Here's the latest pics, if anyone cares; and, the idea here is that I get good enough to start building/seeling these as a side business.  I'm taking orders now (half kidding) and anyone I know from JC that wants one I'll build at cost (not kidding).     For anyone who wants the detailed specs they are as follows: - Custom designed, by me - this model/design I call the "Kate" (anyone makes a wise@$$ remark about that and I'll prove I'm a ninja.)  - 24 1/4" Scale length (shorter than a Gibson, allows lower action and less pressure to fret a note/chord). - I'm trying to avoid exoctic and endangered woods and use American hardwoods so I'm using Poplar for the body and neck, Red Oak fingerboard (this can be changed to a mroe tradition fingerboard wood but). - The neck will be fitted with a two-way truss rod and two, carbon fiber re-enforcing strips. - Medium jumbo frets and a 14" fretboad radius. - I'm planing Grover tuners, and a Schaler tune-o-matic bridge with tail piece. -The pickups will be two humbuckers (to help mute the brightness of the short scale length). I'm learning to wrap my own pickups so they'll be scatter wound and potted in wax. - The headstock is a custom design by me as well.
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March 2nd, 2006, 22:19
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: La Grange, IL (1C5) and Champaign, IL (KCMI)
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 | Great job so far. How much for someone you don't know?
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March 2nd, 2006, 22:25
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| Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: who haa
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March 3rd, 2006, 09:29
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UT, SLC
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 | Looks good. Bring it on, I took Karate lessons in 2nd grade.
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March 3rd, 2006, 12:06
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL
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| Wow, awesome!
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March 3rd, 2006, 12:07
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The IND SOC / HFY
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| Looks great, I'll take one in a dark cherry sunburst. Have you thought about finishes yet? Thanks for keeping us up to date on this. I'm anxious to here it some day. Maybe you could post a sound byte when it's done. |
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March 3rd, 2006, 12:40
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| Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: who haa
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| Well this first on will be painted but the rest will be stained. It really will depend on what someone wants. Mine will be a sunburst of somekind probably (once I figure out how to do it). Oh yeah I also forgot, it will be a zero-fret design.
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March 3rd, 2006, 13:03
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KLAS
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| Looking at that area where the pick-ups are going to go, it looks like you are gearing it up for Hummbuckers. Yeah? If not what are you putting in it ? Looks amazing by the way, congrads
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March 3rd, 2006, 13:47
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Schweet! That headstock has be spinning! How are the tuners going to fit onto it? And what prompted the red oak fingerboard? I've seen lots of maple, but never oak. And when is the first acoustic '602' coming out? Build it with a AAA spruce top, solid rosewood sides and back, and bracing that makes it sing like an angel, and I'll be your first customer!
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March 5th, 2006, 21:12
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Socal
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| Awesome! I was considering making a guitar too, but since i have no clue about the equipment for it, i kinda threw that out the window. Been thinking about making a poker table though!  |
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March 6th, 2006, 13:06
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL
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| Looks sweet! Definately keep me in the loop once you get the 1st prototype done. I'm interested to hear how it sounds! Any idea what your costs will be to build it? Never really priced out all the components myself. Good luck with finishing that up!! |
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March 6th, 2006, 14:26
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NC
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| The nicest part about putting a guitar together from scratch or parts is it will sound just how you like it and fit your playing style. My MexiStrat was totally stripped and put back together and it sounds WAY better than the American and I'm willing to take it out and gig with it. Keep us posted on the project. |
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