Ok, so Im starting to builld my very own guitar and I wanted to know what are good types of wood for the body and neck?

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id strongly advise to buy a neck as the intonation and frets etc is a right arse hole

for the body do with whatever isnt too expensive if itsonly your first axe, try stealin a solid oak door

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*LoL* So the material doesnt really matter?

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apparently it does affect the tone, but not to a great extent, as long as its solid and not hollow else youll get a hideous ringin sound

my brother made a bass out of pine for an experiment, it sustains well and sounds good.. so... haha

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buy a pre-made neck, then carve your own body, but make sure you sand realllllly well

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I made a Kelly style body, get a Carvin neck, there the best. Don't use oak for
the body, it's to heavy & pourus. Get alder or basswood. Try a home improvment
store for the wood. The hardest part is getting the bridge right. You have to get it
exactly right. Get a book from the library to read up on it. I'd post a picture of
mine if I knew how.

i just had an extremly wierd idea

would it be possible to collect loads of 2 pennies and make a guitar out of them
the neck pickups and electrics i can take from a spare guitar i have

i night try it to see what happens if any ting itll be a laugh

tell me what you think

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maybe...

but seriousely, go to buy a book (or some) to build your guitar, or ask someone to help you (someone you know and trust )

I didn't know that pine would maKE A good neck, i thought that it would suck since its not really solid and all, but I guess im wrong. ( what a dumb ass I am lol)

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Don't use pine, it is soft. You should usu maple or mahogany.

why would you make your own pickups? i'd think the piles would be huge,

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MR WEIJIA

I aint making my own pickups im just going to get them from another guitar

it would be to boring winding them
im only planning to make the body of the guitar out of the pennies


i thought about the guitar out of 2 penny idea a bit more any way and im not sure how i would fit the bridge the pickups and the neck if you have some ideas it would really help




p.s. what are the piles (i think they are something to do with the winds)

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This is the guitar that I built. You could put them in resin because all those
pennys would way to much.

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wow thats a pretty nice guitar youve made how'd you shape it dyou need any speical shit like molds an that


how long did it take you to make it what 'ave you called it

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I made it in wood shop with a band-saw, & a belt sander. I made the two halves of
the body in 2 weeks. It took about 8 months to get it all together. I had to route
the place for the pickups & tremlo. The maple from neck smoked the bit. The body's
out of red wood. About 50 coats of paint. I scaned a picture of one out of musician's
friend & blew it up to size & printed it for the body. The thru neck is carvin.

where did the resin come into play

cause you said that you made it out of wood

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I was talking about the dude that wanted a guitar made frome pennies.
Instead of gluing them all together he could put one layer in resin so you
could see them, & not be to heavy. But I did put some filler on mine.

yo damonta

i am the dude that wanted the guitar made out of pennies i just wanted to know where you used the resin on your guitar i kinda misunderstood you
but wouldnt the pennies still weigh da same even in the resin?

what would i make the rest of the body out of if one of the layers is in resin

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just one layer of pennies, the rest is resin

cheers damonta

just how much is the resin and whats the best type to use

do just cut out ur shape in resin and or melt in to a mold

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is resin better than wax?

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You wold probaly have to make a mold, from clay mabey.
You can get resin at a crafts store. Wax would break.

hmmm i have never built a electric guitar but i have built an acoustic with my pop (hes old)

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i have decided

im going to make my guitar as a gcse project i can use the school tools then

could any of you get printable designs for the body im not very creative

thanx

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you built that??? nice craftsmanship!!!!

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DO NOT MAKE A STRAT COPY!!!!

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i dont intend to

i hate the whole fender range thier fuckin shit

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you could try checking out http://warmoth.com/ .

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cheers andras

thats one hell of a website

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On mine, I just scanned a picture out of a catalog and blew it up till the pickups
were life size.

I've got a neck off a Dinky Reverse if you want to by it. It needs keys and locking
nut & screws&plate. But you can have it for $25+shipping. It's not the best neck but
it will work.

ok im a newbie on this front- i dont have an elec guitar but i have an acoustic that i play all the metal on....2 my dads disliking......
my question is on average how much duz it cost 2 make a guitar? is it cheaper just 2 buy 1?

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It's usualy cheaper to buy one.

It could be nice to build a guitar of diferent components, but building it from a piece of wood is to mutch efort for me... I want to play the guitar

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