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Electric Guitar

July 2nd, 2009 in The Gallery     
PatrickKana PatrickKana, member
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This was my first attempt at an electric guitar from scratch and I am very pleased.  It was also an experiment using the quartersawn Pine as the top instead of a traditional hardwood, yet it sounds very crisp just like a hardwood top.  As a nineteen-year-old, this project got me to be proficient in everything from routing, inlaying, finishing, and everything in between. 


Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: The Gallery, pine, musical instrument, ebony
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PatrickKana writes: It was not from a plan. I spent about a year and a half researching different techniques of making an electric and afterward I spent about a full month doing full scale drawings in frontal view and profile for template making until I was completely satisfied with the design. Thanks for checking it out! Posted: 11:02 pm on July 10th
ewschaefer writes: Very nice. Did you use a plan, if you did where did you get it. Posted: 9:50 pm on July 10th
PatrickKana writes: Thank you. Yes, everything was made from scratch (except for the binding and purfling as those are far too small to make yourself). I hand sawed the fret slots using a the Stewart-Macdonald miter saw designed for fretboards that a close friend let me borrow. It truly is an adventure and I urge you to go through with it as it includes so many processes. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your guitar in the future! Posted: 9:43 pm on July 9th
ets1012 writes: Beautiful piece of work. You should be very proud. Regards, ets. Posted: 1:13 am on July 9th
Josephindus writes: Awesome Guitar, Your design is crisp and clean. Did you make every part excluding hardware from scratch? How about the fret board, did you make that too? I plan on building an electric guitar too so that's why I ask.


Great work man. Posted: 6:44 pm on July 8th
Jurgen01 writes: If this guitar sounds as good as it looks, you have a real winner. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting the pictures. Posted: 12:24 pm on July 5th
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