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The body is made of Walnut, Maple and Cherry with a Maple neck. It is fitted with Dimarzio pickups, Grover locking tuners, and a Schaller roller bridge. The finish is 8 coats of wipe-on gloss...
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The body is made of Walnut, Maple and Cherry with a Maple neck. It is fitted with Dimarzio pickups, Grover locking tuners, and a Schaller roller bridge. The finish is 8 coats of wipe-on gloss...

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Re: The New Front Porch...
Very Impressive!! You must be the envy of the neighborhood!
posted: 5:51 pm on October 14thRe: Electric Guitar
Thanks! It sounds great! and plays pretty good too. I have a couple frets that are a little tall that I need to go back knock a little more off. I did make the neck but I did buy a pre-slotted and radiused fretboard from stewmac.com b/c the fret placement is critical plus the exra cost of the fret saw and miter box was a little steep! You are correct, the body is pretty straight forward. The neck is basically just time consuming but not that difficult just lots of hand work. I used a rasp and spokeshave mostly. Stewmac has some good books and videos on guitarbuilding too if you haven't checked them out already. I took some of the neck dimensions from my Les Paul and my Strat, but I left the neck a little on the fat side b/c that's how I prefer it. The walnut and maple body makes for great tone too. That's good thing about making everything yourself, you can experiment with different combos. My email is woodsmith67@gmail.com if you have any questions. I'm no expert but I know a lot more than I did! Happy building!
posted: 1:53 am on November 30thRon
Re: Electric Guitar
Thanks very much! Are you interested in just the basic shape or what? I don't have any detailed drawings. After I got the shape I wanted, it was all done out of my head as I went along. I've never been good at putting things down on paper. Have you built any guitars or are you looking try one?
posted: 9:48 pm on October 25thRon
Re: Maloof Inspired Rocker
Very impressive! Nice work!
posted: 3:42 pm on October 15thRe: Pennsylvania Secretary
Awesome! definitely something to be proud of!!
posted: 1:14 am on October 13th