My home built guitar

[Trem]

Than's a pretty damn fine job man, neck and all, What tools did you use/have available? Did you make up your own jigs and stuff?

[toejam]

Wow! That's just simply amazing. Great job.

[metalhead28]

Than's a pretty damn fine job man, neck and all, What tools did you use/have available? Did you make up your own jigs and stuff?

I used mostly a benchtop bandsaw, a router table and a drill press. I painstakingly made jigs and templates for everything and did all the final cuts with a template cutting bit on the router table. I bought the fingerboard blank preslotted from Luthier's Mercantile.

After laminating the body, neck and top, I had to have them planed to thickness at a local saw mill. Other than that I did everything with simple tools at home.

It's not actually a neck thru, the body is just laminated with three thin strips down the center. (Couldn't find a large enough piece of mahogony)The neck is set deeply, the tenon goes all the way past the bridge. I copied that design from some builders I'd been researching online.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

[dangerous_dave]

I'm building one too at the moment, it's no where near as complete as yours, but it's getting there slowly.

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa136/dangerous_dave321/

[metalhead28]

I'm building one too at the moment, it's no where near as complete as yours, but it's getting there slowly.

http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/a...erous_dave321/

Cool, so what sort of body is that thing getting?

[fuel0707]

metalhead28 - that's a very cool-looking project! Congrats on it and please be sure to post pictures as soon as she's complete.

[ulijdavid]

Metalhead28 - beautiful work! I began dabbling with building 10 years ago when I wanted a Randy Rhoads Polka Dot V. The only place I knew of making them was Ed Roman - he wanted $3600.00 (ten years ago!!!). So I leanred on my own. I now do about 10 customs a year.http://www.dobermanguitars.com

[metalhead28]

Metalhead28 - beautiful work! I began dabbling with building 10 years ago when I wanted a Randy Rhoads Polka Dot V. The only place I knew of making them was Ed Roman - he wanted $3600.00 (ten years ago!!!). So I leanred on my own. I now do about 10 customs a year.http://www.dobermanguitars.com

Cool. Those are some pretty wild looking V's!

[dangerous_dave]

Cool, so what sort of body is that thing getting?

It will be a King V shape, wings are getting glued on next.

[metalhead28]

Well, I decided to invest in some more tools so that I could do the fretwork / nut myself. I'm glad I did, it's been pretty enjoyable.

Got it strung up for the first time last night, it's not set up yet, but enough to play it a bit. This thing really sings. Notes ring out like a bell, I'm really excited about the tone I should get out of it when it's wired!

[destructin_od]

Looks great. I would like to see you playing this little monster.

[sonicsamurai]

Looks great. I would like to see you playing this little monster.

I'll play your little monster

[noomnus053180]

I guess it does look a little Deanish, doesn't it? I wasn't really going for that, I was actually thinking somewhere between a PRS and a David Mcnaught guitar. I copied the construction somewhat from a Mcnaught.

Thanks for the compliments!

Wow!! If a Dean looked that good I would be all over it!!

[Robert Burns]

I guess you need to change your name now to..."PaulReedSmithMetalhead28" !!!!! Great job! As nice
as a custom Hamer imo! Your a Luthier!

[metalhead28]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the response.

Got a decent preliminary set up going on and finished the electronics last night.