Topic: Does Anyone On Here Make Their Own Guitars.
Hi a simple question. Does anyone on here build their own guitars?
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I've made an electric "Parts-caster" from eBay bits and pieces, it's got a GraphTech ghost pickup system that drives a synth:
I think you can view the whole build here
Electrics are much easier to build than acoustics ...
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Peatle
Funny you ask- I am just beginning to build a stratocaster.
I have built a guitar before, but now that I know a lot more about guitars I think the product will be improved.
Here is a pic of the first one I built- it's the wood one with the flag sticking up 
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Re: Does Anyone On Here Make Their Own Guitars.
Neo and Tig your guitars look great. I admire those who are good at woodwork even though I am no good at it.
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TIGLJK wrote:
Peatle
Funny you ask- I am just beginning to build a stratocaster.I have built a guitar before, but now that I know a lot more about guitars I think the product will be improved.
Here is a pic of the first one I built- it's the wood one with the flag sticking up
cheesJim
That's a fine looking guitar!!!
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I bought this Yamaha EG112 as a bare body and neck, I had the body painted at a car repair shop and acquired all the parts to build my 'go to first' electric guitar.
Back in 1968 for my G.C.E. 'O' level exam in woodwork I built an acoustic from scratch, only buying the fret wire, tuners, nut, saddle and tailpiece. Acoustic it was not very good, it did not resonate well, but was fine with a pick-up and I gigged with it on several occasions. I have no pictures I'm afraid.
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Re: Does Anyone On Here Make Their Own Guitars.
Lots of mods and "Frankensteins" over the years, but nothing built from scratch ... yet! 
Re: Does Anyone On Here Make Their Own Guitars.
I did one from parts I bought years ago. I have been wanting to build another.
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Tenement Funster wrote:
Lots of mods and "Frankensteins" over the years,
Same ....
Tyson7 wrote:
I did one from parts I bought years ago. I have been wanting to build another.
Yer, it's kind of addictive ... I'm re-working a multi-scale acoustic at the moment, that I bought from a home builder in the UK; trying to fix up a few flaws and add a pickup to it:
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Neo, cool guitar. Fannned frets and angled bridge, very old detail of building. My friend bought a custom build with Fanned frets. Don't see them very often. Looks like that guitar was loved. You can tell by the wear. What kind of pickup are you considering ?
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Tyson7 wrote:
Neo, cool guitar. Fannned frets and angled bridge, very old detail of building. My friend bought a custom build with Fanned frets. Don't see them very often. Looks like that guitar was loved. You can tell by the wear. What kind of pickup are you considering ?
Thanks - I've got two Fishman acoustic pickups (a Presys+ and an older one that I can't remember), I purchased one to put in my wife's "Hello Kitty" Squier/Fender acoustic (but still haven't got to that!!), so I'm going to pick the best of the two for this guitar. At the moment, I've rebuilt the nut (due to the dimensions of the nut, it was a hard one to find - most sell a 'standard' size, but being on an angle it's quite a bit larger). Next part is to chop the hole for the body, which is prepared but just need to get inspired to do it.
I've got another fan-fret electric, which was built by a luthier in Sydney - as it's not directly related to the topic you can see the pics here.
Cheers
Richard
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