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Here is my first attempt at a scratch body. The rest of the parts were all sourced from spares I had laying around.
The body is made of extremely rare and exotic radiata pine. No Finish on it as of yet. Not sure if I will actually use this body, even though it turned out pretty good. I will probably strip it and use the parts elsewhere.
But for now it plays and sounds quite good. So I'll leave it together until after this weekends session.
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Well done Dan, looks great. I am very envious, I don't think I could ever accomplish a scratch build, let alone know where to get some very rare exotic radiata pine ;)
rob
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looks pretty good Dan, pine is not a lot different from basswood, and I think some early Fenders were in a pine of sorts.
doesn't matter what the wood is - if it sounds good, then it is good.
How did you go about getting the neck fit correct?
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It's a bit on the thin side, only 35mm. But I will probably try another pine build with some 45's.
Stan, I made templates for all the cut outs. So it was just a matter of keeping everything square. I scribed a center line at the start and just worked everything from that.
I will post a pic of the templates I made.
The pine(90x35)was just some off cuts from some benches I made. I just trued the edges up with an electric plane. Then glued them between some sash cramps.
I only have a 1/4 inch trimmer so I had to keep all my rough cuts within 1.5mm so the router could handle it. I was actually impressed with how well the bosch trimmer worked. The only downside with a 1/4 inch router is the router bits only do about a 25mm deep cut,so you need to flip the body over and make a pass from the opposite side.
It's possible to build a guitar body with just a 1/4 inch trimmer/router, but not ideal.
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Dan, that is mighty fine. And exotic timbers always make a classy guitar. Seriously though, I am like Robin in that I could never do it. I don't have the skills. Well done.
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Dan, that is mighty fine. And exotic timbers always make a classy guitar. Seriously though, I am like Robin in that I could never do it. I don't have the skills. Well done.
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I'm sure any of you guys could give it a go. A basic body like this doesn't require to much skill. Just some simple planing and preparation. It's just cutting out shapes. And could be done with only a jigsaw and router. Well there is a lot more to it than just that, but as far as shaping a piece of timber is concerned. It's not to hard.
I am a cabinet maker and have many tools of the trade that just so happen to be great for guitar building too, so that is a plus. But if you are already shaping your own headstocks, why not have a go at a body.
Necks on the other hand.....
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terrific pics Dan, thanks
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