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lookin good Doug. You can always upgrade the pick up later, a single decent P90 won't break the bank. I have a brass nut to go on mine as I used one on the JR-1 I did and it has a nice spangly sound, combined with the hollow body I'm hoping for some thing similar but with more resonance.
Looks good Doug. I'd let it all settle down for a few weeks before final setup
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Thanks guys. I did a little more tuning this morning & it does sound nice, not quite in the same area as my Takamine & Ashton 12 strings but the potential is definitely there with some upgraded electrics & a bit of fretwork. I hope you blokes get yours up & running soon cause I am interested in how each of you solve any problems you encounter. On the whole this is a fine DIY guitar kit for those of us who are more acoustically inclined than the heavy metal builders.
Like the sound of a brass nut DEDMAN where did you get it? & did you glue it onto the neck?
Doug, I got it from realparts in Bris. and yup glued it. Between work and the weather I'm not getting much of a chance to get into the workshop just lately.I have ear marked Tuesday as guitar day, now it's up to the weather. :p
Hi from spain
I,m in the way to do my first DIY project with this specific model but i have some doubt about the sound of this guitar.
Could you upload a sound demo ,please.
Any recomendatios for this specific kit?
I would like the amber finished,but due to restrictions rules ,i must use wudtone one,any recomendatios?
Thanks in advance
Hi Chico, welcome to the forum. Be best if you introduced yourself in the welcome section of the forum (near the top) - instead of posting your query in someone else's build diary.
I think the ES-5V kits will sound great, especially if you upgrade the bridge, pickup, tuners and install a bone nut. If you are lucky Doug is the closest to finishing his ES-5V build so he may be able to record you a sound demo.
Dedman is building one but think he said elsewhere he doesn't have any recording equipment.
There are plenty of 2 pickup hollow body kits at Pitbull available would have more sounds available with 2 pickups versus one pickup of the ES-5V.
Wudtone have a good range of stain colour's and do an amber kit and some darker browns dark tease and columbian gold (not sure if these colours are still available but they were 2-3 years ago) or you could do a nice tobacco burst maybe.
Best of luck Chico, I think any Pitbull kit you can make play and sound well with some upgrades and a good setup
wow great job!
Looks really great!
cheers,
Gav.
Excuse me.
Thanks for you answer
Hi guys. I recently changed my ISP & e mail address & have been setting up my computers to get back online. Having said that I have also finished the ES 5V & it sounds just like I envisaged, smooth jazzy tones especially playing barre chords. I just recorded a 4 minute piece on my Pro Tools set up. I made a CD which is in wav format but as yet I have never learned how to upload to this site (or any other for that matter) I would like to share this with you so can anyone give me instructions on how to say upload the files say from Microsoft media player library?? I also sent a video on a USB to Adam a while ago but I think it would be too big to put up.It showed how I got the sunburst effect on the guitar.
Hey Doug, good news the build is finished and playing and sounding good.
Alot of forum members use soundcloud to upload sound files, pretty sure it's free to sign up, I'm not sure what formats it supports uploading but have a look on the website.
Video files I usually upload to Youtube, it's free to join and pretty straight forward to use.
Edit just checked soundcloud there is only a 30 day free trial
https://soundcloud.com/
I've had a soundcloud account for more than a year and never paid a cent. I think the "30 day trial" thing is for premium features that you probably don't need? It's definitely nice and easy to use though.
Thanks guys,I'll have a look
Soundcloud is free if you are only going to want limited song capacity on your log in. If you are going to upload more than about three hours of music, that is when you have to upgrade to pay for it. The 30 day free trial thing is for their version of Spotify.
Hey there guys, I have finally returned to the forum after a year!! The Guitar is sounding really smooth to my ears even though I have not upgraded anything since my previous posts. I put up a video on you tube yesterday showing how I got my sunburst finish. For those interested in how it was done search for ES 5V Guitar build OR subscribe to my channel by searching for Doug Rorison
I did not do any further upgrades since I built it but it does sound better with age. I would like to build another one so I am going to sell it to fund my next purchase. The E335 I built in the first place was sold which offset the money needed top buy the ES 5V but I have so much fun building them I am suffering withdrawal symptoms!! I just thought I would checkin & after posting this will check out who has finished what. Its nice to be back.
Really grateful for this thread as I am considering an ES 5V myself. This will be my second build, the first - a non Pitbull acoustic resonator - went together well enough and has resulted in a very playable instument so I have high hopes for what are clearler better quality kits from Pitbull. Just wonderd if you ever sorted the intonation - from looking at the pictures it seemed you might have got away with simply rearranging the saddle positions, if that were possible. Thanks again for the inspiration
Dougr’s YouTube video was the inspiration for my build. I’ve never seen his thread before so that was a nice surprise to see it pop up today. Thank you Dougr.
Hi Borrel, I did sort out the intonation after buying a roller bridge online as I stupidly cut grooves in the original bridge supplied with the kit. I play this guitar in the shed plugged into a Peavey Practice Amp & it sounds really smooth to my ears. The addition of a roller bridge takes away the original look but Willy Nelson's 'Trigger' which has been patched up so many times, gave me the inspiration to think out of the square, and besides, guitars are made for pleasing sounds not looks. Hope you enjoyed your build & sorry for taking so long to reply as I have not been on the forum for over a year.
Beautiful build! You have a wonderful instrument to enjoy now. I will read through your thread -- I want to hear about everything including how much you like the sound of your guitar. Way to go, brother!