First Scratch build.

[GlennGP]

Fascinating and inspirational, Dan. Bookmarked.

[DanMade]

I've been meaning to get a demo vid of this last one, but I've been slack and haven't got around to it yet.

The guitar itself is playing nicely and keeping tune well now after a good setup after it had settled into itself.

I've got a few more builds underway at the moment. A while back I brought some plans from ALS, one I've been exited to start is a Baritone Jaguar. When I saw they had these plans I had to grab them.
Another plus is that DingoBass has already made one of these and documented it all in his build diary, Cheers DB.

Mine will be a bit different than DB's. Mainly due to budget, I'm just using what I have laying around for the most part.

This will also be my first "crack" at a neck. No pun intended, well maybe. I haven't documented it like I did with my last build, I haven't gone crazy with the photos.

At the moment I have the body pretty much finished and sanded ready to start pore filling. And the neck is roughed in, fretboard attached and ready for fret dots and then frets to be installed.

Here's some pics. Can anyone guess what the timbers I'm using are?

[wokkaboy]

that looks amazing Dan, the body looks alot like the ash bodies, presume fingerboard is maple ?
Is this entire build from scratch including the fingerboard (fret slots, shaping etc) ? The headstock looks great too. You kept this build quiet, its come along way
Where did you source the timbers ?

[DanMade]

Hey woks, yep it's all from scratch. Fingerboard and all. I have just used some scrap I had for the neck. And the body wood came from the local hardware.

I won't give it away just yet, but let's just say there not your usual tonewoods.

And I've been busy wit all the normal Christmas/ New Years stuff that I haven't had much time for the forum. Things are back to normal now.

[wokkaboy]

that gave it away Dan (body wood from a hardware), the body is pine I'd guess, its a bit to light in colour for ash.
Looks fantastic, I'm keen to start building necks so would love to see more detail in the build (if you took photos) would be keen to see how you did it.
Presume you made templates for the routing cavities. Great job for your 2nd scratch build !

[DanMade]

Ok, I used a length of cedar decking, 140mm x 40mm. For the body.
And a length of Tassie oak for the neck.

With the plans I had, I went to a printer and made some copies to use for templates. I stuck them to some 12mm mdf with contact adheisieve.. Then just cut them out from there.

I have the two templates for the body. One for the body shape and control cavity recess. And the second that has the plan on it, is for the neck pocket, pups, and main control cavity.

I've done some more sanding on the neck, down to 220 grit.

[DanMade]

You might be wondering what that truss rod is that I'm using. All the suppliers were closed over Xmas, so I had to make my own. Don't know how well it will work, but the ideas there.

I just used some 10mm Ali channel, a square nut, a coupler and a Allen socket screw. And 1/4 inch threaded rod.

Something like this, I put some heat shrink over the rod the stop any rattles and make a snug fit.

[AJ]

nice matey. really nice

[dingobass]

Looking good
Be interested to see how the Tassie Oak performs for the neck...

[pablopepper]

Hell yeah! Beautiful work Dan. That is going to be a gorgeous instrument.