Guitar build from scratch.

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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Guitar build from scratch.

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So here's the guitar I built from scratch:
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I thought this would be a nice way to join the forum.

Thanks guys!
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Post by cur »

this post is useless with out more words.

very cool guitar. kind of reminds me of those old yamaha things. give us some details about the build and all the juicy details. and welcome!

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Super cool! The backstory with your grandfather makes it even better.

Good playing too.
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Yes, I suppose it is quite pointless without words.
I have actually made a second video with the specs that I was going to upload after I finish editing it, but I'll put them here as well.

Is as follows:
Gretsch Filtertron neck pickup
Bareknuckle Stormy Monday Bridge pickup
Fully chambered Makore body
Maple neck and polished rosewood fretboard
Old school Gretsch switching system (Volume for each pickup, master volume, pickup selector and tone switch)
22 Extra jumbo frets
Bigsby B60 vibrato (always wanted a guitar with a bigsby)

If you're after any more details, just let me know!
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Mo Rawka wrote:Super cool! The backstory with your grandfather makes it even better.

Good playing too.
Thank you very much!
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have pictures of process mate ?

curious how it got done
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Really interesting!! Keep it coming!

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cool. you designed it after a duo jet I'm guessing?
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Mages wrote:cool. you designed it after a duo jet I'm guessing?
I certainly did. I designed it as a kind of duo jet/SG hybrid.

I'll post pictures of the build process up just as soon as I figure out how!
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Great result, it certainly talks the talk....cool vid too! Very much like a Yammy SG1000/2000 but with a bigsby...
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Freethenoise wrote:
Mages wrote:cool. you designed it after a duo jet I'm guessing?
I certainly did. I designed it as a kind of duo jet/SG hybrid.

I'll post pictures of the build process up just as soon as I figure out how!
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Post by cur »

There is a free pic uploader here. If you need help with it let us know.

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I prefer using http://www.imgur.com/ for my image hosting. It doesn't do that annoying "image hosted by imageshack.us" thing when you post pictures like Imageshack does.
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DEFINITLY NEED MOAR PICS/SPECS!
radius of the neck, neck wood, board wood. got any dirty gut shots or during photos? thats the kinda shit that gets my rocks off.
welcome to the boards. (are you from england?)
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@Rob: from details on YouTube - build on TDPRI - "Freethenoise Tele-Meister Australia"
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Lots of in progress pictures and info here.

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Post by robert(original) »

thanks for the linky dinky guys. i like how you did the faux binding. im suprised you went with a paddle pre-made neck, i bet you would be a beast at making your own neck from scratch. i would encourage anyone and everyone to at least try it out.
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Post by Freethenoise »

Well, you guys found my TDPRI account. Sorry, I had an assignment due today that consumed my past few days.

This is going to sound like absolute bullshit, but that is a different Doug Eaton. Trust me, that's thrown me a few times, he and my grandfather share the same name, craft and they both grew up in the same area.
My grandfather's buisness goes under Eaton Folk Harps. He has a small copper coin he embeds in each of his harps, there's one on the headstock of the one we built.

But yeah, the full build process is there, so tell me what you think.
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robert(original) wrote:DEFINITLY NEED MOAR PICS/SPECS!
radius of the neck, neck wood, board wood. got any dirty gut shots or during photos? thats the kinda shit that gets my rocks off.
welcome to the boards. (are you from england?)

There are gut and wiring shots to be found on the link to TDPRI.

No, I'm Irish but living in Australia. I mean to get back across the pond and spend some time in England on the way at the end of the year.