Home build guitar flash

Hey there!

I've just finished building a guitar, and I just wanted to share it with you guys. The guitar is a neck through out of flamed maple with wengé fingerboard with compound radius. I've made the pickups myself too, which made it quite exciting to hear the end result. :grin:

Now some pictures from the build:
Winding pickups
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/556238_10150799098045741_319370266_n.jpg

The wood
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/545565_10150799102000741_700388362_n.jpg

Ready to cut :smile:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/551730_10150801145695741_2002946407_n.jpg

Semihollow body!
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/481344_10150801147500741_1256444599_n.jpg

Gluing binding
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/165842_10150876486905741_382818229_n.jpg

My radius-jig
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/552594_10150881034880741_228954392_n.jpg

Cutting fretboard
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/562932_10150884847835741_573153395_n.jpg

Using a plane and a rasp to shape the neck
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406355_10150907822380741_735946857_n.jpg

Logo cut with dremel
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/394746_10150915485410741_835808178_n.jpg

Staining the guitar
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/484038_10150919598550741_506489395_n.jpg

Laquer with brush - looking forward to the day when I have the opportunity to spray instead!
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528789_10150932841170741_359269750_n.jpg

And here it is done!
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/486621_10150954890285741_1620543087_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578646_10150954890470741_839891316_n.jpg

Headstock
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/181141_10150954890655741_1685181224_n.jpg

I've also made a little video where I'm fiddling around with the guitar and the various options
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-3x5PmU8c&hd=1

Can't get the youtube-link working? The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-3x5PmU8c&hd=1

Can't see any pics, just red Xs.

thats a really nice sounding guitar man! nice work

Dwills: thank you! Can you see the pictures? They work on my screen!

yeah i can see them

Excellent work!

A fine looking, great sounding guitar. Good job man, damn good job. I wish I had the skills to build something like that. What amp are you playing through?

damn that thing sounds SWEET. great job on that. i can see that doing blues to funk to cranked out rock

Couldn't see the pics at work, but can at home. Very cool!

Can't get the youtube-link working? The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-3x5PmU8c&hd=1

Here it is :wink:


ke-3x5PmU8c&hd=1


Not too bad at all :grin:

Thank you guys! :D
dog fart: Actually it's just a jack directly to my MBox 2 with some amp-simulator plugin. I personally think the guitar sounds better through an amp - it's more full and warm sounding, but this was the only option I had. I'm looking forward to playing it with the band though, where I have an Orange Rocker 30 with JCM 800 lead waiting. Think it's gonna be sweet! :D
crazydave: what did you do to make it work?

Nice! It's very uniquely styled, sounds fantastic as well. What do the mini toggles do? Are they a coil split per pickup? I wasn't able to quite place how they interacted from the video at points.

Blue: Yeah the movie is just recorded with my macbook, so the quality isn't exactly perfect! You're quite right about the mini toggles - the coils split one way or the other, but in the middle it's humbucker. :smile:

where I have an Orange Rocker 30 with JCM 800 lead waiting. Think it's gonna be sweet! :D
crazydave: what did you do to make it work?

What a coincidence, I own an Orange Rocker 30. I run it into an Orange 2X12 cab, but I also have a 1960A from an old JCM 800 and a 1X12 Blackheart cab I can use for versatility.

wow. but it's upside down! :lol:

I love the way that sounds!

ludashoeless: Yeah, the picture got mirrored for some reason :) It's a right handed guitar!

Nice!!!

beauty of a guitar. love the how the headstock logo is dremeled and then stained in. nice touch

Nice design ideas, execution- and sounds great:-)

That's wonderful - absolutely great work! VWD!
I love it!

Wow nice guitar and sounds FANTASTIC...
any info about how you make the pickups ?

nickhofen: I wire it using an old sewing machine to spin the bobbins with a reed switch connected to the wheel. The reed switch is then connected over the '=' sign on a calculator. This way, if I start pressing 1+1 on the calculator, it will keep iterating with 1 every time I make one wind!
Here's a couple of photos:
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/311888_10150324483520741_805233704_n.jpg

Here you can see the reed switch (the black box) and the reed magnet on the wheel.
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/302320_10150324483635741_2072149322_n.jpg

You can see it running on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjMkbq1lEU&list=UU7eOAhBRiyjdnciPqAZpblQ&index=10&feature=plcp

Hope it makes sense!

ludashoeless: Yeah, the picture got mirrored for some reason :) It's a right handed guitar!


Mac software (for whatever unknown reason) does that by default. I think it's under "photo properties" you click to check "invert", and it will stop that crap :lol:

That is beautiful. Awesome work and thanks for sharing!

Great job! Can I have it?