Sunrise Tele Build

[Lazor05]

I am building a tele with a sunrise theme. I have already made one, but it was run over

So I am making a new one but this one will be a hollow body!

Here is a pic of the original.


So far I have the main body ready and today I finished the top piece. It took a lot of veneer work. I stacked 3 sheets of wood together and then cut the design on the band saw. Then I took the pieces that I wanted to use and added veneer between each piece to make up for the width of the band saw.



This is my first hollow body and second guitar so I am new at this. I did not think about the fact that I will want extra support where the straps connect. I added two block of wood for the screws to go into but I wish I would have thought of it when I made the body. It doesn't look pretty

[davmac]

Subscribed. This looks like a very cool project. The sides on the chambers look so thin. What is the body wood? I would really worry about the strength of the sides particularly where they're across the grain. Have you done anything to stabilise those or is the wood strong enough to hold do you think?

[Lazor05]

Well I am hoping that the sides will hold. I am not sure if this guitar will be played very much as it is my first attempt at a hollow body. I found this sight after I started this build last week. Now that I have seen some of the other awesome builds on here I wish I would have left a little more material for the sides. I think it will be strong enough for my uses though. The body is all maple.

[davmac]

I certainly think you're over the dangerous part. If anything was going to break off I'd have thought it would happen whilst you were cutting the cavities. Once the top is glued on I'm sure it will be structurally pretty robust. It is just that cutting them that thin would have scared me witless (or something that rhymes with that anyway ).

[jazack]

This is so awesome

[ievans]

You could get some kerfling, for acoustics, and line the inside to help support the sides.


And for the tail block I'd sand down the block to make sure matches the inside curve.

[Lazor05]

Originally Posted by davmac

I certainly think you're over the dangerous part. If anything was going to break off I'd have thought it would happen whilst you were cutting the cavities. Once the top is glued on I'm sure it will be structurally pretty robust. It is just that cutting them that thin would have scared me witless (or something that rhymes with that anyway ).

I can't think of anything that rhymes lol. I couldn't help but spend a few minutes trying to figure something out though.

[Lazor05]

Originally Posted by ievans

You could get some kerfling, for acoustics, and line the inside to help support the sides.


And for the tail block I'd sand down the block to make sure matches the inside curve.

That is a good idea. I can't decide if I want to add that or not though. I think it will be strong enough but it wouldnt hurt to have a little peace of mind.

[Lazor05]

Well I started on the neck today. I have the fretboard cut out and will be finishing it tonight, hopefully. I am planning to have a 25.5 scale length. I used the neck that was on my first guitar as a guide because I liked the width that it had.

[Lazor05]

I also got the F holes cut. They aren't f's obviously but I wanted to do something a little different.

[anyone]

Very cool!

[davmac]

How did you cut the F holes? Love the shape btw.

[Lazor05]

I drilled a hole in the center and the used a scroll saw to cut the shape. I don't like scroll saws though. It kept grabbing and I was afraid it would break.

[jazack]

the holes look great, dude. Very interested to hear how that will effect that sound.

[cstamper]

REALLY like those "f" holes. Great job!

[Lazor05]

Thanks guys! I will be glueing the face plate on today and cutting out the neck.

[davmac]

Originally Posted by Lazor05

I drilled a hole in the center and the used a scroll saw to cut the shape. I don't like scroll saws though. It kept grabbing and I was afraid it would break.

Brave man! I was planning a similarly shaped sound hole on my current chambered build but after a few try outs on scrap I chickened out. Yours have turned out great and I love the way the pair of vaguely Rickenbacker-esque shapes balance out. Very nice.

[kencole]

Very nice. As a hobbiest wood worker/ guitar maker I think the blending of woodworking techniques with guitar making is awsome. My next guitar project is going to be a "woodworkers" guitar. It will have figured maple bookmatched top,birdseye maple fret board and curly maple neck. Your guitar fits right in with that type of project. I am anxious to see yours finished, I think its a great idea. Keep up the good work.

Ken

[Lazor05]

Originally Posted by kencole

Very nice. As a hobbiest wood worker/ guitar maker I think the blending of woodworking techniques with guitar making is awsome. My next guitar project is going to be a "woodworkers" guitar. It will have figured maple bookmatched top,birdseye maple fret board and curly maple neck. Your guitar fits right in with that type of project. I am anxious to see yours finished, I think its a great idea. Keep up the good work.

Ken

That was kinda the idea behind this guitar. I built the first one last year for my high school project and I had to use different techniques in order to get an A. When you start on yours make sure you post some pics!

[Lazor05]

More progress! Today I glued the face plate on. Not much to show there as far as pictures go. I also cut out the neck. It is a Firebird style neck and it is reversed :) I think it will look cool on the guitar. I am extremely tired of shaping it though.