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comments (6) July 2nd, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

PatrickKana PatrickKana, member
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This was my first attempt at an electric guitar from scratch and I am very pleased.  It was also an experiment using the quartersawn Pine as the top instead of a traditional hardwood, yet it sounds very crisp just like a hardwood top.  As a nineteen-year-old, this project got me to be proficient in everything from routing, inlaying, finishing, and everything in between. 


Design or Plan used: My own design
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PatrickKana PatrickKana writes: It was not from a plan. I spent about a year and a half researching different techniques of making an electric and afterward I spent about a full month doing full scale drawings in frontal view and profile for template making until I was completely satisfied with the design. Thanks for checking it out!
Posted: 11:02 pm on July 10th

ewschaefer ewschaefer writes: Very nice. Did you use a plan, if you did where did you get it.
Posted: 9:50 pm on July 10th

PatrickKana PatrickKana writes: Thank you. Yes, everything was made from scratch (except for the binding and purfling as those are far too small to make yourself). I hand sawed the fret slots using a the Stewart-Macdonald miter saw designed for fretboards that a close friend let me borrow. It truly is an adventure and I urge you to go through with it as it includes so many processes. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your guitar in the future!
Posted: 9:43 pm on July 9th

ets1012 ets1012 writes: Beautiful piece of work. You should be very proud. Regards, ets.
Posted: 1:13 am on July 9th

Josephindus Josephindus writes: Awesome Guitar, Your design is crisp and clean. Did you make every part excluding hardware from scratch? How about the fret board, did you make that too? I plan on building an electric guitar too so that's why I ask.


Great work man.
Posted: 6:44 pm on July 8th

Jurgen01 Jurgen01 writes: If this guitar sounds as good as it looks, you have a real winner. Very nicely done. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Posted: 12:24 pm on July 5th

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