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comments (5) October 13th, 2008 in The Gallery     
RCWW RCWW, member
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The body is made of Walnut, Maple and Cherry with a Maple neck. It is fitted with Dimarzio pickups, Grover locking tuners, and a Schaller roller bridge. The finish is 8 coats of wipe-on gloss poly. 


Design or Plan used: My own design
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RCWW RCWW writes: Thanks! It sounds great! and plays pretty good too. I have a couple frets that are a little tall that I need to go back knock a little more off. I did make the neck but I did buy a pre-slotted and radiused fretboard from stewmac.com b/c the fret placement is critical plus the exra cost of the fret saw and miter box was a little steep! You are correct, the body is pretty straight forward. The neck is basically just time consuming but not that difficult just lots of hand work. I used a rasp and spokeshave mostly. Stewmac has some good books and videos on guitarbuilding too if you haven't checked them out already. I took some of the neck dimensions from my Les Paul and my Strat, but I left the neck a little on the fat side b/c that's how I prefer it. The walnut and maple body makes for great tone too. That's good thing about making everything yourself, you can experiment with different combos. My email is woodsmith67@gmail.com if you have any questions. I'm no expert but I know a lot more than I did! Happy building!

Ron


Posted: 1:53 am on November 30th

DonQuai DonQuai writes: Hi again Ron,

How does it play and sound? Such a lovely job you did.

Don
Posted: 1:28 pm on November 25th

DonQuai DonQuai writes: Hi Ron,

sorry it took me so long to get back here. I have not built one but am looking to try it. I guess what one should know is did you build the neck as well. I believe I can handle the body pretty easily but the neck might be a different story. Did you purchase the neck already assembled or did you make it?

Don
Posted: 1:11 pm on November 25th

RCWW RCWW writes: Thanks very much! Are you interested in just the basic shape or what? I don't have any detailed drawings. After I got the shape I wanted, it was all done out of my head as I went along. I've never been good at putting things down on paper. Have you built any guitars or are you looking try one?

Ron
Posted: 9:48 pm on October 25th

DonQuai DonQuai writes: This is truly an awesome looking guitar. I would be very interested in your design if you are willing to share it.
Very beautiful piece of woodworking.

Don
Posted: 6:09 am on October 22nd

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