 Got A New Guitar!, Actually finished the guitar I was building... |
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 May 29 2009, 12:32 PM
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 GMC:er  Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 5.198  |
I finished my guitar! Actually, I finished it a while ago, but was too lazy to write a paragraph about it and take good pictures. My goal was to make a guitar I could use for most everything (maybe a combination between a gibson and a ibanez, my two favorite brands.) So here it is!...
Note that I installed pickup rings later, so that looks better now. Complete specs: Body- swamp ash (strat shape) neck- maple w/compound radius maple fretboard (strat shape) 22 frets Bridge+nut- floyd rose licensed pickups- epiphone something (neck) duncan pearly gates (bridge) controls- lp style so there it is! I hope to have a sound sample soon. This post has been edited by sidewas lightning: Jun 24 2009, 03:23 PM
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-------------------- I spelled my username wrong...I didn't even think that was possible!
Look at the topic for my guitar... Finished Guitar Build Gear: Homemade strat (You still need to look at its topic!) Squier strat (probably going to get rid of it and get another guitar instead) :) Line 6 spider amp (not actually used for anything, just acts as a speaker) Digitech Gnx2 (kind of old, but cheap, and sounds amazing!) |
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May 29 2009, 12:39 PM
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 Instructor (Blind Guardian)  Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.433 Joined: 5-March 08 From: Germany Member No.: 4.464 |
What about some pics?
-------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
Amps: Mesa Boogie Tripple Rectifier / Triaxis / 2:90 Poweramp / Rectocabs Effects: Rocktron Intellifex / Rocktron Xpression Homepage: www.marcussiepen.com www.blind-guardian.com Check out my video lessons! |
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May 29 2009, 12:39 PM
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 Learning Tone Guru Group: Members Posts: 790 Joined: 15-July 07 From: Ostrava Member No.: 2.318 |
Pics, pics, pics, pics, pics, pics!
-------------------- my youtube account with riffs and ideas: http://www.youtube.com/user/Phoenygzus
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May 29 2009, 12:41 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 5.198 |
yeah, I have pictures, their just not working! I think I've almost got it...
-------------------- I spelled my username wrong...I didn't even think that was possible!
Look at the topic for my guitar... Finished Guitar Build Gear: Homemade strat (You still need to look at its topic!) Squier strat (probably going to get rid of it and get another guitar instead) :) Line 6 spider amp (not actually used for anything, just acts as a speaker) Digitech Gnx2 (kind of old, but cheap, and sounds amazing!) |
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May 29 2009, 02:40 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 5.198 |
okay, pictures are working now!
-------------------- I spelled my username wrong...I didn't even think that was possible!
Look at the topic for my guitar... Finished Guitar Build Gear: Homemade strat (You still need to look at its topic!) Squier strat (probably going to get rid of it and get another guitar instead) :) Line 6 spider amp (not actually used for anything, just acts as a speaker) Digitech Gnx2 (kind of old, but cheap, and sounds amazing!) |
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May 29 2009, 02:49 PM
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 Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 1.758 Joined: 13-April 08 From: Merseyside, UK Member No.: 4.882 |
Nice! that is a lot of pots on there!! what do they all do?
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May 29 2009, 02:53 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 5.198 |
QUOTE (sted @ May 29 2009, 09:49 AM)  Nice! that is a lot of pots on there!! what do they all do? Oh, there's really only four, theyre the standard lp configuration (neck volume, neck tone, bridge volume, bridge tone.) -------------------- I spelled my username wrong...I didn't even think that was possible!
Look at the topic for my guitar... Finished Guitar Build Gear: Homemade strat (You still need to look at its topic!) Squier strat (probably going to get rid of it and get another guitar instead) :) Line 6 spider amp (not actually used for anything, just acts as a speaker) Digitech Gnx2 (kind of old, but cheap, and sounds amazing!) |
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May 29 2009, 02:53 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 1.247 Joined: 19-September 08 From: Latvia, Jelgava Member No.: 5.926 |
Wow really cool! Do you will "write" something on headstock? I mean like a brand name?
Edit: could you take a picture of guitar back? This post has been edited by AlexLion: May 29 2009, 02:55 PM |
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May 29 2009, 03:01 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 7.201 Joined: 14-July 08 From: London UK Member No.: 5.490 |
Looks great man. Congtrats. I hope it plays good as well
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May 29 2009, 03:06 PM
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 Experienced Tone Seeker Group: Passive Posts: 4.809 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Hedel, Netherlands Member No.: 3.471 |
Looks cool! It'd be sooooooo cool to produce my own guitar.....
This post has been edited by kaznie_NL: May 29 2009, 03:06 PM -------------------- |
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May 29 2009, 03:13 PM
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 Learning Rock Star - Wiki Coordinator  Group: GMC Senior Posts: 6.571 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Spain Member No.: 3.338 |
Wow, that's pretty cool, a self-built custom! Enjoy!
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May 29 2009, 03:34 PM
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 Instructor Group: Members Posts: 4.565 Joined: 29-March 07 From: Fort Collins, CO Member No.: 1.439 |
Wow!
That's a beautiful guitar man! Congrats! -------------------- www.youtube.com/Wallimann
www.davidwallimann.com |
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May 29 2009, 06:44 PM
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GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 217 Joined: 29-May 08 From: Planet Earth Member No.: 5.198 |
QUOTE (AlexLion @ May 29 2009, 09:53 AM) Wow really cool! Do you will "write" something on headstock? I mean like a brand name? Edit: could you take a picture of guitar back? I might do a logo, but I don't know which one will fit! Gibson wouldn't work... Ibanez would be too sharp for a strat headstock... and it's definitely not like the my squier or the fenders I have played. And about the back, I don't have pictues but it is in the same red finish as the front. The sides of the guitar are painted black. QUOTE (Fran @ May 29 2009, 10:13 AM) Wow, that's pretty cool, a self-built custom! Enjoy! That makes it sound really fancy!!! (In a deep voice) Coming May 2009... from master guitar luthier sideways lightning... comes a custom creation to BLOW ALL OTHER GUITARS AWAY!!! ( shred music starts playing)   -------------------- I spelled my username wrong...I didn't even think that was possible!
Look at the topic for my guitar... Finished Guitar Build Gear: Homemade strat (You still need to look at its topic!) Squier strat (probably going to get rid of it and get another guitar instead) :) Line 6 spider amp (not actually used for anything, just acts as a speaker) Digitech Gnx2 (kind of old, but cheap, and sounds amazing!) |
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May 29 2009, 06:49 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 1.462 Joined: 20-April 07 From: Traverse City, Michigan, USA Member No.: 1.632 |
Holy Pots Batman!
thats a nice guitar! -------------------- My Gear:
Guitars: Fender Standard Stratocaster HSS Jackson Dinky Custom Washburn WG-587 7-String LTD EX-50 Kramer Focus 6000 Amps: Peavey Vypyr 30 Marshall MG10KK Kerry King 10 Watt |
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May 29 2009, 07:13 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 1-August 08 From: Ardala Member No.: 5.610 |
nice axe
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May 29 2009, 07:45 PM
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 Learning Tone Master Group: Members Posts: 1.423 Joined: 9-October 08 From: East Midlands U.K Member No.: 6.062 |
Schweeeeeet, now put like a custom logo on the headstock with i.e. your name and you good to go!
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May 29 2009, 08:34 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 2.279 Joined: 4-August 08 From: Argentina, Buenos Aires Member No.: 5.625 |
Wow! That's something beautiful mate!
Congrats on that! Post some audio samples when you can
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May 29 2009, 08:59 PM
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 Accomplished Tone Master Group: Members Posts: 746 Joined: 12-April 08 From: USA, NV Member No.: 4.872 |
Nice!
You'll have to give us the lowdown on the specs ... pickups, hardware, electronics, wood type, finish, etc. Let us know how it plays. If yours is like the one I finished lately, there will be some tweaking of the action & setup to do before you have it exactly the way you want it. -------------------- |
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May 29 2009, 09:01 PM
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 Learning Apprentice Player Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 20-May 09 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7.194 |
wow thats an accomplishment man congratz
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May 29 2009, 10:26 PM
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 GMC:er Group: Members Posts: 630 Joined: 24-September 07 From: Wilmington Member No.: 2.857 |
thats nice man, but how come everyone that biulds a guitar it looks all nice but mine looks like crap? haha
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