Guitar Building

[Munga]

I am in the middle of building a Telecaster, and I suppose I shall post some pictures of my progress.
Here is the glued plank and then the cut out body:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/8472/dsc012952xz.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc012952xz.jpg)
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/2617/dsc013053oc.th.jpg (http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc013053oc.jpg)

I ordered a Warmoth neck:
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5719/neckclose6jk.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neckclose6jk.jpg)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3950/neckbackclose3fo.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neckbackclose3fo.jpg)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1597/neckbroad3tw.jpg

The wood I used is Cherry. The plank was $55 unglued, which was the most expensive the exotic wood store had. If you can tell, it has birdseye and flame/quilt figuring scattered across the surface, giving it a very unique look.
The neck is high grade flamed maple. In the picture, it looks quilted, but its actually one of the most beautiful flames I have ever seen. That cost $272. I just recently cut out the neck pocket, and ordered the parts. Most of the hardware is chrome from Warmoth, and the bridge is from Callaham. $75 bucks just for the bridge :nervous:

Thanks,

Alec

[RockinIt]

Nice...good to see it coming along. Keep us posted over here...can't view over on JS anylonger ;)

I recently found a template set for PRS guitars. I'm contemplating putting off a Mesa Single Recto for the sheer joy of building my own killer guitar :)

What tools did you use to cut the body? Did you use a home made template?

[Munga]

I used a bandsaw to cut out the body, and for the template, I just traced my Tele. You should look into getting one of those PRS hollowbody templates. Those things are awesome, and they are not made like regular archtops.

Alec

[buckkillr8]

nice munga:thumb: don't worry that $75 will be the best you've ever spent. Callaham is the only way to go. I also have a warmoth neck on the tele copy I built.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v667/buckkillr8/Esquire%20Copy/DSCF00022211.jpg

[Munga]

That thing looks awesome, Buck. I love the aging on that thing.


Alec

[RockinIt]

Where'd you get your wood man?

[Munga]

Me?

Alec

[RockinIt]

Yeaaaap :) I want to sort of get an estimate at total cost.

http://www.guitarbuildingtemplates.com/PRS.gif

Looks like a solid template to me!

[Munga]

I got the wood from a local store. I would suggest going onto www.projectguitar.com and searching through the resource links to get a good taste of the wood costs. I wanna build on of those, but the piece of flamed maple I want to use costs about 150. Haha. I would say the hardest part of that whole deal would be the inlays.


Alec

[RockinIt]

That and what I would want to do with the electronics. Variax...:)
http://guitaristjeffmiller.com/guitars10.htm
I got the Idea from this guy long....long...ago. I think the Variax electronics alone are going to cost a bundle! Thanks for the link!