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  • I would really like to know what this sounds like! Anyone answer me? Is the Cherry body in general bright or warm. What type of sound can I get out of it?

    Thanks!

  • @GuitarzMyThing Here is my opinion: It's wood. Every tree grows a little different. That said, cherry is said to sound similar maple, a "bright" wood. Because it is usually less dense then maple, it should be a little warmer. It's still a close grained, dense wood, meaning a good chance of long sustain. Try cherry, If the resulting guitar is bright for you, then adjust the tone control on your amp or guitar. That's what it's there for. Watch my other videos with audio of this cherry guitar.

  • I am SO breaking in to a rich person's house and stealing the stairs!

  • Are you depress?

  • @riuspablo ¿por qué me lo pregunta eso?

  • dear youtubers

    please check out the guitar i made on my youtube page, made it for a school project and would like opinions!

    cheers

  • LOVE the Strat cutaways!!!

    I've got Strat's and Tele's... Love the tone of the tele, but the FEEL of a strat...

    Looks like you've found a GREAT blend of both, and YES I wanna hear it!

  • @boagley1 Thanks allot! Directions to other videos that contain sound clips are in the "more info" section and are posted as video responses.

  • was hoping to hear it, thank's

  • @slick5066 directions to other videos that contain sound clips are in the "more info" section and are posted as video responses.

  • wow, nice guitar, i wanna make one!

  • @RockinRollBand09 Thanks. You should make one, make a video about it, and post it as a video response.

  • @jonnda Yea, when and if i do XD, i will do that. Itll probly be a frankenstrat...EVH!

  • @RockinRollBand09 Cool. That is a good choice for a first guitar build because you could be a little sloppy and no one would notice, heh heh.

  • @jonnda Yea, but im going to make it and do it properly so i dont have to mess around in the mean time,,,

  • I am making a guitar will do a vid with the one I made from a4 paper in photo shop to see what you think ^_^

  • i have a quest, where do i get the cables and the volume tune knobs and all that stuff that are for the wiring? i would really appreciate an answer. well actually, i'd like to know the name of all that stuff, including the jack port thing, do people sell sets ready? (btw, i'm obviously exuding the pickups)

  • @TasteForDisaster I am not exactly sure what all you seek, but these three sites have all the parts and tools you could ever need. After all these words add the usual daught COMmercial to make them websites: allparts, stewmac, lmii. If you still can't find what you are looking for let me know and we'll figure something out.

  • @jonnda wow! thanks a bunch :) yea, there are some wiring sets on the site, um, just one question, will i have to be soldering stuff myself? or are those stuff already pretty much done for me? i'm really curious

  • @TasteForDisaster I sense that the best option for you may be to buy a pickguard prewired with all it's parts. These work well for most strats, and many companies have them (stewmac, carvin, dimarzio, etc.... GFS sells the cheapest). But I don't know what kind of guitar you have. Option 2: buy a prewired wiring harness like they sell at crazyparts daught de. There is less soldering, but it's needed. EMG has a Solderless Install System if you buy emg pickups. Or just learn to solder.

  • how do you get the wires through the guitars, do you need to drill holes?

  • @SoAwesomelyFunny There is more then one way to do it. You have the choice between leaving a space for wires if you make the body out of multiple chunks of wood (like when you decide to use a decorative piece of maple for the top), drilling holes, or routing out channels that are often hidden by a pickguard. I used a dill, but I could have done some of the wire paths differently.

  • @jonnda thanks for the advice!

  • Nice ! and why not change ( experimentaly) some "classical" tone woods ? beech, oak, pine, and others from north hemisphere...over the past years.i do great sounding instruments, with discarded woods, antique houses demolition, or just picked some beatiful planks and slabs from the "garbage"....and it`s a "green" atitude, for free...

  • @MrPrabr Thanks! I am glad to to hear you are recycling wood. Wood from old buildings can be a great source for guitar wood as you well know. I have some great unknown wood from a small barn that used to be on my aunt's property, which I am using in a few of my next guitar projects. So keep up the good work using that old wood, and please post videos of your projects here on youtube.

  • Im just curious and i would actually really appreciate an answer - This isnt a dig at you or trying to take the piss - Serious question.

    What was the cost of parts etc etc compared to buying a store guitar? and secondly how does it sound? You have any clips? im really interested - Great wood work! lol

  • @skariminal No problem. Here is my serious answer: All the information you seek has already posted in read more info section on this page, you just needed to look for it. Parts cost was around $200 with shipping costs. Sound clips were posted in other videos that I added as responses to this one

  • Cool! I've been trying to find other people who made guitars out of cherry wood. I'm in the process of making a P style bass with a cherry body! Some local wood from Ontario, Canada.

  • @pippetdog I like how I have recently been contacted by a few people like yourself who want to use, or have used cherry to make a guitar. I feel like we should form a club or something, heh heh. I am all for using recycled, reclaimed, and/or local wood (from north america in our case). I support your effort all the way, and I'll be happy to answer any questions I might be able to answer with the information I learned from making my guitar.

  • Hey man, I just made a Telecaster body out of cherry wood also. You're the first one I see who has done that also. I have up on YT also.

  • @AlanSturgess, hope you found the demo vid alright.

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  • who needs shops when u can make things out from your hand? great work

  • WHOA! 8D

  • The guitar is fucking awesome! Love the big old 70s headstock you got there.

  • nice guitar

  • awesome!

  • First of all, awesome job. Looks great. I was wondering if you could give me some tips on finishing my own guitar. I had a Fender Squier lying around, and I've already sanded off the paint and repainted the body, pickguard, and tremolo cover. But the finish has me stumped. I can't figure out how to get a matte finish; the matte clear coats I've tried don't get smooth after wet sanding and make the paint job less vivid. Help?

    P.S. I'm only 16 so I don't have the money to go buy fancy equipment =/

  • @therocker31094

    I don't feel like I have enough information to help you. I would think a mat finish would be the easiest thing. What kind of paint are you using?

  • @jonnda I used rustoleum and quick color aerosol spray cans. The only thing bothering me is the matte clear coat, any ideas of where to find info on that? I can't seem to find anybody that goes through the process step by step =/

  • that looks amazing. and it cost half of a fender tele!

  • muy bien ! parece una telecaster

  • hey guys i am working to get a free guitar and you can too! just takes a little bit of time! if you would like to know how plz send me a message on here and i can help out!

  • Your ace. It's a life dream of mine to make my own guitar, how difficult was it to do?

  • @dancelittlesquire All in all, not difficult. What was hard was getting myself to do & get passed stages I perceived as vital and difficult. That is a reason it takes me a long time to make guitars. I do everything with out reusable jigs, and other things that make building many axes easy. I don't even draw full plans. If I did, I would not have to worry as much. So go out and fulfill your dream, just plan everything well, buy a how to book, and/or do allot of research. Do read the book!

  • In your experience, what sort of tonal qualities does cherry have, and what common guitar wood is it most comparable to?

    Thank you.

  • @Anitrop Every chunk of word will behave a bit differently. I think even if it comes from the same tree, what part of it and how it was cut could have an effect. Where it grew and how long it grew might also matter. That disclaimer aside, I have concluded that for luthiery the closest common wood to cherry is maple. Maple is often slightly denser then cherry. As they are dense, heavy woods, expect a bit more sustain and possibly more high end available. Does this help?

  • @jonnda yes it does, so thank you, sir.

  • the guitar looks sweet, and the cherry looks awesome,

    i've been interested in a project like this for a while, but haven't had the guts to go through with it.

    I was wondering, how did you finish the wood? it looks like it was a matte finish sort of feel to it, my biggest worry is ending up with a sticky non-glide surface.

  • @tylermark86 As cherry is a fairly closed grain, I was able to sand it very smooth just with sand paper. I used various grits between 100-1000, which may have been overkill. Basically I just sanded and polished the bare wood best as I could with what I had. Then I applied tung oil.This finish feels similar to bare wood. If you want more glossy, a drawback is that to keep it looking great you have to re apply the oil or a light beeswax polish every couple years or so. It is not sticky when dry

  • on guitars, why are some pickups crooked?

  • @MrIsaacSierra If you notice when you play guitar, the closer to the bridge you pluck a string, the more treblely it sounds, and the closer to the neck, the bassier it sounds. so pickups are sometimes angled with the top toward the neck, so that the higher and lower tones can be emphasized at the same time.

  • Marissa is looking good :)

    nice job buddy

  • that guitar looks so good!

  • I'm sick of trying to fix my MIM Tele's socket, would this "Electrosocket" be a good purchase?

  • I'm sick of trying to fix my MIM Tele's socket, would this "Electrosocket" be a good purchase?

  • @joeypaint I have never had any trouble with this jack. The Stewart-MacDonald webpage says "The Electrosocket is a good looking machined aluminum jack, held in place by two angled screws. Simply drill the two mounting screw holes, thread the jack into the Electrosocket, and screw it in place to hold the jack firmly in place for the next millennium." It won't cost you much money. I recommend you get one if you have problems. If it doesn't work for you- you haven't lost much $.

  • @jonnda Alright man, thanks alot!

  • wow, where can I find tutorial for this?

    please, tell me

  • @JustMe111094 While you are welcome to ask me enough more specific questions that could serve as a tutorial, I recomend the book Building Electric Guitars by Martin Koch. I reccomend buying the physical book as it is more practical to use in the shop. A great resource is the website projectguitar, search in google while feeling lucky. MIMF is a forum that can be helpful, but be careful as they have strict posting rules. The net is full of great info if you just look for it.

  • Unfortunately for you, I got mine by tracing a friend's old broadcaster on to cardboard. If you have a friend with a tele, ask that friend to let you trace it. Making a tracing tool is helpful. If that isn't possible, you will have to buy one from one of the hundred online companies who produce them... Stewmac, Guitar Building Templates, ect. You can also make one from paper plans from places like mimf dt cm, a forum which is helpful to join but is also overly strict about posting rules.

  • @jonnda BTW... A tracing tool can be made by cutting a sharp pencil in half.

  • Nice job guy How did you get the template? I'm interested in making my own .

  • Great job! my compliment.

  • Nice Job... Very innovative!! yes, it's nice to watch others create stuff!!

    Bill

  • omg. thats very impressive!

  • NICE! I'd like to hear bit from it!!!

  • Really cool dude. Are you doing moore homemade guitars ? :D

  • The walnut should give a nice 'ring' to the sound.

    My dad was a pretty good carpenter who believed in doing things right. The necks he made stayed true for years, certainly 'til I lost track of the guitars. They were made in the early sixties & we couldn't obtain trussrods easily, so used thesolid rod. Many guitars around at that time didn't have a trussrod.

    Re: your '71 MGB GT. Maybe you'll get her on the road when you pause from building guitars.

    Good luck with the new build.

  • There was an article in Fretboard Journal (fall edition) about Rick Kelly, a New York luthier, making teles from 100yr old pine he got from a Bowery building. Might be worth a look if you can obtain a copy.

    What design are you going with this time? Are you staying with tele ( I love thinlines ) or someting else, 335 maybe. I admire your courage at tackling the neck,getting that right is what makes or breaks the guitar's playability. Just take your time.

  • Hi, jonnda. Thanks for you reply. It looks like one of my comments has gone missing so here it is again, although it's not so relevant after your last post. I've noticed a few luthiers using pine lately. Have you seen Arlo West's pinecaster guitar site, nice looking/sounding guitars. He has some videos here on youtube demo-ing them.

  • There are a few comments on the Telecaster forum about pine bodied guitars. Black walnut should be interesting.

    All this because a friend gave you an old guitar neck. To me the hardest thing is making your own necks, something I've not done. When he was alive my father made a couple of guitar necks and fretboards for me. They were made from beech without a truss rod but had a length of stud iron rod set in Araldite to stregthen them. Solid as a rock and, surprisingly not too heavy

  • I'm attempting to make my own neck out of quatersawn cherry this time with an ebony fingerboard. That's what's taking so long to do, as I am scared to mess up. I applaud your dad for having the guts to go with the non-adjustable rod. If the relief bow isn't right when you string it up there isn't much one can do about it. Sounds like he got it right though. The body has a center section of blk walnut and wings of hollow pine. the cherry and walnut came from family and friends property.

  • Great work. I can't believe the negative comments on here. So it looks like aTele, so what? You used a wood that's not common for solid guitar bodies and created something that sounds great. And probably gained a lot of knowledge in the process that you can use on a future project. I know I did when I built a couple some (many!) years ago.

    I know it's been a while since you originally posted this vid so I hope your studies went well.

    Best wishes from Britain

  • Yours has got to be one of my favorite comments so far. What you say is very much true. It hails from Britain, how cool! I <3 British cars (MG and Lotus especially), tea, the accent, and comedy among other things. I've a 1971 MG BGT that doesn't run. As for school, I am try to finish up my last semester at my university & it's been hard for me to finish the next guitar because of it. The current one in construction is made out of black walnut, cherry & pine- yes pine. It should turn out great.

  • i dont like it but still you made it yourself so for homemade its okay

  • I think for a first try with no real teacher, I did great. Some play my guitar and fall in love with it, others would rather buy a Les Paul or something. That's why there are so many different guitars in stock at stores. Not every one loves the same type of guitar, and that's alright.

  • Nice work.

  • Thank you.

  • Very Cool. Keep making Guitars. Paul Reed Smith was into it and has a Very nice Payoff.

    Also- I Like your choice of a p90 in the neck. Try a Power Rail in the bridge sometime - they fit - and Kick butt.

  • Thanks allot for your support! I really would like to finish my current build, but school has kept me busy. I've tried Carvin's TBH60 in another guitar, a similar pickup @least in design. As a neck pick up the mini rail humbucker does a great job, &maybe if I get bored I'll get another and see what it's like as a bridge p'up in the cherry tele. But one reason why it isn't there now is that this guitar is currently the only ax I have with all single coils &that's kinda nice to have in my arsenal.

  • And then stairases.. and make guitar.. out of. scraps...a...nd ...blah blah blah. could anyone be anyless enthusiastic about their own work? or should i say making a telecastor copy?

  • @VileMisanthropy: I believe you have answered your own question- YOU are less enthusiastic about my work then I. I made a guitar, went blah blah blah, and made a video to show my enthusiasm. What have you done? Second of all, have you ever considered that there might be other reasons why I sounded that way? I'm a fairly low key guy that probably doesn't get enough sleep. It's not in my personality to be Billy Mays. my video "in defense of the marshmallow" is about as animated as I can get.

  • @VileMisanthropy: Also it appears like you are implying that all I did was copy Leo's design and I did nothing original. Yes it may look like like just another tele, but I could give you a list of reasons of how my guitar differs from either a strat or a tele. However, you are not worth any more of my time.

  • Nice, Check out My homemade guitar!

  • okay! ...

  • Very nice job there. Did you save some of the Brazilian rosewood for the fingerboard? That's where it has some real fame for being not only great looking but great sounding. Was the rosewood from a legally harvested stump or was it old stock? Either way this axe must have cost allot just for the wood alone. I think you should have continued the cube pattern on the headstock. But it's cool anyway, rock on.

  • looks like a tele caster to me

  • @DarkFalconFilms ....umm, okay. Looks like my guitar to me.

  • wow,you made that yourself,its fantastic!,the only wooden things i made was fingerboards and some models.....lol

  • Wow you make fingerboards? I only make the rest of the guitar- ha ha ha ha! No seriously I bought the fingerboard on my current guitar building project because the fret slotting and radiusing is something I don't want to mess with. ON the guitar in the vid I did not make the neck, but I did use it to make a guitar. What kind of models did you do? I used to make wooden boats for RC control.

  • ...uhhh imeant skateboard fingerboards,and the only models i did were nothing like a wooden boat,maybe just somthing stupid like a 5 inch double base model,yeah,thats why i thought you making

    a actual guitar was fantastic :),i dont make guitar fingerboards, i wish i was as good as you!

  • nice work

  • I think it sounds great, If you look around on my channel and in the video responses you will eventually find videos that use this guitar in the audio.

  • whoa good job make me one xD 5/5

  • Thank you. I guess if you really wanted me to make you one I could, but only if you send me all the materials or the cost of the materials up front- and then you are willing to wait 1-2 years to get it (because I do this in my spare time) and then pay for labor. I'm glad you like it! (^_^)

  • TOP NOTCH JOB !!! 

    I LIKE IT !!!

  • THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

  • um not that cool but i like the maple neck

  • What, would you rather it was a neon, rust or flame covered? Not pointy enough? I could make a Dean Razor Back Dimebag guitar for ya... nay- we could machine an Agile flying v copy out aluminum w/ wood accents in full steampunk style.How about a clear acrylic guitar? No, that's been done too much. Would you rather I'd made a shiny Les paul? Copy a guild electric from the 70's? Oh I know, for my first guitar I'll copy the simplest ax I know of,a tele, and make it my own only using what i had.

  • The telecaster is a workhorse. The most flashy thing about this one is the solid cherry body, and even that is out of practical, economical, and functional reasons. The point of this guitar was not to be cool but for me to learn how to build an electric guitar, and give me something wooden to wrestle with (cut, drill, sand, beat on, chisel, scrape) so I can deal with life's hardships. The only cool things 2 me about the neck is who gave it to me, that it was free&that it made me make this ax

  • I am not trying to rant at you, I just feel I should put out there why this guitar exists for all to read. One of these days I will focus on making a "cooler" gutiar, a flying V maybe or my current project of mostly my own design.

  • There is no guitar cooler or more useful than a telecaster. After 40 years of SG's, Les Pauls, 335's, Ibanez,

    Strats, etc.,I keep going back.

  • what tools do you use to carve out the section to put the neck, pickups and the controls in place?

  • i like it, it's cool

  • gorgeus guitar i love the strat curves

  • Good work !

  • Cherry wood looks beautiful. What finish did you use?

    'Love to hear it.

    Great job.

  • Thanks! "tung oil" from home depot, minwax I think.

    Check out a few of my other videos to hear it.

  • thats a good job man, i like it, well done.

    i would love to hear what it sounds like.

    im thinking of making my self one to, i love the look of mahogany iv got a neck from an old vantage in my loft.

    nice one!!!

  • Holy hell. It's a cool enough project, but your narration skills are terrible. You sound like a lude'd up opium addict talking about the sky. Let's get some clips of the guitar.

  • Yeah, there is a reason why I didn't post any anchorman demo tapes. I am good with my words in person, and do a decent job with improv comedy, but my real skill is with my hands and my heart- not narrating a quick an dirty youtube video with no production considerations. I am working on figuring out what to play in front of the camera, now that I have one. Thanks for your intrest

  • nice!! i always question myself if you need to know about carpentry when doing this?..i mean be experienced with at and such as making a body of a flat wood,im 16 and im in H/S and i was wondering so i can take carpentry on my school :D!!!

  • A knowledge of carpentry certainly would not hurt, although knowledge of fine luthery would be better. I'm sorry, and I know you are exited, but it would also help if you calmed down so you can type the same speed as you think. This makes it easier for me to understand and answer your questions! All you need is a good 'how to' book, plans (you can make your own), money, materials, time, certain tools & knowledge of how to safely/effectively use them. Being in contact w/ people like me help too.

  • Yeah, I'd like to here what it sounds like, a lot.

    I'ma do a lot of modifications to my mexican made Standard Tele and see how it goes. One being that I'm going to put a P90 by the neck, soyeah....exciting.

    The shape of yours looks really cool, though. It's nice.

  • Good job!

  • very cool. good job

  • nice!

    need sound clip!

    SWEET pickup configuration!

  • Thank you. There are slideshows with sound elsewhere on my channel. I just got a computer with a web cam so I may try to record a video of my playing and see what kind of A/V quality I get from it. I consider myself a better guitar builder then player, so it wont be amazing but I know I should post a real video anyway.

  • Beautiful instrument bro- well done- now you need to post a vid of you playing it! Peace...

  • ist a telestrat

  • Very nice indeed! Love to hear what it soundslike.

  • look at my other videos as was instructed in the "more info"

  • What does it sound like

  • How did you carve it? Did you use a machine or did you do it by hand?

    I'd also like to listen to it as well. Props!

  • by hand, mostly with a rasp and a file. other vidoes feature the guitar's sound.

  • I did listen to it, it sounds awesome! Good job on making the guitar.

  • Thank you. I have another one in the works, so check back in a year or so.

  • I look forwared to it. Now I do have a question that I didn't properly ask you. Did you have the body cut out by a machine and file down the curves? Or did you file down everything? (Or simply put, did you do it ENTIRELY by hand?)

  • Oh. I used a band saw to get the rough shape leaving about 1/8" extra. Then I used a disk bench sander to get right at my line as much as I could. However this tool does not work so well on the concave curves so I had to use what ever hand tools I could too get to my line marked on the wood. The belly cut on the back of the axe & the arm relief cut on top were a test bed of tools. I tried chisels, planes, dremmel, antique huge spoke shave, but found rasps, files & sand paper works best.

  • Well thank for clarifing that for me. Very good job.

  • the body looks like a fender

  • Good. I traced it from a fender.

  • i want to hear her sound

  • how much was it over all??

  • cat ear xd

  • Hey I found a cheap crestline 70's guitar that I got for $25. I sanded the body down and found out that it is a multi ply wood body. It is quite heavy and sturdy for plywood. Would you guys recomment using this as a project body for a guitar?? Would it resonate well. I'm assuming it would be fine but I want to hear opinions. Please only experienced opinions! Thanks

  • Well I would have recommend not refinishing it because in my experience with cheap guitars from the 70's is that the finish it came with makes the plywood look the best it can... unless we are talking about a solid color. Anyway, If u liked the sound of it before you tore it apart u will likely like it after. I have 2 guitars with plywood and they sound fine. They tend to have slightly less sustain, & it varies from brand to brand but it should be fine. If u NEED sustain, use cherry or maple

  • TY jonnda. I already stripped the body. I sanded the old paint off and all the electronics were taken out. I actually carved and sanded the body to the point where it kinda looks like the 'joe satriani js1000' model. It was black and I'm thinking about dying it. I'm sure many people don't like the looks of the ply but for some reason I do. Anyway. I'm putting an 'epi' strat copy maple/maple neck on it and making it a string thru. I'll post a video when I'm done. Thanks a lot.

  • Just my 2 cents..I wouldnt take a guitar made out of Plywood even if you gave it to me free..And I wouldnt buy one made of Agathis..As low as I would go would be basswood.Havent tried paulownia wood yet..And only reason I dont have love for basswood is its to soft.Not because I think its a inferior wood.For a strat wood of choice in order would be Ash,alder,poplar,basswood...

  • It's really all personal prefrence. Did you know that Kurt Cobain used a Univox hiflyer that was built out of plywood? Jack White from the White stripes used a plywood guitar as well an there are many more. It really brings a different sound out but it's my first real guitar project so it's quite cool and I'll make it look and play well. Thanks for your input.

  • record record record

  • dude thats a beauty!

  • agreed. :)

  • hey i want to make a guitar but dont know what wood what kind were you using and what thickness and how much was it thanks

  • PLease look in the "more info" area of my video, there is more info that you may find useful... or not. The wood for the body cost me about $45, as the seller on ebay made it from scrap cherry. Cherry is not a popular wood for guitar bodies for an unknown reason, but I like it. As for what thickness to use, well that's up to you & what is available to you. A Strat is about 1.75" or 1 3/4" thick. My guitar was a little thinner then that, but an electric guitar could be between 1" & 2" thick.

  • The things to keep in mind when deciding on body thickness are: Total guitar weight- if you plan to use a heavy wood like rosewood, maple, cherry, or what have you... you might want to have the body be thinner. Maybe 1.25" to 1.5" thick. It will save weight & $. the neck pocket- the average fender neck is about 1" thick at the heal and would sink into the body about 3/4". this leaves 1" of body wood supporting the neck- more then enough. but if you go with a thinner body, remember to...

  • ...leave about 1/2" to 3/4" of body wood in the neck pocket to attach the neck to. This is fine if you use a hard strong wood, but not a good idea if you use pine, bass, poplar, ect.

    Also think about what hardware u want on the guitar. some hardware requires the guitar to be of a certain thickness.

    .... As for what wood to use, i say use what you can afford to use. If that means a thick pine Ikea table top, then use that. could also be a toilet seat lid.

  • I want to make a guitar with really good metal pick ups a fender neck and a les paul body... one day

  • that would be beastly... ill do that myself one day!

  • one day

  • yep. dual humbuckers with a thinner neck and the heavy les paul body( it improves the sound quality)

  • Can't I just buy a les paul and change the neck?

  • well I mean the Les pauls today are made out of cheaper less bridged wood on the inside, so they dont resonate as well. so yes and no. I mean you could but it would lower the sound quality, but yeah I guess. and besides It would cost a lot more to buy a gibson, then buy a peice of wood and carve it and put humbuckers.

  • i thought about that once

  • sorry i cant work out if this has been replied to, i would imagine its possible, but you have to be a bit careful, the neck on a les paul is mounted at a slight angle, the neck angles, kind of around your body as you hold the guitar. This is cus the bridge which is used, is fairly high up cus of the arch on the body. With a strat or tele, and i think possibly an SG, the bridge is mounted flat and level to the body, this allows the neck to fit level in the body, hope this helps

  • Sandpaper dude!

  • Ah, After I left you a comment I found out that my school has some glass tools in the art building... Glass cutters, torches, diamond files and dremel bits, ect. Did you polish it or torch it to finish the edges? I torched mine, it worked but could be better.

  • new vid on youtube "glass guitar pick"

  • hey is that string-through?

  • yes

  • luv the combination of the telicaster and stratocaster, good idea, nice job!

  • Is the guy who sold you the wood still on Ebay? If so, who is he?

  • cool

  • I am currently building a guitar neck for a junior sized guitar body. It's almost done, I just have to put the frets and the nut on it. It's going to be as skinny as a junior sized neck but as long as a normal size neck, acrtually maybe a little longer.

  • I want to ever so much like to hEar this machine,,, ithiink it ill be mean, check our my guitar it is made out of rubbish, but has amp - youtube ;Rungled guitar:

  • it's beautiful dude :)

    the guitar i play with in my videos is also home-made

  • I mean telecaster thing

  • I wouldnt have made a strato caster