DIY home built hand made guitar body part 2

I built an electric guitar body with maple, pine, and some GFS New York pickups and other parts I had lying around, with fairly common tools. (Band saw, router, orbital sander, drill, clamps, screwdrivers, glue... )

I used big leaf maple that was rough-sawn to 7/8" thick, and 1"x8" select-grade pine from the lumber store. (Pine is light and resonant like spruce, but too soft for professional instruments.)

I have a lot to learn about the whole process, but it turned out playable and looking about how I wanted it to. However I can hardly play it because my practice time went to zero while I was building it!

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[Shredderistic6]

so you son't need a dril press to make mounting holes for the bridge?

[GitarCarl]

@Shredderistic6 It's easier if you use a drill press, for two reasons. 1) the hole will be straight up and down, 2) you can precisely control how deep the hole goes. However, with experience you can point a hand drill pretty close to vertical. Sometimes I wrap masking tape around the bit so I can tell how deep it should go.

[thrasherlml]

@GitarCarl how did you get the holes from the pickups to pickups/pickups to knobs/electronics?

[GitarCarl]

@thrasherlml I used an 'installer bit', basically a 1/4" drill bit that is about 15" long. Drill from the neck pocket into the body to link the pickups, then from the bridge pickup into the control cavity.

[StringMaster94]

shoulda turned it into a 7 string

[GitarCarl]

@StringMaster94 Whoa bad idea! Another string I can't play!

[BarryMcCockiner1000]

at 2:26 you can hear a bird laugh at the shotty patch up job he did for the bridge.

ha ha.

[venpresath]

Really cool! Not a big fan of the way those pickups look BUT, it's a really nice looking guitar

[FelipePillon]

where is the lineout jack???

[eagleblues7]

Hey great looking guitar. I build guitars as a hobby. The only thing I would have done different, would be to router the pickup cavity's deeper. Al tho they are (flush mount) the pickup themselves can be adjusted for how high or low you want them. I make my pickup routs about 1/2" to 3/4" deep. This will let you adjust the pickup to where you want them. Plus it keeps the neck and bridge low. But still a nice guitar!

[MrFuck1006]

is that P94 pickup`s in your guitar ?!

[haziquez]

how much do you need to build this???

[thrasherlml]

@GitarCarl thanks man ;D

[guitarslf132]

@Shredderistic6 7:00 haha great idea