Showing off my home made guitar.

READ THIS, AS some of you q's may be answerd

What happened when a friend gave me a 1979ish fender strat neck? I built a cherry wood bodied strato-tele that I've affectionately named "Marissa". the pickups were made by GFS, and I recommend them for the low price and great sound. I also highly recommend the use of cherry for a guitar body, as it has great sustain/tone, it weighs in at 7.6 pounds (i think), and it is native to north america.


GFS pickups:
GFS P90 Black Soapbar Neck Position.$33.95
Brass Bottom Strat Pickup.$30.95
Repro 1960's HOT Alnico Tele Bridge Pickup.$32.95
GFS p90 tele pickgaurd $12

GFS pickups can be found here: www.guitarfetish.com/

hardware:
Stewmac Tele Bridge.$26.70
5-way strat switch...$13.64
Guitar String Ferrules..$6.06
Electrosocket. $8.63
Control Plate..$12.33
Neck Mounting Plate. $6.28
Total for stewmac order: $73.64

The neck was free, but it needs a $200 re-fret job as they are real low and one fret craps out on me on two srtings.

The wood for the body cost me about $45, as the seller made it from scrap wood and cherry is not a popular wood for guitar bodies for an unknown reason. Honestly it is a fine wood to use for electric guitars. It's like maple but lighter and not as shrill, and it sustains for a long time. Why don't people use cherry wood more?

To hear what this cherry telecaster sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rkVNrmMa_A

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[GuitarzMyThing]

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!

[jonnda]

@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.

[AdamRainStopper]

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

[jonnda]

@AdamRainStopper  XD

[riuspablo]

Are you depress?

[jonnda]

@riuspablo ¿por qué me lo pregunta eso?

[jonnda]

@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.

[joesteele93]

dear youtubers

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

cheers

[RockinRollBand09]

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

[RockinRollBand09]

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