Guitar DIY

[peter purpose]

Have a look at http://www.pacinfo.com/~sholst/ and take the 'shop tour' to see things of beauty take shape.

Truly stunning craftsmanship. :shock:

 

[asm]

very nice. archtops are extremely hard to build.

im working on a PRS clone right now. check it out here:

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=10693&hl=ebony

 

[jrmintz]

I can't look. I want them all.

 

[Mbira]

that ebony looks so red it looks like cocobolo. I'm building an archtop out of mahogony and cocobolo sides. It's kind of a Fender Starcaster/Trey Anastasio rip off.

Joel

 

[guitarmaker]

Thanks guys!! :grin: I'm equally impressed with what goes on here!

Steve

 

[Consul]

Oh, that's...

Hey, that IS your site, Steve! Why didn't you ever link me to it? :razz: Or did you? I'm all confused now. I want a cookie.

 

[Gus]

A few years ago my wife bought me a nice gift.

The 5 tape Archtop Guitar design and construction set by Robert Benedetto.

ISBN 0-96339771-1-3 VHS

 

[asm]

did you ever build it? i hear the video is supposed to be pretty killer.

 

[Emperor-TK]

[quote author="Mbira"]that ebony looks so red it looks like cocobolo. I'm building an archtop out of mahogony and cocobolo sides. It's kind of a Fender Starcaster/Trey Anastasio rip off.

Joel[/quote]

Oooooh. I'm a big Starcaster fan. I used to have two, but now am down to one. Very interesteing sounding guitars, a real sleeper IMHO. No other guitar I have played has quite the same midrange that the Starcaster has. Was Trey's guitar deliberately patterned off the Starcaster? I've noticed the similarities.

Will you be using Fender humbuckers in yours by any chance? In my opinion, they work much better in the Starcasters than in the Teles. They are wierd pickups (magnetic CuNiFe pole pieces) in a wierd guitar. Synergy!

Regards,
Chris

 

[jrmintz]

I knew I shouldn't have looked. Now I want one. Beautiful work, Steve.

 

[pucho812]

what he wont tell you is that he has a deal worked out that if he gets enough people to buy one he gets one free. :wink:

 

[Freddy G]

Beautiful work Steve!
I like your style.
Freddy Gabrsek

 

[guitarmaker]

Thanks! I think all the time and grief I saved with my DIY projects by being here and reading all the great posts on this forum entitles everyone here to a cool axe :grin: I powered up my last project (pair of API 312s) for the first time with no bugs to work out. Couldn't believe it. I think I may be getting the hang of this stuff.

Steve

 

[scott_humphrey]

Cool stuff!

I made a guitar a few years ago. Here it is:

http://www.treblebooster.com/graphics/guitar_full.jpg

You may hear it on the sound files at:

http://www.treblebooster.com/sound_samples.htm

Hey ASM, I'm building another guitar now, using the same Bolivian Rosewood as pictured on your link. I'm only using that wood for the core, though. The body will be semihollow mahogany built around the Bolivian Rosewood core. The neck is Indian rosewood with a Brazilian rosewood fingerboard. I'll post some pics as the project advances. Your guitar looks like it's coming along nicely!

-Scott

 

[Mbira]

Was Trey's guitar deliberately patterned off the Starcaster?

I'm not sure. It was built by Paul Languedoc. It's a full hollow body. I believe the Starcaster is a semi-hollow body, right? Mine will be fully hollow body. I ended up getting a ES335 a year ago, and my guitar project got put on the back burner because of it. I want to do it soon though, I've already got the top and back carved and the "f" holes in...

Planning on using some waarm sounding "jazzy" pups, probably some of the '57 humbucker ones.

Joel

 

[guitarmaker]

The best warm, jazzy PAF type pickups I've ever heard were the Duncan Seth Lover model. These things sound great and have a lot of "air" in the sound that works well with hollow instruments.

Steve

 

[Flatpicker]

I've never built one from raw wood before, but I've bought parts, finished and assembled a couple:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/flatpicker/Strat.jpg

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/flatpicker/Tele.jpg

I no longer have the Strat. The Tele's 4-sale, btw.

 

[Minguta]

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From Thailand DIY :grin:

 

[Consul]

I really love that koa Les Paul. :thumb:

 

[Flatpicker]

[quote author="Consul"]I really love that koa Les Paul. :thumb:[/quote]Yes - very nice!