brian
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 posted on 7/29/2006 at 20:29 |
I've had some extra time this week and starting messing around with a
guitar design that I will be building soon. I always liked the Fender Strat
body but I hate trems. I like the stop bar and tun-o-matic from Gibson and
the 2 humbuckers as on a Les Paul. I will be using a 5 way to tap into all
the Fender and Gibson sounds. I will be losing the tone knobs as I never
use ithem and it doesn't really go anything good to your tone just makes it
bassy and lame sounding.
I included a photo I did on a image program.. Real Draw 4.0.. Awesome
program by the way.
Wood choice is very important. I will be using a solid Mohogany body,
Gocalo Avles neck and Pau ferro as the fretboard wood.
Most exotic woods don't need to be finished and I hate a solid body guitar
with a bunch of paint and clear on it. Most likley I will be using tung oil
on the body to give a sweet look and it won't kill the vibrations of the
wood. Basically it will allow it to breathe which is a good thing.
Anyone have any drawing of designs they plan on building?
Here's the pic.. Simple but effective!
What would you do different...
[Edited on 7/30/2006 by brian]
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brian
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posted on 7/29/2006 at 20:49, Reply 1 |
here's the same layout with a Spalted Maple body wood or I guess just a
laminated top over Mahogany.
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brian
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posted on 7/29/2006 at 20:52, Reply 2 |
Oh yeah pickups... If you guys haven't tried the Dimarzio Tone Zone you
gotta.. I use the Tone Zone in all my guitars for about 10 years now. Not
sure about the neck pickup yet... maybe a Seymour Duncan Jazz or Dimarzio
Air Norton or a Blues Bucker.
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GuitarMuscle
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posted on 7/31/2006 at 10:55, Reply 3 |
Looks cool, I like the mixture of Fender,Gibson. It's pretty musch a Gibson
with a Fender Body. I like to see the pics of the finished build. 
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Telefreak
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posted on 8/1/2006 at 21:12, Reply 4 |
That looks cool Brian.
I don't really draw plans for my guitars, I just have an idea in my head
and do it.
Just finishing this off
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Technology, not technique
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brian
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posted on 8/1/2006 at 22:02, Reply 5 |
Nice Telefreak.. I like the P90 in the neck position... good idea. I was
actually thinking about using a tele body at first but I always go back to
the strat beacuse I'm so used it.
I was also thinking about adding a Tele style electronics plate on the
strat to make it look very different. Les Paul,Strat and Tele mixed.
[Edited on 8/2/2006 by brian]
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Telefreak
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posted on 8/7/2006 at 21:01, Reply 6 |
| That sounds really cool, you could also try a mustang or jaguar controll
plate, could be interesting ____________________
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Guitar101
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posted on 8/7/2006 at 22:06, Reply 7 |
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RobertheBruce
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 posted on 8/10/2006 at 21:00, Reply 8 |
Hey Brian that looks pretty good!
Why don't you try to add an acustic pick-up in the bridge.
I'd really like to hear a strat with an acustic bridge pick-up.
Good luck! ____________________
RobertheBruce
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tattoo
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posted on 8/11/2006 at 03:00, Reply 9 |
Good idea, but it would proberly sound warmer in the neck position. You
could always add a on/on toogle to switch from a humbucker to a acoustic
pickup. Best of both worlds  ____________________
Get the name to sell first then the trend makes millions.
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