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It came from this guitar...
Yes it's a horror story. It's a working prototype. A friend of mine called it, "skeletor" and the name has sort of stuck. The basic idea behind the guitar came from a few random ideas I've had running around in my brain for a few years. Some of you might have had the misfortune to witness those ideas in other builds, but here's the collection...
A. Most electric guitars/basses are way too heavy.
B. Most electric guitars have totally over-engineered bodies.
C. The body on an electric should be effected by the tension of the strings in a measurable way.
D. I hate making neck pockets.
E. I dislike gluing/machining headstocks, scarf joints, etc, etc.
F. I want to build faster with less individual construction steps.
G. I want to build a guitar with less timber, ie. just "3 Planks" of wood.
So, what I've ended up with is an electric guitar without a neck pocket, without a glued/machined headstock, with lightweight/tensioned body wings. Additionally, I can disassemble the whole thing in 10 minutes with a screw driver. I'd like to think Leo Fender would be kinda chuffed to see something so easily produced, light, repairable and durable. There were only 3 things that needed gluing on the bass in the link above; fingerboard; neck laminates; laminated bridge. As far as the neck joint goes, it relies on steel's superior sheer strength.
Build #013 - "Lucky"
I recently started a 3 piece blues band; guitar, harp, drums. I'm playing on a NR firebird copy I made last year call the "Slydebird", but I think I need a backup instrument for gigs because it's nearly impossible to find an electric with a flat (unradiused) fingerboard and I need it for my playing style. So, I'm building some sort of semi-nostaligia shaped "3 Planks" guitar with a flat fingerboard, P100 PU and set of headless tuners a friend gifted to me. Some sort of trapeze style bridge. Here's the timber I have at the moment.
Started with this nasty piece of chinese elm I scavenged from log from our local school. Ripped, jointered, thicknessed and turned out nice.
Neck: one piece, Chinese Elm. Was tempted to laminate it, but it's so hard and straight grained I'll risk it.
Board; Unidentified Eucalypt. Scavenged from a tree in my front yard.
Body; Kauri Pine. Recycled Sunday School pew.
Not super sure on body shape yet, I'm thinking Flying V or something like that. I'll draw up a plan in the next few days. I'm hoping for a body style as aesthetically pleasing as the 6 string bass.
