A scrap parts guitar project
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- I'm building a guitar almost entirely from pieces I have in the parts bin.
I bought some red oak to do some basic inlay work and I'll be purchasing a few pieces of the wiring harness but the body, neck, pickup, and hardware are all junkpile specials.
In this video I'm laying out the plan, gathering the parts, and preparing the body from a reject slab of reclaimed soft wood.
Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 where I'll talk about how I finish the body and how I wire it up.
I am a retired carpenter/cabinet maker. I could offer a router tip especially since you are using a Porter cable 690 series, but you never know how someone will react to advice, even when well meant. BEAUTIFUL job.
Thank you! I'm always open to advice, especially since the router is the power tool that I use most in my builds and I'm still far from proficient with it
haha! you have a black cat named Lucy. Me too.😻
mine is named Luci. Short for Lucifer. my wife named him. he's always up to something.
I make my guitars out of the boards and posts i have on the property. red oak, white oak, pine, fir.
so far so good. great work, i'll be watching
That's funny, mine is also Luci, indirectly for the same reason. More directly after the 'personal demon' of Bean from Disenchantment lol
Thanks for the support, I'm glad you enjoyed the vid!
Did you ever notice that "leftover parts" builds tend to turn out better than expected? I used to like shellac finishes until I discovered they have issues with alcohol. These days I prefer spray lacquer for ease of application, price, and drying times. Brush-on poly wiped on with clean paper is even cheaper, but is more work to apply and has longer drying times. Don't feel bad, my "workbench" is a plactic utility shelf and a $40 computer desk from Walmart. My latest "leftover parts" build: ua-cam.com/video/WaMS_jOxjoA/v-deo.html
I do love a scrap build, I think it's just something about being able to run free with it, without worries.
I got started modding guitars that I found at yard sales and thrift shops, and it's great knowing that you can just do something weird or mod a guitar to do one thing well, instead of worrying you'll mess up a classic piece of gear or ruin the utility of something expensive.
As far as shellac, I love the look and it gives me reason to force myself to do at least one part of a project slowly- but with it being a less durable finish I have considered doing as some folks do, and hand rub the shellac then hit it with a coat or two of spray poly or something at the end purely for durability. We'll see what happens on the next build
Love your scrap build, that thing is funky!
Wood inlays are way better than paint on stripes. I personally never paint a guitar. Dyes and oil finish only.
They do look great. I do some paint, especially on cheapo bodies without much to show off, but I've been doing more and more pieces lately without paint
Should have used a maple cap.
I'm not a huge fan of a maple cap, especially highly figured maple- but more importantly for this particular build the big goals were to use scrap parts and to practice some inlay work, and buying a maple cap for it wouldn't have achieved either of those goals.
Besides I'd hate to waste a nice (and probably expensive) cap on a pine body I fished out of the reject bin lol
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