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Almost done with electric guitar!!!!!!
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Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006 - 07:13 AM UTC
Just got to cut out body route cavitys etc. but I got 2 catologs and a mis-printed copy of a stewart macdonald book with the corrections written in (the guy had been sent a free copy) from a fellow luthier(person who builds guitars) who builds acoustic guitars here in Muscatine IA.
I also scored a neck off of ebay on the same day so I don't need a neck. For now at least. I can't wait til' the package from GenAbrams arrives too. Once again thanks Kenneth for the stuff!
God I can't wait til' this thing is finished so I can start to jam on it.
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Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006 - 07:28 AM UTC
While I have been following the thread loosely (It's all greek to me) I really want to see some pics of this thing!
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Posted: Monday, April 24, 2006 - 09:48 PM UTC
Hope the project works out well. Our lead guitarist has several instruments including one he made himself. It is not the FIRST one he made, and he learned quite a bit through trial and error on several previous ones he made over the years, but the one he has now is really a terriffic instrument.

Likewise want to see pictures when you're done!!

Tom
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Posted: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 05:48 PM UTC
Body cut out, neck arrived monday,made strap buttons from screws yesterday. need to find someone with a router to route the stuff for me after Gen Abrams package arrives but next I gotta drill out the neck hole screws. Gotta get to school tell you more after school.
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Posted: Friday, May 05, 2006 - 10:41 PM UTC
I'll have someone post pics for me and as soon as I get some vinyl I'll make a pickguard for the guitar but I'll do that after GenAbrams package arrives, since I need to get some stuff figured out when it gets here.
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Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 12:14 AM UTC

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Luke,

Hope you got my P.M. mail has been a lil' off in here I believe.

At any rate, you've got a couple selector switches, three volume/tone pots, ( not sure which is which, but youll easily figure that out ) . . . ummm . . . input jacks, knobs, a backing plate for the routed cut out, ( wait if you can before routing, trace this plate, and make the hole smaller, and this plate will protect all the wiring and such ) . . lets see . . . oh yes, your humbucker, well I hooked you up here better than I thought I would be able to, its a Dimarzio Fred, real cool back in the day, I think I paid good money for it way back when, this thing has a nice fat tone to it . . . . A DOD distortion pedal, AND a DOD 6 way EQ pedal, you should be able to tweak any sound you want with those.

Now Remember, these things are used, and were in a parts drawer, they all should work just fine, but I cant guarantee anything . . . . hope its all good, and have fun.

Ken
GenAbrams, is it a bridge or a neck position?
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Posted: Saturday, May 13, 2006 - 12:48 AM UTC
I've read a lot of good stuff about the Fred on the projectguitar.com forums and I just have to sit tight til' the package gets here. And I found a family member who will be able to loan me a router of his.

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