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S-type guitar body from block of wood
Jan 17, 2018
This is the first time I built a guitar body from scratch. I tried a kit guitar form Rockler, but the body wood was too soft and wasn’t very strong. I kept the neck from the Rockler and mated it to the body I built (ref. photos and captions). I researched a lot about guitar building on the internet. I found “Fletcher’s Handmade Guitars” videos from Australia were extremely well done and very helpful when tackling my own build. Also, “Frudua TV” on the internet is helpful when trying to set up the bridge and strings so the guitar sounds good. This part of the build was more difficult than expected. I plan to make the neck from scratch too for my nest guitar build.
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All photos taken by me with my Samsung S4 cell phone. Piece of ash used was approx. 45 inches long and not square, so I shimmed the edges longitudinally and ran it through the planer to flatten it out. Ran mating edges through jointer and glued and clamped it for 24 hours.
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Pulled dimensions from the internet and transferred data to MDF and ash block to make guitar body. Then I routed filed and sanded edges of MDF to make a template for routing the ash. MDF will make it easier to make more guitars, too.
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Double face-taped MDF to Ash to route body. In addition, I used a hand plane, file and sandpaper to sculpt the body. Much of the process for building guitars can be seen on "Fletcher Handcrafted Guitars" free videos on the internet.
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Neck was preassembled and taken from a kit guitar. I bought much of the hardware from Stew Mac and Fender. I wired and soldered the hardware and attached to the bottom of the black pick guard. Setting up the bridge and neck to set at the correct angle was a real pain, but the time spent paid off. "Frudua TV" helped greatly when setting up the bridge and string height. I gave the guitar to one of my stepsons who is a guitar player. It sounds really great.
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