deeaa
May 11th, 2010, 11:06 AM
Here, a guitar I built for meself when I was 16 or so:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJhyhRH-I/AAAAAAAADEw/C-Hud_P4PUg/s512/IMG_5010.JPG
I don't have a clue about the pickup. Rather dark-sounding, not very strong output. From late 70's anyway, possibly from an Aria Pro. See how the grounding is done :-)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJiBWB5jI/AAAAAAAADE0/HMZqYgN8eVM/s640/IMG_5012.JPG
The neck was also home-made, it's birch. No truss rod. Saddle is brass, but underneath it there is actually a strip of wood, a strip of paper(!) and a strip of plastic glued to raise it high enough.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJimwRnfI/AAAAAAAADE4/QHKZI5PQb6s/s512/IMG_5013.JPG
The neck was crafted with rather coarse instruments, by hand...and it shows. Quite a flat shape too, because shaping was hard back then. Tuners work the wrong way around and are utter crap anyway.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJjXvE04I/AAAAAAAADE8/kyvkul5QU2Y/s512/IMG_5014.JPG
Backside...not so sturdy neck screws, LOL
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJjoBpsgI/AAAAAAAADFA/VLj4iXMELww/s512/IMG_5015.JPG
Where it usually resides...also shows the fireplace out of which the stone came (some excess slabs from building it)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJkNGTxCI/AAAAAAAADFE/haXmv6ovIew/s640/IMG_5006.JPG
Front view...the overall shape also governed by the stone slab, because working on it was hard...
Interested in how it sounds?
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJhyhRH-I/AAAAAAAADEw/C-Hud_P4PUg/s512/IMG_5010.JPG
I don't have a clue about the pickup. Rather dark-sounding, not very strong output. From late 70's anyway, possibly from an Aria Pro. See how the grounding is done :-)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJiBWB5jI/AAAAAAAADE0/HMZqYgN8eVM/s640/IMG_5012.JPG
The neck was also home-made, it's birch. No truss rod. Saddle is brass, but underneath it there is actually a strip of wood, a strip of paper(!) and a strip of plastic glued to raise it high enough.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJimwRnfI/AAAAAAAADE4/QHKZI5PQb6s/s512/IMG_5013.JPG
The neck was crafted with rather coarse instruments, by hand...and it shows. Quite a flat shape too, because shaping was hard back then. Tuners work the wrong way around and are utter crap anyway.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJjXvE04I/AAAAAAAADE8/kyvkul5QU2Y/s512/IMG_5014.JPG
Backside...not so sturdy neck screws, LOL
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJjoBpsgI/AAAAAAAADFA/VLj4iXMELww/s512/IMG_5015.JPG
Where it usually resides...also shows the fireplace out of which the stone came (some excess slabs from building it)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_6nk96PAbWiI/S-mJkNGTxCI/AAAAAAAADFE/haXmv6ovIew/s640/IMG_5006.JPG
Front view...the overall shape also governed by the stone slab, because working on it was hard...
Interested in how it sounds?