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Building an axe
2004-11-19, 5:55 AM #1
Hey, I'm thinking of building my own guitar, I've got some pretty crappy instructions, anyone got good ones for building a solid body electric? Any woods or metals you recommend for the body and fret board?
nope.
2004-11-19, 9:42 AM #2
Godin has the best neck on the market. get a rock maple neck from them for around 400-ish.

[url]www.godinguitars.com[/url]
"NAILFACE" - spe
2004-11-19, 10:15 AM #3
I was thiniking of putting it together from scratch rather than just other parts, ie. Creating my own neck from high quatily ebony with power tools
nope.
2004-11-19, 12:24 PM #4
Have fun then.

That is, unless you have lots of experience in instrument making.
"NAILFACE" - spe
2004-11-19, 3:54 PM #5
http://www.projectguitar.com/

Also if you want to build from a kit, Carvin (http://www.carvin.com/) and Sagas, which you can get from http://www.universaljems.com/ are great and pretty good kids, respectively.

P.S. Why an ebony neck?
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2004-11-20, 5:12 AM #6
Ebony just seems to be the strongest dark wood i can think of apart from mahogany but thats expensive as hell
nope.
2004-11-20, 12:06 PM #7
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Originally posted by Boco
Ebony just seems to be the strongest dark wood i can think of apart from mahogany but thats expensive as hell

I don't recall ever seeing a mahogany neck. It's used for fretboards, though. Rock maple is a good choice as far as neck woods go. Mahogany works too.
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