finally some progress...

[johnb73]

as i posted a long while ago, i decided to use some old wood my father gave me to build a guitar. I decided to build a telecaster and then i got lazy and never worked on it or posted pics of the wood.

I apologize for not taking pics along the way of the project but here are the most recent pics of the body of the guitar.

back
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i186/Johnb73/teleback.jpg
front
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i186/Johnb73/telefront.jpg

its made of Oak, idk what else i want to do with it yet, thats hwy nothing is routed

[myles]

looks pretty good to me :thumb:

[Nipples]

Why did you glue it like that?

[rippa32]

I don't know much about making guitars but wouldnt a single piece of wood be better?

[FunkMetalBass]

That is an akward way to glue it, considering that string tension will be pulling across the wood instead of with it. But, if that's all you had and that's the only way it would work, then more power to ya.

Looks pretty good.

[ebe9]

It looks like the wood used to be flooring and that is possibly the reason for the "odd" grain of the wood.

Most likely the only way to get a decent sized piece out of it, big enough for a body.


Looks pretty good

[Thonk]

It looks kind of weird. Especially because the grain is running on an angle.

[Sammy_L_D]

I don't know much about making guitars but wouldnt a single piece of wood be better?

No.

[johnb73]

sorry for ther delay in posting, i forgot i amde this thread haha....

to answer all questons...

The wood is Oak, its an old beam from my house(well over 200years old)
I glued it that way because there was a large knot in the wood that i didnt want on the guitar that was the only way i could glue it w/out getting that.

originally i didn't like the way it was looking and i was thinking of getting rid of it as soon as i finished, but now im growing to really like it and who else is going to have an awkward grain like this? haha

[johnb73]

im having a hard time deciding what pickups i should use AND i need to figure this out so i can route for them/the neck

IM also thinking about building wireless into this guitar, what do you guys think?

[hartke20g]

building a wireless transmitter into a guitar is entirely do-able. you'd just have to make sure it's the 'bug' kind. in fact, maybe you could even have a toggle switch; 1 way for normal jack mounted output, and 1 for the wireless.

and btw, no pressure on messing up or anything, it's only 200 year old wood.:p

[johnb73]

building a wireless transmitter into a guitar is entirely do-able. you'd just have to make sure it's the 'bug' kind. in fact, maybe you could even have a toggle switch; 1 way for normal jack mounted output, and 1 for the wireless.

and btw, no pressure on messing up or anything, it's only 200 year old wood.:p

im not worried about the process of putting it in, ill be fine with that. SHOULD i put one it, i think it will be neat but would it be useless?

ya i don't want to **** up the 200year old wood, but i kinda already did and i didn't exactly use the best pieces i had so i would have better stuff for my second build

[Seth Mitchell]

No.

I thought that slab boards of wood always sound better, like slab fenders of the pre-cbs models.

[mike-o]

I thought that slab boards of wood always sound better, like slab fenders of the pre-cbs models.

several pieces of wood laminated together has the same sound quality as one piece of wood. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. the reason you pay more for a one-piece is for visuals

[johnb73]

i should have more progress next week and the week after, tho its freezing in my workshop. i have no time with school full time and 2.5 jobs

[Sammy_L_D]

i should have more progress next week and the week after, tho its freezing in my workshop. i have no time with school full time and 2.5 jobs

I hope you're storing the wood in a different room then?

Weather change = very bad for wood.

[Fallenvictim]

Theres almost no acoustics involved in an electric guitar, so long as you have basically everything from the nut to the bridge set up right and some decent pickups youll get the majority of your sound minus cables and the amps and and speakers and setup and anyting else i forgot. Dont get me wrong, the material of wood for the neck and body, the density and all have something to do with the sound, but not where its noticable like on acoustic guitars. Look at parkers, that man knows what he is doing and thats why hes turning out some really great sounding guitars.