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Another use for maple - PIC HEAVY!
david w.:
I am thinking of doing this. i am not going to start from scratch but here's the kit I'm looking at. http://www.byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--Carved-Top-Hard-Tail-Single-Cut__BYO-CT-HTSC.aspx
What do you think?
Cameroo:
--- Quote from: david w. on February 09, 2011, 08:17:52 pm ---I am thinking of doing this. i am not going to start from scratch but here's the kit I'm looking at. http://www.byoguitar.com/Guitars/Electric-Guitar-Kit--Carved-Top-Hard-Tail-Single-Cut__BYO-CT-HTSC.aspx
What do you think?
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That looks like a pretty decent kit for the price. Mahogany is a great wood for a body, and the flamed maple will look killer after it's stained. You could even do a burst stain job if you're up for it. Something like this maybe? I always planned on finishing mine similar to this one, but still haven't got that far :P
The kit takes a lot of the complicated bits out of the project, like figuring the neck angle, cutting the fret slots, radiusing the fretwire and inserting it, routing the pickup and control cavities. You should be able to slap that together in no time. Hopefully you're comfortable with a bit of soldering too, the controls probably won't be wired up. Depending on how "professional" you are, you might want to consider uprading the pickups, because they seem like a no-name cheapo type, but you can always do that after too if you don't like the way they sound. If you go ahead with it, make sure you let us know how it turns out.
One more bit of advice - I mentioned it before, but I'll say it again. There's a really good website that helped me a lot, you might want to check it out just for finishing ideas or help. Just google "Project Guitar forum". Those guys have seen and done it all.
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