Cheap body blank

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03-14-2006, 08:10 PM
Jonnda

Cheap body blank

I want to build a minimalist guitar on the tune of, oh, about 55 dollars (not including the single GF P90). As I has said before, a neck was given to me, so i don't have to worry much about that. I have access to all the electronic hardware (volume pot and a jack). The point of this theoretical guitar would be to give me a practice shot at guitar building and to let me try out the neck, and a p90. I might also have access to some black walnut i could laminate to the top of what ever the body wood is. Maybe one day i'll get a proper swamp ash body and a refret, but for now i just want to mess around.

what i'd need:
LP Junior Bridge ($19)
Wood (Free?)
Dream 90 ($35)

So what wood could i get at the hard ware store for dirt cheap and still sound decent? I would be willing to laminate many pieces of wood together but it needs to be a reasonable number of pieces.
03-14-2006, 08:11 PM
curtisstetka

Re: Cheap body blank

Somebody online makes a guitar called the "telecrapper" using an oak toilet seat lid as the body... :D
03-14-2006, 08:23 PM
frank thomson

Re: Cheap body blank

yo...i'd get 4 pieces of mahogany, glued together like a packake Norlin LP body, and do a Tele to that MoFo!

or get Pine and do the same thing...[the pancake design JUST to add stability to STORE-BOUGHT wood]

good luck, and dont 4get the pics!
03-14-2006, 08:48 PM
NeoFauve

Re: Cheap body blank

That's a tough price range! :D

As long as you know what the neck is like, there's always ebay.
I'm assuming you have a Fender-style neck...

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Hardwood-Tel...QQcmdZViewItem
03-14-2006, 09:24 PM
curtisstetka

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Hey! That's actually pretty hot! http://www.superkestrel.com/images/P...rapper_mid.jpg
03-14-2006, 11:31 PM
Jonnda

Re: Cheap body blank

Quote:

Originally Posted by frank thomson

yo...i'd get 4 pieces of mahogany, glued together like a packake Norlin LP body, and do a Tele to that MoFo!

or get Pine and do the same thing...[the pancake design JUST to add stability to STORE-BOUGHT wood]

good luck, and dont 4get the pics!

What is this pancake method you mention?

do you mean like
laminated Wishbass "Peanut"

or like
Plywood

And me, being les paul illiterate, I have no clue about Norlin guitars. :slap

But yeah I could go with a tele look. after all, i don't already have that shape in my collection.
03-14-2006, 11:33 PM
Jonnda

Re: Cheap body blank

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoFauve

That's a tough price range! :D

As long as you know what the neck is like, there's always ebay.
I'm assuming you have a Fender-style neck...

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Hardwood-Tel...QQcmdZViewItem

ooo...
too rich for my blood.
03-15-2006, 01:48 AM
Plugger

Re: Cheap body blank

Quote:

Originally Posted by curtisstetka

Hey! That's actually pretty hot! http://www.superkestrel.com/images/P...rapper_mid.jpg

I'll bet it's got a big bottom end.

-Mark
03-15-2006, 05:11 AM
frank thomson

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go to the LES PAUL FORUM [link on this page under those cool old guitars^] and search Norlin pancake...you'll prob get millions of results...

in the 70's (some 80s) Norlin made all gibson guitars....the had a pancake body and a 3 pc maple neck...many hate them, many dont....PAncake is when you get thinner pieces of wood and stack it like pancakes *appx 3/4" thick each piece*....kinda the same thing as ply, but thicker.
03-15-2006, 05:21 AM
moonpie

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Close Frank,

The sandwich body was gone by about 75, along about the same time they went to the 3 pc maple neck.

It's referred to as a sandwich because it has two pieces of mahogany with a thin maple veneer in the middle.
03-15-2006, 06:01 AM
FrankJohnson

Re: Cheap body blank

For $130, you could get a made SX guitar with body made of Ash...strat or Tele copy, get the neew pickguard/add your own parts, etc. and sell the surplus parts to offset the cost. Of course, what if you liked it as it wa....what would you do then?
http://www.rondomusic.net/electricguitar-ss2.html
03-15-2006, 06:04 AM
frank thomson

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MP, my 75 Dlx has both the 3pc neck and the pan body

so basically mine was made from scraps of wood :lol

[still NOT for sale, dammit!]
03-15-2006, 08:35 AM
NeoFauve

Re: Cheap body blank

Quote:

Originally Posted by curtisstetka

Hey! That's actually pretty hot! http://www.superkestrel.com/images/P...rapper_mid.jpg

Now that's what I call a AAAAA flame! :lol
03-15-2006, 08:36 AM
Jonnda

Re: Cheap body blank

I think I'll look around for some cherry, it is a bit cheeper then mahogany.
03-15-2006, 08:37 AM
NeoFauve

Re: Cheap body blank

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonnda

ooo...
too rich for my blood.

Dude, it's got a $60 BIN! :wow
Skip lunch for that extra $5.
03-15-2006, 08:42 AM
Jonnda

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This would take A LOT of glue!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-80-Beauti...QQcmdZViewItem

Look what i found neo, a $25 BIN. Don't anyone dare buy it before i can. it is a huge chink of cherry for guitar making!
url deleted till i can come up with the cash.
03-15-2006, 09:37 AM
NeoFauve

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:yay
03-16-2006, 01:46 AM
chuckocaster

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i scrolled down and thought i saw a "dumbass" jersey for sale, then i looked again and saw it said dunress...too bad.

go for it man!
03-16-2006, 06:02 AM
Jonnda

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I think i'll take the pick guard from a squire Tele custom II. Does anyone know how those things are wired?
03-16-2006, 09:30 AM
Jonnda

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maybe a better question would be, Where can i buy a tele custom ii guard with only one p90 hole cut out?
03-17-2006, 06:03 AM
Jonnda

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

I got the wood, it's in the mail.

Has anyone used cherry for an electric guitar before? I hear it is supposed to be like mahogany in sound.