Making a simple bass guitar....

[billy trailor]

My first guitar project for a friend. Mahogany and a lot of time.

OMG HOW DID YOU KNOW MY BIRTHDAY IS TODAY!?!?!?!?!?!

i better give you my address so you can ship it on over here... haha

both of you are making some very nice instruments.. i always wanted to try to make a acoustic guitar... but i dont know the first thing about bending wood... so for now, i think my next project will be a nice elec. guitar for my dad.

[Tim Mahoney]

Nice start to a guitar build. I built my first the past few months. I didn't know how much work it would be and how technical everything has to be to work. I took my time, spent hours on the net at guitar forums and the library. I used cherry for the body, bloodwood for the fretboard and maple for the neck. It's a telecaster style with a stratocaster carved body. I'm a woodworker not a guitar player so had to keep going to guitar center to check the specs. Good luck with your build. I am planning on giving this guitar to my son for xmas.

[Michael Donahue]

Hey folks! I never made the deadline for my brother's birthday but that wasn't a it wasn't a big deal because he couldn't come visit till just a few days ago. I decided on a natural wood body with the bit of extra time I had, so I rebuilt the body out of curly maple and sapele. It's got General Arm-r-seal for a finish so it feels pretty natural when you're playing it. The neck was bought on ebay, but I built the rest and put it together. Hope you like it!

[John Thompson]

Looking good... time to rock and roll!

[Jim Becker]

Michael, that's a fine looking instrument. The lamination you did in the body is reminiscent of my Kramer DMZ-6000 guitar. I really like that effect!

[Rob Stanhope]

mike, i saw your pictures on facebook.....and........Damn!....awesome job.

[Joe Cunningham]

Wow awesome job. How does it sound? I really like the lamination and 'racing stripe' look. I love the natural look on guitars, but the ones finished that way are usually the *most* expensive ones on the rack.

I hope my local ww'ing school offers the 'Build a Telecaster' class again soon, as I can see that becoming a lot of fun, both building, then playing.