really nice chords and a sensitive guitar tone and playing around. well done, onezero

really nice chords and a sensitive guitar tone and playing around. well done, onezero

I guess the title fits this time
Smooth as always
- Ebrit

I guess the title fits this time Smooth as always - Ebrit

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and did i read that you built your own guitar?? that's awesome - does that mean you kind of had a custom timbre that you were going for and when you reach for this one to use? or more the shape? or?

[img]https://media1.giphy.com/media/3o7TKT816ntgvhZ9W8/giphy.webp?cid=ecf05e47x8bkatt86nufkjui0df86arsovzb1wzl81c833yn&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g[/img] and did i read that you built your own guitar?? that's awesome - does that mean you kind of had a custom timbre that you were going for and when you reach for this one to use? or more the shape? or?

Thank you! Yes, I did build one. The motivation was mainly that I'd learned about a company (since disappeared) that was selling Res-O-Glas guitar body kits. I hadn't played any 60s-era Res-O-Glas instruments, but I was interested. They're a semi-hollow guitar: solid wood center block, which is the main structural element, and a fiberglas shell. At the time, the company was selling just the shell, the wooden center block, a couple wooden supports, some foam, some screws, and some plastic stripping to go between the front and back shell.  It was up to the builder to find and attach the neck, tailpiece, bridge, pickups electronics, and other hardware.

I've had a lot of cheapies over the years that needed work, so I picked up most of the skills I needed. Then I quickly found some interesting pickups for half-price (used) and a cheap neck (from an Eastwood Saturn) on eBay. So...I bought the body, and then had to figure out what I wanted to do. How should it be wired? What did I actually want? I didn't want a lot of knobs and switches, so I had to think through the whole thing. Eventually I started gluing stuff down, and (gulp) drilling the first holes, at which point there's no going back.

I got lucky, and it worked out: I managed to make things line up straight, and got a guitar that's nice to play. I was motivated mostly by the project, rather than a result, but I was happy with the outcome.

[quote=eoe.vibin][img]https://media1.giphy.com/media/3o7TKT816ntgvhZ9W8/giphy.webp?cid=ecf05e47x8bkatt86nufkjui0df86arsovzb1wzl81c833yn&rid=giphy.webp&ct=g[/img] and did i read that you built your own guitar?? that's awesome - does that mean you kind of had a custom timbre that you were going for and when you reach for this one to use? or more the shape? or?[/quote] Thank you! Yes, I did build one. The motivation was mainly that I'd learned about a company (since disappeared) that was selling [url=https://drowninginguitars.com/2012/03/17/airline-res-o-glas-guitar-kit-build-guitar-kits-usa/]Res-O-Glas guitar body kits[/url]. I hadn't played any 60s-era Res-O-Glas instruments, but I was interested. They're a semi-hollow guitar: solid wood center block, which is the main structural element, and a fiberglas shell. At the time, the company was selling just the shell, the wooden center block, a couple wooden supports, some foam, some screws, and some plastic stripping to go between the front and back shell. It was up to the builder to find and attach the neck, tailpiece, bridge, pickups electronics, and other hardware. I've had a lot of cheapies over the years that needed work, so I picked up most of the skills I needed. Then I quickly found some interesting pickups for half-price (used) and a cheap neck (from an Eastwood Saturn) on eBay. So...I bought the body, and then had to figure out what I wanted to do. How should it be wired? What did I actually want? I didn't want a lot of knobs and switches, so I had to think through the whole thing. Eventually I started gluing stuff down, and (gulp) drilling the first holes, at which point there's no going back. I got lucky, and it worked out: I managed to make things line up straight, and got a guitar that's nice to play. I was motivated mostly by the project, rather than a result, but I was happy with the outcome.

While the company selling the kits is long gone, it looks like you can still read the assembly manual to see the build process.

I didn't build the pointy one (the "Jetsons" shape) or the "Map" shape, but rather what they called the Belmont shape. And I put a Bigsby on there, but it didn't work well until I added a retrofit tension roller made by a guy in Alaska.

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