Now, I'm actually looking to build a guitar of my own. I've been talking to a couple of luthiers, and they said they'd be willing to help me out over the course of my venture - making sure I buy appropriate wood for my purposes, helping figure out some of the more complex aspects I plan to incorporate, and most importantly, helping out with my potting. I'm good with wood-working, and also at very precise detailing. Basically, the luthier told me that in theory, the guitar I'm planning to build sounds like it's going to be really interesting.
I want the body to be somewhat assymetrical, something like the Fender Jazzmaster. The tonewoods are going to be a koa top, bubinga sides, and a 3 piece maple/koa/maple back. (Probably quilted maple)
I want an ebony fingerboard and a maple neck, with a set up of three strings on each side of the headstock, a la a Gibson guitar, but I'm working on tweaking that shape a little. Also, with chrome, covered tuners.
The guitar will be a full hollowbody, ideally, with F-Holes, a rolling bridge, and a Bigsby.
Electronically, it will have two Schaller Golden 50 humbuckers, one in the bridge position and one in the neck. I'm also thinking that a 3-way switch will suffice.
As far as color goes, I was thinking a red transparent would look beautiful over koa in particular - I was thinking natural, but I really want this guitar to pop! The top will also be ever so slightly arched, and the body will be more of a thinline.
I'm feeling doing some custom inlays as well, which should be no problem...will probably be the easiest part, in fact! And I'm not feeling a pick guard.
The rest I will talk some more about with them, in terms of binding and the like, but I'm really excited to try to get this started...I already have plenty of woodworking tools. Just got to buy the supplies. Electronics and that stuff will come last. This will probably take me two years or so to complete, but I am so excited!!
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