Topic: I have given up buying guitars
So now i am building them instead.
Actually, as it turns out, i end up spending a good deal more on building than buying a guitar, but wheres the fun in just buying. I source most of my parts on ebay, and assemble them when all the parts are together. But it still takes a couple of months, because spraying and lacquering takes up most of the time. So whats the advantage of building your own guitar? Well you can put together your own spec, and create your own sound.
Here are some past builds.
Body came from Axesrus.com, Mexican Fender neck from ebay. Pickups are a Fender Chrome Lace at the neck, Duckbucker in the middle, and Dimarzio stacked humbucker in bridge position. Hardware includes graphite string trees, nut and saddles, and Grover locking tuners. Scratchplate is abelone, and the bottom tone knob is actually and "Eric Clapton Crossroads" 5 position overdrive switch.
This is my version of a Tele Thinline. I striped and resprayed a generic thinline body, and bought a "Tokai" Tele neck, which i re lacquered, and sprayed the headstock to match the body. The pickups were a matching set of Zebras, and i cannot remember for the life of me the make.
This little project i spent the least amount of money and time on. Inspired by a Squier "Tom Delonge" Strat i used to own The body is an old Squier body, and the neck i bought online from a place in New Zealand. The scratchplate was from ebay, and the pickup is an 18.5 humbucker i bought from a site in Canada. Hardtail bridge, and all gold hardware, including Kluson tuners.
This is the first guitar i ever put together. The Neck is a Tokia second, and the body fron axesrus. You will recognise the scratchplate and pickup setup from the red strat, as i swapped them over before selling this guitar, as i prefered the red strat, but this setup. I fitted a roller nut in the neck, and Wilkinson tuners. The setup i refitted into this guitar was from the plate in the picture below, which consisted of, In neck position an H&A, middle is a Fender Lace Sensor, and bridge is a 70s Bill Lawrence Hotrails Humbucker.
I have 2 other projects on the go, One features a Martin Stinger Strat body, with a strat style nech, and HSS setup, which is near completion, and my latest "Nordicaster", another strat, which will be blond with a wooden scratchplate, and an HSS setup as well.
