Building a project guitar

[Venomous]

Just sold my Ivbenhad Universe 7 string , So i'm building a new guitar for myself.

So far I decided on a 22 fret bolt on maple neck , ebony fret board, 25" scale,basswood body, fender hardtail bridge(brass I think)which I got for $9 canadian about $6.88 USD and its from the 70's still in the original package, tusk nut,1 humbucker (undecided on what kind),1 volume (might be a push pull pot,wired so when its pulled out it will be like a blower switch) and of course a strat headstock. So now I need to decide on a body color. i'm thinking maybe viper blue?

I'm going to be taking pictures of the whole process and I might post them here if anyone would be interested in seeing it happen.

If any one has any other suggestions on the project let me know.

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You got a steal on that bridge. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[metafaza]

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Keep us informed on how it goes. As to the colour... whatever you like I guess. You're going to play that guitar, so whatever suits you is cool with me.
Good luck on your project.

[Ace]

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If you mean a "blower switch" like the switch Mad Max had on his car that turned on the supercharger, those don't really exist. A supercharger is either attached to the engine or not. When they are installed they are always running.

[zeegler]

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The Mad Max car's blower wasn't even functional. It turned, but wasn't hooked up to the intake.

[ApeDosMil]

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Orange would be a nice color, you don't see orange used that much.

[Brad]

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Originally posted by Venom:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Ace:
If you mean a "blower switch" like the switch Mad Max had on his car that turned on the supercharger, those don't really exist. A supercharger is either attached to the engine or not. When they are installed they are always running.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">When i said blower switch i mean when its pulled out its straight pickup to the output jack .like tom anderson and others have done in the past.Not like mad max's car </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Ace]

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I've never heard it called a blower switch before. I thought it was a strange analogy, a true bypass would be more like a NOS boost than a supercharger. Or more like turning off the traction control.

[Mr White]

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[Venomous]

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Originally posted by Ace:
If you mean a "blower switch" like the switch Mad Max had on his car that turned on the supercharger, those don't really exist. A supercharger is either attached to the engine or not. When they are installed they are always running.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">When i said blower switch i mean when its pulled out its straight pickup to the output jack .like tom anderson and others have done in the past.Not like mad max's car

[Venomous]

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ok , here are some pics i took awhile back of the stuff i had bought for my guitar. I started the body today (i'll post pics later) i started the neck also but i only have the truss rod channel routed so far (i'll post pics of that later to).for color i cant decide between purple or hotwheels flames. As for the pickup i have a old no name humbucker in double cream that im going to put in it till i can get what i want.

[Venomous]

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Here's a pic of the rough cut body.(there's nothing like cutting out a body with a jigsaw!LOL)The neck pocket still needs final sizing.The dark spot on the lower horn is just pencil lines and the hole in the top of the body is from where i had the template screwed on (and hopefully it will end up in the pickup cavity).The top contour is kinda where i want it ,i want to leave as much wood as i can i think ,how much it would affect the tone i dont know.Any theory on that?

[Rikrok]

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Basswood "breathes" so seal it well.(add chambers if you can)Many woods have killer tone but it is more of a pickup/wood combination that has been the most effective.(IMO) [img]graemlins/images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Plum crazy would be SWEET!

[Budman68]

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Originally posted by Venom:
there's nothing like cutting out a body with a jigsaw!LOL

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Been there, my friend! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] It works but takes some time and patience to clean up and true up the sides. Take your time bro, it's looking good!

Dave