Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]

[Blackened Soul]

I like that!

[coldbrightsunlight]

Cool shape! Quite fat looking maybe but balanced visually.

[Blackened Soul]

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[qersty]

I gotta finish this one. I can live with how drippy and terrible the finish is finally (thank you Jero and Dowi!) gonna sand it down a bit and put some other random drips on it then clear coat. I finally got around to glueing the headstock. think i can probably bullshit some 10mm tuners in there. Saw some klusons that both had threaded jackets and screw mounts so it wil probably be fine with an almost fit. If not ill just tape it. Who cares!

[Blackened Soul]

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[IndGroove]

PAF style humbucker mounted to a Dogeared P90 plate. Direct mounted to the body. sounds great,Nothing in the bridge.

Tried cutting a white guard, looking for something more interesting to cover up some holes. Leather perhaps, Might try a short 3 barrel style bridge.

[repoman]

Here is a Bigsby guitar project I've been plodding through.

[Chankgeez]

[karmablock]

I decided I wanted to make my own guitar from scratch last year (I'm still not done but I'm in the final stages).
This guitar has really been a learning experience. I'll explain if anyone is interested.

NSFW: show

[Pepe]

What an awesome thread! I haven't seen it before.

Just tell us more about the Tele, karmablock. Interesting graphics!

[karmablock]

What an awesome thread! I haven't seen it before.

Just tell us more about the Tele, karmablock. Interesting graphics!

I've always wanted to make a guitar and got inspired to actually do it by watching Tchiks Guitars on YouTube. I have limited woodworking experience and ended up making some devastating mistakes.
Almost lost the tip on my finger to a router accident which also damaged the body (see photos in my original post).
The graphic is actually fabric. Because of the damage the I figured it would be the best way to cover my not so great patch job. Unfortunately, the fabric top process had its own issues. When I started it was hot sunny day and that caused the vinyl sealer to bubble. Trying to sand it out caused issues with the fabric. But I've gotten to the point where I'm not as concerned with the cosmetics.

[Blackened Soul]

So… the latest in Frankensteining with no fucks…

I bought a peavey Furry 5 neck a few months ago one a whim.. turned out it was nos and that same dimensions as a musicman sr5 so what to do… I first settled on wanting something with a thunderbird pickup in it and put in a order for a 5 string tbird pickup from Gemini Pickups out of Wales https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/dominator-tb
Next was deciding on a body… I have a bunch… but because I did not want to finish anything or buy anything and Mike lull kept showing up on my instagram feed.. I settled on a 1989 MIJ fender jazz I’ve had for years… it was posted a very long time ago in my non-alt-personality with a 1980s ESP neck.. sadly that neck warped and even with the trussrod maxed is unplayable (the fun of used necks). The other idea I had other than and then in combination with the tbird pickup was a widerange bass pickup like on a 70s tele bass.. so I contacted Sonewall pickups since they said in their description to hit them up for custom stuff like a five string version… after asking about string spacing they never replied again after multiple attempts to communicate and several weeks.. so plan B.. I contacted Rio Grande and ordered a five string pitbull muygrande custom over wound to the physical limitations of the bobbin size
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[dubkitty]

peavey Furry 5 neck

potential Typo of the Year.

[Blackened Soul]

What? Hartley isn’t a furry?

[dubkitty]

well, he was pretty fuzzy…