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Summon Guitarmos: anyone have experience building a guitar?
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:37 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask I don't mean literally carving the wood or anything but buying a body, electronics and neck separately and either assembling it or taking it to a guitar tech to set up?
I really love the features of the Fender American Elite P Bass. Both P and J pickups plus active/passive switch. Perfect bass for a cover band bass player who only wants to have 1 bass.
I'm not crazy about the neck. It's not as chunky as a classic P bass but I prefer thinner. It seems like the body can be purchased new for around $700 and a new jazz bass neck for around $300. The bass as is retails for $2,000 so I could potentially get my preferred version of it at half the price.
Anything I should be wary of? Pitfalls? Anything I need to do to ensure the neck will fit? |
Date: November 20th, 2017 9:41 PM Author: brass fat ankles Creepy thread.
I've been watching all these youtube videos lately. I can't stop.
Seems tough without a righteous set of tools and know how. |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:55 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask what kind of guitar do you want to put together? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735939) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:01 PM Author: brass fat ankles Bc rich gunslinger (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736002) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:41 PM Author: swashbuckling disturbing striped hyena senate A little bit. I almost bought a new body for a guitar so I had to look into this a lot.
Obviously with a body and a neck you want to make sure that the heel of th neck is the right size. Meaning both width and depth. Lots of them are different. Then there might be considerations of how high the bridge and action are compared to the body, etc. but normally if the neck heel is the right fit for the body you should be alright. |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM Author: swashbuckling disturbing striped hyena senate Any link to the body and neck you are looking at? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735833) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:52 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask Body: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOADED-2017-Fender-American-Elite-P-BASS-BODY-Precision-American-3Color-Sunburst/362151640115?hash=item5451eb7c33:g:OLMAAOSw9hdaAPy8
Neck: Ideally, I would put a geddy lee J bass neck. https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--c_JkWLm9--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1492190297/jjhyfmluggygbmfrfakl.jpg |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:45 PM Author: Sooty sanctuary sneaky criminal Why are you so hung up on Neck width? I'm 5'4" and play P Basses. If the neck is too thin, I have a tendency to want to play too fast (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735864) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:53 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask my hands are small man. i like to pretend im good and play fast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735922) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:50 PM Author: cobalt parlour Billy Sheehan once put a Tele neck on some day-glo flourescent purple beater and won bassist of the year, and a baseball bat for a guitar neck makes for killer sustain yet Billy was a fast player too. I came here thinking it was to talk luthier related topics, about building acoustic guitars which I know a little something about. You should title your threads more precisely and less misleading. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735903) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:53 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask don't be a faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735927) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:01 PM Author: cobalt parlour There are Tele bass necks, for real.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KguYqILGwoo
He discusses the neck and its origins (Buffalo, NY) in another video. |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:51 PM Author: Magenta arousing factory reset button university LJL a u making a guitar better than a Gibson (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735914) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask (michael doodikoff) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735934) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:37 PM Author: swashbuckling disturbing striped hyena senate I don't agree with this regarding basses though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736292) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:29 PM Author: excitant theater stage sandwich There is no better time than the present to build a guitar better than Gibson can (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736244) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:38 PM Author: Magenta arousing factory reset button university (It's 2014) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736300) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: excitant theater stage sandwich Right because unlike 2014, 2017 is coming up all Gibson.
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Date: June 19th, 2018 5:17 PM Author: 180 goyim electric furnace (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#36273684) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:52 PM Author: angry indian lodge black woman best hand made guitars in the world are made in Staunton Virginia, Huss & Dalton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awFeDMNiKX4 |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: cobalt parlour Collings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735928) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: angry indian lodge black woman Bourgeois (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735935) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:55 PM Author: cobalt parlour Santa Cruz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735946) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:57 PM Author: angry indian lodge black woman C.F. Martin, Pennsylvania, circa 1930 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735952) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:59 PM Author: cobalt parlour Halcyon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735971) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: Transparent Narrow-minded Mother Shrine I’ve messed around with building and altering guitars. Never turns out as good as you hope. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735938) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:55 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask damn. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735941) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:57 PM Author: Transparent Narrow-minded Mother Shrine Still fun. I wouldn’t cut my teeth on a $1000 worth of parts though. That’s just asking for it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735957) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:00 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask I was thinking about buying the body and neck then bringing it to my guitar tech. He's reasonably priced and reliable. Prob would be like $150 for assembly and set up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735995) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:02 PM Author: Transparent Narrow-minded Mother Shrine Talk to him first, then buy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736011) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:38 PM Author: swashbuckling disturbing striped hyena senate This. Listen to your guitar tech
Get detailed specs on the neck heel dimensions and dimensions on body |
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Date: November 21st, 2017 2:01 PM Author: Spruce pocket flask ty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34740477) |
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Date: November 20th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: Hairless range foreskin never played a partscaster I particularly cared for
guitars should be built holistically, where decisions about the body impact decisions about the neck and vice versa. |