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Summon Guitarmos: anyone have experience building a guitar?

I don't mean literally carving the wood or anything but buyi...
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Creepy thread. I've been watching all these youtube video...
bright kitty cat laser beams
  11/20/17
what kind of guitar do you want to put together?
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Bc rich gunslinger
bright kitty cat laser beams
  11/20/17
A little bit. I almost bought a new body for a guitar so I ...
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant
  11/20/17
Any link to the body and neck you are looking at?
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant
  11/20/17
Body: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOADED-2017-Fender-American-...
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Why are you so hung up on Neck width? I'm 5'4" and play...
Citrine exhilarant indirect expression alpha
  11/20/17
my hands are small man. i like to pretend im good and play ...
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Billy Sheehan once put a Tele neck on some day-glo flouresce...
primrose pistol crackhouse
  11/20/17
don't be a faggot.
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
There are Tele bass necks, for real. http://www.youtube.c...
primrose pistol crackhouse
  11/20/17
LJL a u making a guitar better than a Gibson
Bronze home
  11/20/17
(michael doodikoff)
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
I don't agree with this regarding basses though
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant
  11/20/17
There is no better time than the present to build a guitar b...
motley low-t ceo
  11/20/17
(It's 2014)
Bronze home
  11/20/17
Right because unlike 2014, 2017 is coming up all Gibson. ...
motley low-t ceo
  11/20/17
...
Internet-worthy peach therapy orchestra pit
  06/19/18
best hand made guitars in the world are made in Staunton Vir...
startling bbw
  11/20/17
Collings
primrose pistol crackhouse
  11/20/17
Bourgeois
startling bbw
  11/20/17
Santa Cruz
primrose pistol crackhouse
  11/20/17
C.F. Martin, Pennsylvania, circa 1930
startling bbw
  11/20/17
Halcyon
primrose pistol crackhouse
  11/20/17
I’ve messed around with building and altering guitars. Never...
Pale stage twinkling uncleanness
  11/20/17
damn.
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Still fun. I wouldn’t cut my teeth on a $1000 worth of parts...
Pale stage twinkling uncleanness
  11/20/17
I was thinking about buying the body and neck then bringing ...
Chrome cracking persian
  11/20/17
Talk to him first, then buy.
Pale stage twinkling uncleanness
  11/20/17
This. Listen to your guitar tech Get detailed specs on t...
Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant
  11/20/17
ty.
Chrome cracking persian
  11/21/17
never played a partscaster I particularly cared for guita...
Violent theater hissy fit
  11/20/17


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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:37 PM
Author: Chrome cracking persian

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?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735803)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:41 PM
Author: bright kitty cat laser beams

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735829)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:55 PM
Author: Chrome cracking persian

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: bright kitty cat laser beams

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: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735830)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:42 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant

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: Chrome cracking persian

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735917)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:45 PM
Author: Citrine exhilarant indirect expression alpha

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: Chrome cracking persian

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: primrose pistol crackhouse

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: Chrome cracking persian

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: primrose pistol crackhouse

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736007)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:51 PM
Author: Bronze home

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: Chrome cracking persian

(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: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant

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: motley low-t ceo

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: Bronze home

(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: motley low-t ceo

Right because unlike 2014, 2017 is coming up all Gibson.

https://www.google.com/amp/variety.com/2017/music/news/gibson-guitars-memphis-factory-for-sale-1202595684/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thestreet.com/amp/story/14280618/1/gibson-guitar-may-default-if-company-can-t-refinance-its-debt.html



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736399)



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Date: June 19th, 2018 5:17 PM
Author: Internet-worthy peach therapy orchestra pit



(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: startling bbw

best hand made guitars in the world are made in Staunton Virginia, Huss & Dalton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awFeDMNiKX4

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34735920)



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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:54 PM
Author: primrose pistol crackhouse

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: startling bbw

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: primrose pistol crackhouse

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: startling bbw

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: primrose pistol crackhouse

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: Pale stage twinkling uncleanness

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: Chrome cracking persian

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: Pale stage twinkling uncleanness

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: Chrome cracking persian

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: Pale stage twinkling uncleanness

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: Soul-stirring Honey-headed Immigrant

This. Listen to your guitar tech

Get detailed specs on the neck heel dimensions and dimensions on body

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736306)



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Date: November 21st, 2017 2:01 PM
Author: Chrome cracking persian

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: Violent theater hissy fit

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3804171&forum_id=2#34736330)