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Postby oigun » Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:16 am

Today I did some designing on a (full) hollowbody guitar.
I'm aiming on a recognisable but traditional shape.
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Bigsby,bridge and neck for decoration.
Any comments are welcome.
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Veenture » Sun Sep 19, 2010 12:36 pm

............ :shock: ............
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Sarah93003 » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:40 pm

If you don't want to go to all of the work of designing the mold, etc. Have a look at these archtop bodies. I've heard they are excellent quality. http://www.acme-archtops.com/
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby oigun » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:02 am

Thanks for the link Sarah! Lots of good information there. I'm gonna build it from scratch and now hunting down some suitable veneers.
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby oigun » Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:19 am

The top is out of the mould, its abit to big still but I will take care of that as soon as it is glued to the sides.
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The sides are bend out of 3mm mahogany:
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Started the backplate mould
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I wonder what pups I should use. P90, filtertron or my own mosritisch handwound customs...
Use a tailpiece or a bigsby etc.
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Sarah93003 » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:16 pm

I'm a P90's fan myself. I have an archtop "Extreme Makeover" project that is going to receive a three pieced matched set of Kent Armstrong P90's. I can't wait to hear it!
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Olav » Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:05 pm

Sarah93003 wrote:If you don't want to go to all of the work of [...]


Let me stop you right there, Sarah... Remember who you're talking to?
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Sarah93003 » Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:59 pm

Olav wrote:
Sarah93003 wrote:If you don't want to go to all of the work of [...]


Let me stop you right there, Sarah... Remember who you're talking to?



Oh.....yeah.....what was I thinking! :mrgreen:
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Re: Hollowbody

Postby MWaldorf » Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:32 pm

Olav,

Any pictures of the other side of the archtop mold? Did you wet the wood and heat it up or use some other process?

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Re: Hollowbody

Postby Olav » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:05 am

MWaldorf wrote:Olav,

Any pictures of the other side of the archtop mold? Did you wet the wood and heat it up or use some other process?

Mel

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I'll have to relay your question to Oigun there, Mel. He's building this guitar, not me. He's not even building it for me. Oi will be doing some work on a (cheapass) hollow I recently bought. That process might be posted here too if anyone's interested in pix of sanding and repainting and maybe pasting naughty decals on an otherwise pretty bland guitar.

And yes... Oigun and I are two completely different and most seperate individuals. And no... you're not the first to mix us up.
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