New Member, planning to build a Maphis, help appreciated ;)
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:51 am
Ok... here it goes,
I'm not at my best at this moment, since I've just woken up... so bear with me.
I'm Dennis, I'm from the Netherlands, and ever since I was young I've been fascinated by guitars.
I think I was about 12 when I got "The Ultimate Guitar Book" by Tony Bacon for christmas (or Sinterklaas, to be precise)... and think it has been on my bedside table for the rest of my teens, later joined by the American Guitars book by Tom Wheeler.
I've bought about 20 guitars in my lifetime, mostly cheap Eastern European and Asian rubbish. The only three decent guitars (Squier Tele, Squier Strat and Fender Musicmaster) are the ones I play... the rest is up for sale, to fund my project.
About my project, as most guitar enthusiasts I've fantasized my whole life about building my own guitar, In my teens I've made full-size drawings of Flying V's, Mosrites, Voxes and other obscure or unreachable guitars...
About a year ago when rummaging through some boxes in my attic I found a Fender Jaguar pickguard cut out of some PVC road sign with control plates made out of aluminum.
This awakened guitar-building bug again, and I decided this time I was going to finish what I started.
I started building guitars, on a tight budget, because I recently lost my job.... but I had lots of time, and most of the materials available.
I've first started building this:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... arted.html (it will be finished shortly, I promise)
Then I thought, why build a traditional design when with your own builds you can be Way-out, so I made this:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... ost3618499
After finishing that I thought, now what can be my next project... a Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird Perhaps, an Airline JB Hutto?
All pretty boring after the Junior Brown double neck, and readily available these days for anyone with a bit of cash...
I thought about the guitars I saw in those books when I was young, which made a lasting impression, which haven't I seen in real life anywhere, which would pose new challenge.....
Being a Country and Rockabilly fan brought me to the Bigsby and Moseley double necks, unreachable for me, and an integral part of guitar-history.
I love the understated utilitarian beauty of the telecaster, but I also adore the Early Rockabilly/Country and western Folk Art Quality of the early Semie Moseley designs. And because they're all one-offs I can get away with almost anything.
I'm now in the Budgetting/drawing stage of the first low budget version, I want the body to be decent, and the octave neck to be playable (or maybe a mandolin neck, not quite sure yet), the rest is not that important, because it can be changed/upgraded on a later date, which Semie did all the time himself anyway
So, searching for info I stumbled upon this forum, and to be able to search it I joined it.
I'll probably bug you with all kinds of questions, but not before I've searched for the info myself, promise.
Ok, bye for now.
Greetings,
Dennis
I'm not at my best at this moment, since I've just woken up... so bear with me.
I'm Dennis, I'm from the Netherlands, and ever since I was young I've been fascinated by guitars.
I think I was about 12 when I got "The Ultimate Guitar Book" by Tony Bacon for christmas (or Sinterklaas, to be precise)... and think it has been on my bedside table for the rest of my teens, later joined by the American Guitars book by Tom Wheeler.
I've bought about 20 guitars in my lifetime, mostly cheap Eastern European and Asian rubbish. The only three decent guitars (Squier Tele, Squier Strat and Fender Musicmaster) are the ones I play... the rest is up for sale, to fund my project.
About my project, as most guitar enthusiasts I've fantasized my whole life about building my own guitar, In my teens I've made full-size drawings of Flying V's, Mosrites, Voxes and other obscure or unreachable guitars...
About a year ago when rummaging through some boxes in my attic I found a Fender Jaguar pickguard cut out of some PVC road sign with control plates made out of aluminum.
This awakened guitar-building bug again, and I decided this time I was going to finish what I started.
I started building guitars, on a tight budget, because I recently lost my job.... but I had lots of time, and most of the materials available.
I've first started building this:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... arted.html (it will be finished shortly, I promise)
Then I thought, why build a traditional design when with your own builds you can be Way-out, so I made this:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... ost3618499
After finishing that I thought, now what can be my next project... a Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird Perhaps, an Airline JB Hutto?
All pretty boring after the Junior Brown double neck, and readily available these days for anyone with a bit of cash...
I thought about the guitars I saw in those books when I was young, which made a lasting impression, which haven't I seen in real life anywhere, which would pose new challenge.....
Being a Country and Rockabilly fan brought me to the Bigsby and Moseley double necks, unreachable for me, and an integral part of guitar-history.
I love the understated utilitarian beauty of the telecaster, but I also adore the Early Rockabilly/Country and western Folk Art Quality of the early Semie Moseley designs. And because they're all one-offs I can get away with almost anything.
I'm now in the Budgetting/drawing stage of the first low budget version, I want the body to be decent, and the octave neck to be playable (or maybe a mandolin neck, not quite sure yet), the rest is not that important, because it can be changed/upgraded on a later date, which Semie did all the time himself anyway
So, searching for info I stumbled upon this forum, and to be able to search it I joined it.
I'll probably bug you with all kinds of questions, but not before I've searched for the info myself, promise.
Ok, bye for now.
Greetings,
Dennis
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