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Title: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 22, 2013, 05:59:31 PM
Hello friends! old buddy Peets here.
Not sure if there are any geetarists in Rnd, anyways I was thinking about building one for some time.
Im going for an Explorer build through inspiration of the man himself, James Hetfield.

I plan on doing some stencil art over base color.
Here are my current ideas.
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Ill be posting build updates as I go. Wish me luck haha.

Session 1: Shaping the Body
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Session 2: Gluing the Neck
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Session 3: Painting - Priming, Base Color, Stencils
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Session 4: Refining, Clear Coat, Polishing, and Electronics
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Complete: Sexy Lady Photoshoot
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me.  ;D
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Frank on October 22, 2013, 06:47:00 PM
Looking great, bro! The colours and stencils look pretty good and the edges already seem sweet.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Sabb on October 22, 2013, 07:00:37 PM
asdf im jealous as fk
I was looking into buying some wood stock before without anything drilled or cut but after some time decided not to do the project. Only because I know I'll end up making it and never playing it unfortunately, but yours is looking good.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 22, 2013, 07:21:47 PM
Quote from: Sabb on October 22, 2013, 07:00:37 PM
asdf im jealous as fk
I was looking into buying some wood stock before without anything drilled or cut but after some time decided not to do the project. Only because I know I'll end up making it and never playing it unfortunately, but yours is looking good.
Haha yeh, I was thinking of picking up another guitar, but then I man'd up and deciding to build one.

I bought a blank neck and blank body with only routed holes. Do you can cut your own design and I
simply didnt have a router and this was my first time doing something this complex with wood.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Sabb on October 22, 2013, 07:44:04 PM
Quote from: Peetah on October 22, 2013, 07:21:47 PM
Haha yeh, I was thinking of picking up another guitar, but then I man'd up and deciding to build one.

I bought a blank neck and blank body with only routed holes. Do you can cut your own design and I
simply didnt have a router and this was my first time doing something this complex with wood.
Yea probably best to get that stuff already done then lol. Like your design you're doing though.
How are you cutting the shape into it btw? I thought of a few ways I'd do it myself but not actually certain how it's supposed to be done.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 22, 2013, 08:10:39 PM
If you talking about the body, I simply used a goddam handsaw :'(  because I dont own a jigsaw.

For the angles, I used a really rough hand file like this
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and really low grit sand paper or else it would hand taken forever.
If a magical genie gave me a tool I would used a belt sander like this
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Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: coolzeldad on October 22, 2013, 09:37:50 PM
o wow badass

I had a friend who made guitars but he would do a dipped design, where you mix more than 1 paint together, and make some sort of crazy shape in the paint bucket, then if you insert it right it wraps around the guitar. Pretty sick designs too.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Sabb on October 23, 2013, 05:07:28 AM
Quote from: coolzeldad on October 22, 2013, 09:37:50 PM
o wow badass

I had a friend who made guitars but he would do a dipped design, where you mix more than 1 paint together, and make some sort of crazy shape in the paint bucket, then if you insert it right it wraps around the guitar. Pretty sick designs too.
That's exactly what I wanted to do with mine lol. Called swirling I think, they look so awesome imo. Wanted to do some badass black and white one.
SWIRLING(Yellow & Black Custom Guitar) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmSV2l6JFt0#)
Kind of like that but not yellow.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 24, 2013, 05:50:56 PM
Session 2: Gluing the Neck

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I will also be updating the main post.
Damm I wanna jam on it already!  :icecream:
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 27, 2013, 08:14:01 PM
Session 3: Painting - Priming, Base Color, Stencils

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Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: coolzeldad on October 27, 2013, 08:15:34 PM
:O coming along smoothly
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Frank on October 28, 2013, 04:32:46 AM
It's more beautiful than Verne Troyer!
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Xrain on October 28, 2013, 10:14:07 AM
Did you clamp down the neck to the body when you were gluing it?
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on October 28, 2013, 03:34:42 PM
Quote from: Xrain on October 28, 2013, 10:14:07 AM
Did you clamp down the neck to the body when you were gluing it?
I was going to, but The neck was centered as it was and there is one screw holding the neck in place.
So its like a bolt on neck with glue haha, just no back plate and the bolt is hidden with filler.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on November 14, 2013, 06:43:36 PM
Session 4: Refining, Clear Coat, Polishing, and Electronics

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Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Peetah on November 14, 2013, 06:49:38 PM
Sorry about the double post. I was real busy for a bit and wasnt able to upload the pictures.

Complete: Sexy Lady Photoshoot

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Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: coolzeldad on November 14, 2013, 06:53:04 PM
Damn!! the gloss :jizz:

lewks epic :O
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: saivon on November 14, 2013, 07:42:34 PM
Nice guitar! You should start your own guitar business ez  :money:  :money:
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Frank on November 14, 2013, 08:11:07 PM
Maaaaaaaaaaaan now that's a fuckin sweeeeeet guitar! I hope you also put out some test recordings soon!
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Сєşάя on December 13, 2013, 01:05:56 PM
NICE!!!

Maybe in this vacation I'll build a guitar and a bass. Let's see if I can do a great instrument.
Title: Re: Peet's Guitar Build
Post by: Cake Faice on January 12, 2014, 09:23:52 PM
Omfg I dunno why I haven't seen this thread earlier. That is one nice ass guitar. This summer I wanted to buy a Chinese Gibson Les Paul for $150, throw away the old pickups, do a fret dressing and install '59 humbucker neck PU and a Slash signature Bridge PU. But like always, no monies. But srsly dough, that's a really nice Explorer.