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Summon Guitarmos: anyone have experience building a guitar?

I don't mean literally carving the wood or anything but buyi...
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Creepy thread. I've been watching all these youtube video...
Rusted Cowardly Pisswyrm
  11/20/17
what kind of guitar do you want to put together?
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Bc rich gunslinger
Rusted Cowardly Pisswyrm
  11/20/17
A little bit. I almost bought a new body for a guitar so I ...
Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap
  11/20/17
Any link to the body and neck you are looking at?
Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap
  11/20/17
Body: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOADED-2017-Fender-American-...
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Why are you so hung up on Neck width? I'm 5'4" and play...
multi-colored business firm legend
  11/20/17
my hands are small man. i like to pretend im good and play ...
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Billy Sheehan once put a Tele neck on some day-glo flouresce...
concupiscible alpha
  11/20/17
don't be a faggot.
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
There are Tele bass necks, for real. http://www.youtube.c...
concupiscible alpha
  11/20/17
LJL a u making a guitar better than a Gibson
Dull field
  11/20/17
(michael doodikoff)
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
I don't agree with this regarding basses though
Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap
  11/20/17
There is no better time than the present to build a guitar b...
sepia sound barrier
  11/20/17
(It's 2014)
Dull field
  11/20/17
Right because unlike 2014, 2017 is coming up all Gibson. ...
sepia sound barrier
  11/20/17
...
Chestnut histrionic parlor idea he suggested
  06/19/18
best hand made guitars in the world are made in Staunton Vir...
Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life
  11/20/17
Collings
concupiscible alpha
  11/20/17
Bourgeois
Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life
  11/20/17
Santa Cruz
concupiscible alpha
  11/20/17
C.F. Martin, Pennsylvania, circa 1930
Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life
  11/20/17
Halcyon
concupiscible alpha
  11/20/17
I’ve messed around with building and altering guitars. Never...
Bearded milk toaster
  11/20/17
damn.
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Still fun. I wouldn’t cut my teeth on a $1000 worth of parts...
Bearded milk toaster
  11/20/17
I was thinking about buying the body and neck then bringing ...
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/20/17
Talk to him first, then buy.
Bearded milk toaster
  11/20/17
This. Listen to your guitar tech Get detailed specs on t...
Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap
  11/20/17
ty.
sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate
  11/21/17
never played a partscaster I particularly cared for guita...
demanding institution giraffe
  11/20/17


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Date: November 20th, 2017 9:37 PM
Author: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: Rusted Cowardly Pisswyrm

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: Rusted Cowardly Pisswyrm

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: Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap

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: Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: multi-colored business firm legend

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: concupiscible alpha

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: concupiscible alpha

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: Dull field

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

(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: Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap

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: sepia sound barrier

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: Dull field

(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: sepia sound barrier

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: Chestnut histrionic parlor idea he suggested



(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: Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life

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: concupiscible alpha

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: Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life

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: concupiscible alpha

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: Misunderstood Milky Stag Film Goal In Life

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: concupiscible alpha

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: Bearded milk toaster

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: Bearded milk toaster

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: Bearded milk toaster

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: Curious Canary Mad-dog Skullcap

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: sticky charcoal bawdyhouse doctorate

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: demanding institution giraffe

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)