I Made a Guitar, what're you're thoughts? [pics below]

[pointblank9957]

I made an electric guitar! what do you guys think of it? it took around 3 months and $1300 to finish. Body is mahogany with a flamed maple top, 5 piece maple/mahogany neck (yes it has a truss rod), all gotoh hardware, Bare Knuckle Nailbomb pickups, ebony fretboard. it was such a fun project to make! and the clearcoat is rattle can btw! the shape is based on a '59 Les Paul but much much thinner, only about 2" thick at the height of the arch

 

[Dhan]

Very cool! What kind of sound does it have?

 

[pointblank9957]

Very cool! What kind of sound does it have?

on clean channels its pretty mellow and very clear sounding. distortion is extremely clear. the balance across these pickups is perfect, no string rings out louder than the others. BKP makes amazing pickups and are definitely worth the $310 a pair. for instance i can play a huge chord using all the strings on a distortion channel and you can hear every note in that chord, i love it

 

[SBstar]

Looks beautiful. I don't "play" but I mess around with a few chords every now and then. Still something I need to fully learn how to do.

 

[pointblank9957]

Looks beautiful. I don't "play" but I mess around with a few chords every now and then. Still something I need to fully learn how to do.

pretty much what i do, just dick around. never bothered with lesson or joining a band

 

[tkrPerformance]

that is very nice looking

 

[o0GuitarKid0o]

looks good!, i made a baby blue strat ,got it painted at my dads shop and cleared looks great i still need the bolts for the neck tho haha

 

[pointblank9957]

thanks guys!

 

[Dsmkauai]

That's sick bro! Looks much Better than the one I tried to make years ago ! I love thin guitars like my ibanez s-series haha! I wish I could play but my injury makes it hurt to much and frustrates me

 

[pointblank9957]

That's sick bro! Looks much Better than the one I tried to make years ago ! I love thin guitars like my ibanez s-series haha! I wish I could play but my injury makes it hurt to much and frustrates me

i do too , LP's are super super thick and i never liked that.

 

[donniekak]

Looks good! I don't like playing les Paul style guitars, I like a strat style body, and scale length.


How's the intonation? Are chords played above the 12th fret in tune?

 

[buhay6]

Very nice! I used to play a few years back, tried again last year but I guess guitar is a perishable skill!

 

[Black Widow97]

way cool man! I build guitars up from bare bodies and restore them and stuff, but I have never made one from scratch. How does she play?