ActualGenuine
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No turning back now, I guess! This is a re-imagined build of my old guitar, The Dumpsite (pic in my profile). It's named so since it's gone through many, many changes, with me just dumping whatever stuff I had laying around into it, over the years. It's had about 5 different bridges / tailpieces, for example, but I'm really happy with the current setup. Ditto the pickups and wiring.
So the Dreamsite is the same guitar, but with a double cutaway, and updated components / design / etc. Essentially, trying to get it right the first time. If you read my Out of the Box post, you'll know I've already blown that. I ordered a blank that won't fit my design!
Instead of compromising on a Tele shape I didn't want, and since this is the last guitar in the budget for a while, I made a different compromise. (Prepare your gasping-in-horror muscles).
I cut off the upper horn extension I didn't need, split it in half, and cut slots in the end grain sides. Then a matching slot in the heel of the body, and I found/made some jointer wood to fab up a wide tenon joint, and glued it all up. (Pic below).
I'll need some filler and such to make a smooth surface for the finish, but after some scaling, sketches, and much paper template printing and trashing, my original body shape now fits, and I couldn't be more pleased with how well it all worked out. The old lower cutaway met the neck pocket right between the 18th and 19th frets, and this one hits it just behind the 18th, so pretty much spot on. Due to differences in the scale and etc., this guitar's neck will sit deeper in the body outline than the old one, and the bridge / tail ferrules closer to the heel of the body, but the overall length from headstock tip to body heel is shorter by a scant .75" overall.
Pretty close, and it's actually nice that it'll be a little more compact, and a touch narrower across the wide part of the body (just less than 1/2" total).
So the Dreamsite is the same guitar, but with a double cutaway, and updated components / design / etc. Essentially, trying to get it right the first time. If you read my Out of the Box post, you'll know I've already blown that. I ordered a blank that won't fit my design!
Instead of compromising on a Tele shape I didn't want, and since this is the last guitar in the budget for a while, I made a different compromise. (Prepare your gasping-in-horror muscles).
I cut off the upper horn extension I didn't need, split it in half, and cut slots in the end grain sides. Then a matching slot in the heel of the body, and I found/made some jointer wood to fab up a wide tenon joint, and glued it all up. (Pic below).
I'll need some filler and such to make a smooth surface for the finish, but after some scaling, sketches, and much paper template printing and trashing, my original body shape now fits, and I couldn't be more pleased with how well it all worked out. The old lower cutaway met the neck pocket right between the 18th and 19th frets, and this one hits it just behind the 18th, so pretty much spot on. Due to differences in the scale and etc., this guitar's neck will sit deeper in the body outline than the old one, and the bridge / tail ferrules closer to the heel of the body, but the overall length from headstock tip to body heel is shorter by a scant .75" overall.
Pretty close, and it's actually nice that it'll be a little more compact, and a touch narrower across the wide part of the body (just less than 1/2" total).