my travel guitar done

fourmations

heres my travel guitar that I made, worked out pretty well




its a lump of solid cherrywood with the neck, bridge & stoptail
off my old trusty aria ta-40

i will take it apart and put in my suitcase and bolt up at my destination

cheers

feylya

Ha, fair play. Word of advice though, use metal inserts in the neck and use machine bolts to connect the neck to the body. If you're screwing straight into the wood, it'll become worn and loose over time.

It wasn't me!

Ha! Classy! Nice work dude, turned out pretty damn cool.

DeadSkin

That's cool, fair play to ya.
Also when you is on your travels, if ya get stuck up a river in a boat with no paddle, ya be sorted

The Boarder Man

DeadSkin wrote:

That's cool, fair play to ya.
Also when you is on your travels, if ya get stuck up a river in a boat with no paddle, ya be sorted

lol.

Nice work - can I have one?

Dord

feylya wrote:

Ha, fair play. Word of advice though, use metal inserts in the neck and use machine bolts to connect the neck to the body. If you're screwing straight into the wood, it'll become worn and loose over time.

+1

Are you putting any electronics in it???

Frankiestylee

Is it not horribly quiet without a soundhole of any sort?

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Frankiestylee wrote:

Is it not horribly quiet without a soundhole of any sort?

i wouldnt say it would be, an electric that isnt plugged in isnt that quiet.
would it be difficult to play sitting?, the strings are a lot closer to your legs, and there is no where to lean your strumming arm.

good idea though, is there a leftie version:p

Frankiestylee

In a quiet room, maybe an unplugged electric is decenty audible but other then that... I mean if you were to sing along it'd totally get drowned out.

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Frankiestylee wrote:

In a quiet room, maybe an unplugged electric is decenty audible but other then that... I mean if you were to sing along it'd totally get drowned out.

yea i suppose

feylya

It could just be for keeping up with practice and making sure your finger tips stay hard.

Karl Hungus

Very nice work indeed. I would've put a single pickup in there at least, but none the less, it's nice.

It wasn't me!

Karl Hungus wrote:

Very nice work indeed. I would've put a single pickup in there at least, but none the less, it's nice.

Yeah, but you probably would have installed a Floyd and a reverse headstock, and hacked some points into it too.

Ancient1

It wasn't me! wrote:

Yeah, but you probably would have installed a Floyd and a reverse headstock, and hacked some points into it too.

And it would have to be a 7, naturally

fourmations, what a simple but brilliant idea - well done man. Now you can even go travelling without the missus.

It wasn't me!

naturally!

DANNY22XX

well done
deosnt matter if it has pick ups or what as long as you get a bit of practice in.
fair play and enjoy the trip;)

fourmations

feylya wrote:

It could just be for keeping up with practice and making sure your finger tips stay hard.

Greetings from the algarve!

yep thats its sole purpose,

the guitar is working out well on my hols

its fine to play chords and anywhere up to the 7th
but its awkward if you want to go from the lower to upper frets quickly
as you have to shift its position on yer lap or belly if lying down
as it does not have enough body or weight to stay put
if you are going up and down the board

i had a big faux pas though, i forgot to pack the bridge mount bolts things
but got away with it, the bridge stays in position with the tension of the strings

obrigado!

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Karl Hungus

It wasn't me! wrote:

Yeah, but you probably would have installed a Floyd and a reverse headstock, and hacked some points into it too.

Nah, you see on a travel guitar like that, some details like that wouldn't really matter. Ancient1 knows what truly matters:

Ancient1 wrote:

And it would have to be a 7, naturally