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So i've been buying a ton of luthier shit

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:35 pm
by JesseJames
And designing my own guitars, I don't get much time to build them, the hardest part right now is being able to proper route the neck pocket. I pretty much subscribe to the maple cap on top of mahogany or sapele like 99% of the rest of the high end guitar builders.
Anyway, I am trying to design a double cut away guitar right now outside of the V and the singlecut I designed.
No pics or anything, just bored and wanted to talk about geeeetars.

Re: So i've been buying a ton of luthier shit

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:00 am
by Leviathan
About how much does it cost to build a guitar?

Re: So i've been buying a ton of luthier shit

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:06 am
by Jebodiah
In b4 "PM me for prices".

Re: So i've been buying a ton of luthier shit

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:15 pm
by JesseJames
Depends on the woods and hardware. If you want to buy your own stuff, then you are looking at about a 3K initial investment in tools. I can get sapele for 30$ a blank, and highly figured maple for 100$, then the neck blanks for about 50$. Add in hardware, pickups, fretboard, wire, etc....You are looking at about 500$ a guitar.