Body Build Brainstorming...

[Konfyouzd]

So... I wanna get in on this Home Depot building comp...

I have NEVER built anything even remotely close to a guitar before and while I plan to do the majority of my own research so as to keep my plans quiet, I am curious about how difficult some things will be to pull off.

I'm sure plenty of folks here have seem Carl Thompson basses with those cool curly upper horns. Would I be able to pull something like that off using some combination of the following tools:

-Rasps (I have a few)
-Chisel
-Sand paper
-Router
-Jigsaw

My gut says yes, but I don't want to end up biting off more than I can chew...

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[penguin_316]

You will also want a table saw with a fence, lots of big clamps, fret files, a hammer(rubber), a drill and some forstner bits(recommended but not needed), a planar, access to a jointer because no matter what wood you buy it won't be perfectly flat. I mean, I guess it depends how well you want it to work out.

Guitars were made before power tools but they really help lol.

 

[mwcarl]

With enough time and patience you could easily build a guitar without many more tools than you have access to now. It would be highly beneficial to have a drill press and a hand plane. You should be able to improvise for most of it. Give it a shot, if you're doing the Home Depot challenge, wasting your time is probably the biggest risk you're taking.

 

[scherzo1928]

Would I be able to pull something like that off using some combination of the following tools:

-Router

Yes.

 

[AwDeOh]

Depends how inventive you want to be. Plenty of people cut neck laminate pieces with a timber saw, a jigsaw is possible with patience and a good blade. Jointing can be done the old fashioned way with a jointing plane and/or sanding with the aid of a slab of marble (like Gregori), or wood backed glass as I've seen before, so that the final surface is as flat as the marble/glass.

Tablesaws are for hipsters.