Mind Abduction
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Hi,
Anybody ever tried to make a guitar out of birch? ..well i tried and did. A demonstration of this guitar can be found behind the youtube-link below:
The specs are listed below:
When compared to my guitars with mahogany or poplar bodies, this one has more attack with lots of mids & highs but less low-end. Actually it sounds quite different compared with any guitar i've played.
Specs:
Body: Finnish birch
Neck: Maple with maple fretboard, black bindings and sharkfins (factory-made)
Neck joint: Bolt-on with contoured heel
Scale: 25.5 inch
Pickup: EMG81 with single volume
Bridge: Gotoh ABR-1 string-through body
Finishing: Osmo color wood wax
Weight: 3.55 kg.
The shape is quite similar to a Jackson RR but slightly bigger.
The total costs of the construction were about 200 .
The project started more than 10 years ago when i tried to build a neck-through-body guitar. Anyhow, that didn't work out quite well at the time, the wood wasn't dry enough and the neck wood was heavily bent after the installation. I sawed the neck away, and carved a neck pocket and installed a bolt-on neck, now the instrument plays like a dream.
Anybody ever tried to make a guitar out of birch? ..well i tried and did. A demonstration of this guitar can be found behind the youtube-link below:
The specs are listed below:
When compared to my guitars with mahogany or poplar bodies, this one has more attack with lots of mids & highs but less low-end. Actually it sounds quite different compared with any guitar i've played.
Specs:
Body: Finnish birch
Neck: Maple with maple fretboard, black bindings and sharkfins (factory-made)
Neck joint: Bolt-on with contoured heel
Scale: 25.5 inch
Pickup: EMG81 with single volume
Bridge: Gotoh ABR-1 string-through body
Finishing: Osmo color wood wax
Weight: 3.55 kg.
The shape is quite similar to a Jackson RR but slightly bigger.
The total costs of the construction were about 200 .
The project started more than 10 years ago when i tried to build a neck-through-body guitar. Anyhow, that didn't work out quite well at the time, the wood wasn't dry enough and the neck wood was heavily bent after the installation. I sawed the neck away, and carved a neck pocket and installed a bolt-on neck, now the instrument plays like a dream.
Sounds and looks very good, rock on \,,/
