Elias Graves
Common misfit
Trying to decide what's next.
Foo has been talking about building him a bass. I let him know I'd give him the family deal...he pays for all parts and supplies, I'll donate the labor. Haven't seen any concrete moves in that direction, though. May never happen.
I have a few minor projects of my own that I want to tackle.
For starters, I'm going to do some more work to the white guitar. I want to shave the neck and set it up for a matched pair of pickups. Either two firebirds or two P90s.
Once that's done, I want to build another guitar to house whichever pickup comes out if the white guitar.
But....When I finished the tele, Mrs. G made it pretty clear she doesn't want me spending a bunch of money on another guitar right now so that project may wait a while.
My leading idea right now is to actually build a guitar for sale and I've been toying with ideas.
First choice is a boutique-ish Dano style. Since Jerry Jones retired, there's not really a maker in that market any more. I think I could build a Dano inspired original design and sell it for $800-1000 or so using good quality materials.
My second idea is to build a tele that doesn't look like a tele but that market is pretty saturated.
In either case, I'll have to build some prototype designs first. I need to develop a headstock and body design that look good and won't get me sued by anyone. So, either of these projects involving a guitar for sale will involve preliminary design projects.
What say the Weiners?
Foo has been talking about building him a bass. I let him know I'd give him the family deal...he pays for all parts and supplies, I'll donate the labor. Haven't seen any concrete moves in that direction, though. May never happen.
I have a few minor projects of my own that I want to tackle.
For starters, I'm going to do some more work to the white guitar. I want to shave the neck and set it up for a matched pair of pickups. Either two firebirds or two P90s.
Once that's done, I want to build another guitar to house whichever pickup comes out if the white guitar.
But....When I finished the tele, Mrs. G made it pretty clear she doesn't want me spending a bunch of money on another guitar right now so that project may wait a while.
My leading idea right now is to actually build a guitar for sale and I've been toying with ideas.
First choice is a boutique-ish Dano style. Since Jerry Jones retired, there's not really a maker in that market any more. I think I could build a Dano inspired original design and sell it for $800-1000 or so using good quality materials.
My second idea is to build a tele that doesn't look like a tele but that market is pretty saturated.
In either case, I'll have to build some prototype designs first. I need to develop a headstock and body design that look good and won't get me sued by anyone. So, either of these projects involving a guitar for sale will involve preliminary design projects.
What say the Weiners?