Post Your Interesting Home Build Guitars

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Interested to see the unique and cool ideas people have when making partscasters or totally custom builds from home. No high end custom shop stuff.

Left is my scalloped canadian maple neck "kramer" using dimensions from a Kramer American. Jumbo frets, JB at the bridge and Ebay hotrails on the neck. Volume speed pot and tone knob disconnected. Floyd Rose locking bridge. The body is from my first ever guitar that started it's life as a Fender Squire Showmaster

Right is hardtail stratocaster body with a JB at the bridge and a Dirty Fingers at the neck. Coil tap on both of the pickups and speed volume pot. The neck is from an Aria Pro 2 left handed guitar (hence the flick up) with Jumbo frets.

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USA Custom on left, Warmoth on other left. Both have had some changes since this pic (Warmoth got a Maple/Pau Ferro neck).



Oh wait, you said interesting. :doh:
 
Grabbed this off of another forum as a body, neck and bridge. Added tuners, pickup and guard and ended up with this. Sitting in drop B atm:

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Did this one up with the help of MJT...Rewind pickups, compensated saddles, Hipshot tuners, in drop C lol:

Telemaster by Lord Funktfied, on Flickr

This one started life as a stock Ibanez RGIB6...yanked the EMGs, tone knob and killswitch, threw in a BKP Warpig, guard, locking tuners:

RGIB6 Redo by Lord Funktfied, on Flickr

LTD Strat body, Perle guard, MIM Fender neck, filled the trem cavity w/mahogany and used a Hipshot bridge and Hipshot tuners. This was dubbed the Halloweenocaster for obvious reasons:

DSC_7397 by Lord Funktfied, on Flickr

Rando body from eBay, Warmoth neck, BKP Painkiller, same Hipshot job for the back and tuners:

MLPstrat by Lord Funktfied, on Flickr

I try and do at least one a year, picking up parts as and when I can. They're always fun and I usually end up selling them to friends that dig em.
 
I built all of these. I'm missing pics for one or two others though. All stainless steel frets by the way.

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SavageRiffer":869uwjk5 said:
I built all of these. I'm missing pics for one or two others though. All stainless steel frets by the way.

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These are amazing dude, a cross between Fender and Charvels
 
ghosty999":1ixbstvv said:
SavageRiffer":1ixbstvv said:
I built all of these. I'm missing pics for one or two others though. All stainless steel frets by the way.

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These are amazing dude, a cross between Fender and Charvels

Thanks man. I have some summer builds planned. I'm going to do 7-string with a Floyd Rose, an LP with stainless steel frets, and a PRS style stoptail. I'll post some pics in a few months.
 
Not my creation, but has been in my collection for some time. Musikraft neck, refinished Model series Charvel body, with a vintage Super Distortion and German Floyd:

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Great stuff guys!

Sav, love that seafoam green with the black pickgaurd! :rock: :thumbsup:
 
Gsxrbusa":27wb6y16 said:
Great stuff guys!

Sav, love that seafoam green with the black pickgaurd! :rock: :thumbsup:

Ha ha! Thanks. I got the idea for that one from a cheap Surf Pearl Squire that I saw once.

Docster":27wb6y16 said:

I like that a lot.
 
SavageRiffer":3kh9c01y said:
ghosty999":3kh9c01y said:
SavageRiffer":3kh9c01y said:
I built all of these. I'm missing pics for one or two others though. All stainless steel frets by the way.

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These are amazing dude, a cross between Fender and Charvels

Thanks man. I have some summer builds planned. I'm going to do 7-string with a Floyd Rose, an LP with stainless steel frets, and a PRS style stoptail. I'll post some pics in a few months.

Would you ever build one to sell?
 
My first build from scratch.
 

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ghosty999":1wn2g2ar said:
SavageRiffer":1wn2g2ar said:
ghosty999":1wn2g2ar said:
SavageRiffer":1wn2g2ar said:
I built all of these. I'm missing pics for one or two others though. All stainless steel frets by the way.

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These are amazing dude, a cross between Fender and Charvels

Thanks man. I have some summer builds planned. I'm going to do 7-string with a Floyd Rose, an LP with stainless steel frets, and a PRS style stoptail. I'll post some pics in a few months.

Would you ever build one to sell?

All the time. Want one?
 
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