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Location: Delaware | Friends, I know there are guitar building kits available from many luthier suppliers. My question - are there any unfinished but fully assembled acoustic guitar kits? I'm not ready to take on the building project because I lack too many tools and work space. I have some ideas for guitar finish that I would like to experiment with. Maybe even just unfinished by fully fabricated soundboards? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Buy a cheap beater, some sandpaper and do your magic. |
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Location: Delaware | Thanks muzza! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | And, make sure it has a bolt-on neck. Makes things a lot simpler! |
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Location: Delaware | Thanks seesquare! |
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Location: ranson,wva | buy a martin and a belt sander....jason
edit...then buy a ovation so you got a guitar that plays great and stays in tune..lol |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Do some research on what kind of finish different makers use... You may be able to just use stripper to get the shiny stuff off, and get to the real work.
[I meant "wood", but the Freudian slip was good]
Sounds like a good project. |
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Location: Delaware | thanks again guys. what i am interested to try is staining designs into the raw wood and than a light coat of lacquer or some kind of protecting coat. not a top priority but something i'd like to play with. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | get some spruce or fir boards and try on them. |
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Location: Delaware | Wow... Member #7... Holy Gadzooks! Thanks for the suggestion cwk2. Would your name be Bond.. James Bond, by any chance? |
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Location: Orange County, California | Nah Skip. That's just Bill. He's a retired gas station attendant that we let him hang around 'cause he knows a bit about Ovation guitars (and others) :p :D :p :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Actually Fred, he did own the station, which he sold. He is still pretty good at dispensing GAS on a regular basis.
Mostly you'll find him on Ebay selling boots or hubcaps.
What you have to watch out out for is the ones with a bizillion posts... they need a life. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | BTW - Skip, Welcome.
There are some kits and parts out there if you know where to look...
PGs
Tops
Necks
Tuners
Preamps and Bowls
Bodies, paints and veneers
It also helps if you have an obsessive passion for DIY as well as an understanding Wife. |
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Unfinished Acoustic Guitars