# My latest guitar build **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005 "2009-01-05T22:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/21 "2009-01-06T16:53:18Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > \*\*BigShooter \*\*- sounds like you should hang out your shingle as a guitar builder! > > (by the way, there are a lot of small businesses doing that these days - guys who will help you select parts from the parts manufacturers and pickups from the pickup builders, etc, and then build you a Parts-o-Caster to your spec - they charge you the cost of the parts and a labor component (and obviously if the body needs finishing, etc, that has to be factored in, too). I have heard of Danocasters, K-Lines and a bunch of others - maybe \*\*Eonwe \*\*or \*\*Cluricaun \*\*can be your first customers! :)šŸ†’) > > A question I forgot to ask: what do you think of the tonality of the Black Korina body? Can you compare it to Ash/Alder for a typical Strat body? How about Latin/South American Mahogany? > > My body is White Korina (none of the cool grain streakiness that yours has, but I like the look of the white, too - like really great mahogany). So I know they are different but I am curious as to what you are hearingā€¦ > > Thanks! Itā€™s quite resonant, actually. Moreso than I thought it would be. Nice sustain. This particular piece of korina is pretty heavy. The guitar weighs 10 lbs on the nose which is a little heavy for a strat. The sound is not as brittle as Ash/Alder, more mid-rangey, but not as much as mahogany. Pretty much right in the middle of the twoā€¦ at least to my ears. The neck wood also plays a part in the tone, too. Ebony fretboards are notoriously bright, which I think may have brightened this guitar up a bit and kept it from being too muddyā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/22 "2009-01-06T16:53:49Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > Iā€™ll tell you what - if youā€™re truly interested in having it, together we could probably make it happen. Iā€™m willing to do it for you for close to the cost of materials. Let me know via PM and maybe we can chat a little more about it. You could own BigShooter guitar #1!!šŸ˜ƒ Hey - I am trying to facilitate business here and I get nothing on my question about Korina?! I tells ya, I gets no respect. No respect at all! šŸ˜ƒ \*\*Cluri \*\*- depending on the parts you choose, a P-o-C can be surprisingly affordableā€¦(evil, arenā€™t I? ;)) ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/23 "2009-01-06T16:55:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hey - I am trying to facilitate business here and I get nothing on my question about Korina?! I tells ya, I gets no respect. No respect at all! šŸ˜ƒ > > \*\*Cluri \*\*- depending on the parts you choose, a P-o-C can be surprisingly affordableā€¦(evil, arenā€™t I? ;)) Look again, punkā€¦šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/24 "2009-01-06T16:58:11Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > \*\*Cluri \*\*- depending on the parts you choose, a P-o-C can be surprisingly affordableā€¦(evil, arenā€™t I? ;)) Oh just a _little_. One one shoulder I have a \*\*WordMan \*\*sitting there saying ā€œCā€™mon man, itā€™s just a new guitar. You know you want it, youā€™ll be the envy of everyone you know with a custom axe like that.ā€ On the other shoulder is my girlfriend threatening to wash my concert t-shirt collection with bleach and make me watch Brett Michaels Rock of Love Bus until my eyes bleed. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/25 "2009-01-06T16:59:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Hey - I am trying to facilitate business here and I get nothing on my question about Korina?! I tells ya, I gets no respect. No respect at all! šŸ˜ƒ > > \*\*Cluri \*\*- depending on the parts you choose, a P-o-C can be surprisingly affordableā€¦(evil, arenā€™t I? ;)) Woah woah! If the man doesnā€™t have the funds, then he doesnā€™t have the funds! Donā€™t push him. Now **BigShooter** , since I recently broke up with a long-term girlfriend and am _not_ saving pennies for an engagement ring, letā€™s talk turkey! šŸ™‚ Seriously though, Iā€™d definitely be interested in a tele done in a similar style. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/26 "2009-01-06T17:01:56Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > Look again, punkā€¦šŸ†’ HEY! Thatā€™s ā€œMr. Punkā€ to you! šŸ˜ƒ Got it - and yeah, that is what I have been hearing - that Korina is kinda in-between mahogany and alder - very very cool! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/27 "2009-01-06T17:05:08Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Woah woah! If the man doesnā€™t have the funds, then he doesnā€™t have the funds! Donā€™t push him. > > Now **BigShooter** , since I recently broke up with a long-term girlfriend and am _not_ saving pennies for an engagement ring, letā€™s talk turkey! šŸ™‚ > Seriously though, Iā€™d definitely be interested in a tele done in a similar style. You donā€™t want me to push him, or you want to get BigShooter #1??? šŸ˜‰ (just beinā€™ silly - hope thatā€™s okayā€¦) Very cool - and yeah, **Cluri** , if you recall, I put a caveat in all of my guitar-purchase / guitar-project threads that states that I have received clearance from She Who Must Be Obeyed for that particular purchase. Man - Rock of Love?! Sheā€™s a total ball-buster, isnā€™t she? :D:D ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/28 "2009-01-06T17:07:17Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Woah woah! If the man doesnā€™t have the funds, then he doesnā€™t have the funds! Donā€™t push him. > > Now **BigShooter** , since I recently broke up with a long-term girlfriend and am _not_ saving pennies for an engagement ring, letā€™s talk turkey! šŸ™‚ > Seriously though, Iā€™d definitely be interested in a tele done in a similar style. PM me, bub, and we can chat. I built a tele before this one with two p-90ā€™s. It wasnā€™t in the same style but it came out pretty decent. [http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=398602&page=3](http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=398602&page=3) Iā€™ve learned alot since I did that one. This next one I build will definitely be the shitā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/29 "2009-01-06T17:08:22Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > You donā€™t want me to push him, or you want to get BigShooter #1??? šŸ˜‰ (just beinā€™ silly - hope thatā€™s okayā€¦) That depends, does he have twistable tone pots and copper protection? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/30 "2009-01-06T18:13:01Z")
How does it sound? Very beautiful piece of work there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/31 "2009-01-06T18:21:00Z")
Daddy wants. Please send it immediately so that I may assume ownership. Iā€™ve got just the song to do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/32 "2009-01-06T20:02:42Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Daddy wants. Please send it immediately so that I may assume ownership. > > Iā€™ve got just the song to do it justice. You canā€™t have that one. But if you get in line behind **Eonwe** , Iā€™ll build you one just like itā€¦ for a fee of course. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/33 "2009-01-06T20:48:09Z")
> [@BigShooter](#): > > You canā€™t have that one. But if you get in line behind **Eonwe** , Iā€™ll build you one just like itā€¦ for a fee of course. šŸ˜ƒ Donā€™t be silly. Thereā€™s no way I can pay you as much asā€¦ how much? ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/34 "2009-01-06T22:29:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Donā€™t be silly. Thereā€™s no way I can pay you as much asā€¦ how much? PM me and we can chatā€¦šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![JackofHearts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@JackofHearts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackofHearts)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/35 "2009-01-07T00:37:10Z")
Very nice! I had to wait until I got home and work wasnā€™t blocking the pics on the linked pages, but I have to sayā€¦color me very impressed! I just acquired an older Jaguar via some craigslist luck and a nice new Gretsch for Xmas, so the guitar lust has returned in a big way. I also would be interested in a guitar as sexy as your creation! ---
**Author:** ![BigShooter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@BigShooter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigShooter)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/36 "2009-01-07T03:10:18Z")
> [@JackofHearts](#): > > Very nice! I had to wait until I got home and work wasnā€™t blocking the pics on the linked pages, but I have to sayā€¦color me very impressed! I just acquired an older Jaguar via some craigslist luck and a nice new Gretsch for Xmas, so the guitar lust has returned in a big way. I also would be interested in a guitar as sexy as your creation! Like I said to **tdn** , PM me and we can talkā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/37 "2009-01-07T04:52:56Z")
Fantastic work. Couldnā€™t you try different chemicals on the copper for different effects? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/38 "2009-01-07T21:43:04Z")
Very nice! I checked out the pics on the first page at GP yesterday, just looked at the rest today. Well done. When you mentioned a remaining slab of wood, my first thought was a bolt neck, single P-90 equipped LP Jr. type thing. Or if youā€™re going to try a neck next, what the heck, try a set neck as well. Anyhow, good work! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/39 "2009-01-07T22:10:32Z")
Got a question for you. Are necks reinforced with a steel rod? That would make it a tricky project, I think. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005/40 "2009-01-07T22:32:25Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Got a question for you. Are necks reinforced with a steel rod? That would make it a tricky project, I think. Most necks, even bolt on necks used in Fender-type guitars, have a truss rod in them, yes. Because bolt-on guitars are designed to be, well, bolted on, the truss rod is fully self-contained in the detachable neck. And since we Parts-o-Caster builders are buying pre-made necks from aftermarket sellers like Warmoth, Allparts, USACG and many others, we are all setā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-guitar-build/480005.md?page=3)