GUITAR BOARD

> Hi everyone!
>
> Just sticking my head round the door to see if you fine people can
recommend
> a decent - or failing that, cheap - luthier. Ive got a fairly odd solid
> electric body idea that I fancy having built, so I dont think an off-the
> peg solution is going to cut it.
>
> This is what Im after - so please try to restrain the giggles. Ive
always
> fancied the Jaguar body shape. Lying around in a crate here, I have two
> quite tasty humbuckers off an old Ibanez that Ive been dying to use for
> ages, an old Strat neck, and a quite nice Wilkinson trem system.
>
> So Im looking for a Jaguar-shaped body, built so it will accomodate two
> humbuckers, the Wilkinson, and a neck with a Strat scale length. I
ideally
> wanted it constructed out of some dark wood like a nice bit of walnut, but
> if itll keep costs down, Ill take any lighter wood that the maker has to
> hand (within reason) and stain it myself. Oh, and I want the control
> cavities back-routed so theres no need for a scratchplate on the front.
> Ill handle all the finishing, assembly, body cavity insulation, wiring
and
> so on.
>
> Im also thinking that the body may have to be truncated a little from the
> normal Jaguar length, in order to visually offset the fact that Im using
a
> shorter neck, and that there wont be any of the behind-the-bridge trem
> shenanigans that occur on a regular Jag. Im willing to take the
builders
> advice on that one.
>
> So there you have it. Sounds silly, I know, but Im sure you can
appreciate
> what its like when such ideas take hold of you! Ive had a scout around
on
> the net, but all I seem to turn up is either standard Strat/Tele type body
> blanks, or raw chunks of wood (which, when combined with a router, and
these
> hands, would equal one expensive pile of sawdust).
>
> Does anyone have any names of people who may be able to take on such a

> Hi everyone!
>
> Just sticking my head round the door to see if you fine people can
recommend
> a decent - or failing that, cheap - luthier. Ive got a fairly odd solid
> electric body idea that I fancy having built, so I dont think an off-the
> peg solution is going to cut it.
>

>
> Does anyone have any names of people who may be able to take on such a
job?
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer!
>
> Dan.

> Hi everyone!
>
> Just sticking my head round the door to see if you fine people can recommend
> a decent - or failing that, cheap - luthier. Ive got a fairly odd solid
> electric body idea that I fancy having built, so I dont think an off-the
> peg solution is going to cut it.

> Does anyone have any names of people who may be able to take on such a job?

>> Does anyone have any names of people who may be able to take on such a job?
>
>Dunno about prices - and I suggest, in any event, that price should be
>your second consideration - but from what I observed at the National,
>you could do worse than talk to Paul Creedy.

> In article , nog wrote:
>
> >> Does anyone have any names of people who may be able to take on such a
job?
> >
> >Dunno about prices - and I suggest, in any event, that price should be
> >your second consideration - but from what I observed at the National,
> >you could do worse than talk to Paul Creedy.
>
> Is there anyone in this group who isnt Paul Creedy ?

> The answer seems to be a unanimous Paul Creedy then!
>
> Thanks for your (very speedy) help, everyone. Ive just been checking out
> the arrowhead site - awesome! I shall drop Mr. Creedy a line straight
away.
>
>