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Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:42 pm
by Blackened Soul
I like that!
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:07 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Cool shape! Quite fat looking maybe but balanced visually.
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:12 pm
by Blackened Soul
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Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:57 am
by qersty

I gotta finish this one. I can live with how drippy and terrible the finish is finally (thank you Jero and Dowi!) gonna sand it down a bit and put some other random drips on it then clear coat. I finally got around to glueing the headstock. think i can probably bullshit some 10mm tuners in there. Saw some klusons that both had threaded jackets and screw mounts so it wil probably be fine with an almost fit. If not ill just tape it. Who cares!
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 5:06 pm
by Blackened Soul
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Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Fri May 20, 2022 10:43 am
by IndGroove
PAF style humbucker mounted to a Dogeared P90 plate. Direct mounted to the body. sounds great,Nothing in the bridge.
Tried cutting a white guard, looking for something more interesting to cover up some holes. Leather perhaps, Might try a short 3 barrel style bridge.

Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:37 pm
by repoman
Here is a Bigsby guitar project I've been plodding through.
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:42 pm
by Chankgeez
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:38 am
by karmablock
I decided I wanted to make my own guitar from scratch last year (I'm still not done but I'm in the final stages).
This guitar has really been a learning experience. I'll explain if anyone is interested.
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:45 am
by Pepe
What an awesome thread! I haven't seen it before.
Just tell us more about the Tele, karmablock. Interesting graphics!
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:40 am
by karmablock
Pepe wrote:What an awesome thread! I haven't seen it before.
Just tell us more about the Tele, karmablock. Interesting graphics!
I've always wanted to make a guitar and got inspired to actually do it by watching Tchiks Guitars on YouTube. I have limited woodworking experience and ended up making some devastating mistakes.
Almost lost the tip on my finger to a router accident which also damaged the body (see photos in my original post).
The graphic is actually fabric. Because of the damage the I figured it would be the best way to cover my not so great patch job. Unfortunately, the fabric top process had its own issues. When I started it was hot sunny day and that caused the vinyl sealer to bubble. Trying to sand it out caused issues with the fabric. But I've gotten to the point where I'm not as concerned with the cosmetics.

Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:15 pm
by Blackened Soul
So… the latest in Frankensteining with no fucks…
I bought a peavey Furry 5 neck a few months ago one a whim.. turned out it was nos and that same dimensions as a musicman sr5

so what to do… I first settled on wanting something with a thunderbird pickup in it and put in a order for a 5 string tbird pickup from Gemini Pickups out of Wales
https://www.geminipickups.co.uk/dominator-tb
Next was deciding on a body… I have a bunch… but because I did not want to finish anything or buy anything and Mike lull kept showing up on my instagram feed.. I settled on a 1989 MIJ fender jazz I’ve had for years… it was posted a very long time ago in my non-alt-personality with a 1980s ESP neck.. sadly that neck warped and even with the trussrod maxed is unplayable (the fun of used necks). The other idea I had other than and then in combination with the tbird pickup was a widerange bass pickup like on a 70s tele bass.. so I contacted Sonewall pickups since they said in their description to hit them up for custom stuff like a five string version… after asking about string spacing they never replied again after multiple attempts to communicate and several weeks.. so plan B.. I contacted Rio Grande and ordered a five string pitbull muygrande custom over wound to the physical limitations of the bobbin size
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Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 1:58 pm
by dubkitty
peavey Furry 5 neck
potential Typo of the Year.
Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:54 pm
by Blackened Soul
What? Hartley isn’t a furry?

Re: Frankenstein's Lab! [SHOW YOUR PROJECTS THREAD]
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 7:27 pm
by dubkitty
well, he was pretty fuzzy…