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September 4
Well, I did it again. You may recall the first AlleyRat. I liked it a lot but ended up giving it to my wifes Cousin as a wedding gift. He LOVED it so that works out. In any case, I wanted to replace it and had some stuff hanging around. So I built a…
Read more…Looking for some tips. I am just finishing up a guitar that spoke to me late last night, requesting some magnetic pickups. I would prefer not to cut holes in the box, and thus would like to try my hand at some fairly flat pickups. Anyone have any…
Read more…I am sorta an open source guy so I thought I would throw up a few pictures of a guitar I just did. To be honest I am quite proud of it. I meant to sell it but may have to keep it as I love the sound. I will see if I have a decent sound clip to…
Read more…So I wanted to say a hello to all of you. I tinker with things a lot and about a year or so ago my son (6 at the time) decided we wanted to make him a little fret-less cigar box guitar. I more or less through in one for myself with frets. You folks…
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Hi Seth. Regarding "Tin Pan Alley": I cut the neck from a semi-rough 1x6 piece of hickory that a friend gave to me. The thickness of the wood was just shy of a full 1". The finished neck is approximately 7/8" thick and just shy of 1 7/8" wide. I didn't add a fingerboard. The hickory is plenty strong enough to handle the tension of five strings. Actually the wider neck is more comfortable for me. I finished it with linseed oil to make it look aged and then Danish oil after the linseed cured.
Thanks for your interest!
RQ
Hi Seth. Thanks for taking a look at my photos. I've never built two alike...always wanting to do something different from before. You've got some pretty interesting stuff yourself.