Does anybody here make guitar bodies?

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mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
edited July 2020 in Making & Modding
I don't have the tools or place to make a body that I'm after for my next project and Guitar Build aren't able to build something I have enquired about, can anyone help?
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27345
    There are various people here - but it’d probably help them (and save time) if you outlined what it was you’re after!
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  • mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
    edited July 2020
    That’s fair...

    Flying V right handed body.
    Neck routed to fit 56mm telecaster neck at fender tele scale (bolt on obviously).
    single bridge filtertron route.
    Drilled for a stoptail bridge.
    telecaster cavity rear route.

    Ideally 2 piece alder

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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27345
    @GSPBASSES  has been known to make the occasional Flying V, so might be worth asking if he can incorporate your other spec requirements into a blank body ...
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  • DrBobDrBob Frets: 2998
    mrn1989 said:
    That’s fair...

    Flying V right handed body.
    Neck routed to fit 56mm telecaster neck at fender tele scale (bolt on obviously).
    single bridge filtertron route.
    Drilled for a stoptail bridge.
    telecaster cavity rear route.

    Ideally 2 piece alder

    I can’t build you one but from the description I now want one
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  • guitargeek62guitargeek62 Frets: 4067
    DrBob said:
    mrn1989 said:
    That’s fair...

    Flying V right handed body.
    Neck routed to fit 56mm telecaster neck at fender tele scale (bolt on obviously).
    single bridge filtertron route.
    Drilled for a stoptail bridge.
    telecaster cavity rear route.

    Ideally 2 piece alder

    I can’t build you one but from the description I now want one
    Check out RS Guitarworks in the states, I think they (used to) build something similar-ish
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  • GSPBASSESGSPBASSES Frets: 2335
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    There are some issues when trying to fit a Fender neck onto a Flying V or any Gipson body. Gibson necks continue into the body after the last fret, at least by the width of a pickup or more (SG). Look at the photo below a SG standard with 22 frets, if that was a Fender neck it would not be supported ether side by the neck pocket. There are 3 solutions to this, 1 the neck could be further into the body, although this would make access to the upper frets difficult. 2 you could extend the body outwards to support the neck either side, like a Les Paul junior single cut that has a small amount of wood running up the side of the neck to the end of the neck pocket. 3 have a standard Flying V neck but with a telecaster headstock and 25.5inch scale.


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  • mrn1989mrn1989 Frets: 240
    GSPBASSES said:

     

    There are some issues when trying to fit a Fender neck onto a Flying V or any Gipson body. Gibson necks continue into the body after the last fret, at least by the width of a pickup or more (SG). Look at the photo below a SG standard with 22 frets, if that was a Fender neck it would not be supported ether side by the neck pocket. There are 3 solutions to this, 1 the neck could be further into the body, although this would make access to the upper frets difficult. 2 you could extend the body outwards to support the neck either side, like a Les Paul junior single cut that has a small amount of wood running up the side of the neck to the end of the neck pocket. 3 have a standard Flying V neck but with a telecaster headstock and 25.5inch scale.

    True, back to the drawing board, I think I'll just build a carbonate for the minute to scratch my Filtertron itch
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