Aug 06, 2014 although the benefits of regulating humidity are easier to understand for an acoustic guitar, its still quite important for an electric guitar. Both have the same locktone stopbartuneomatic bridge, and both feature alnico classic humbucker pickups all of which will have a significant influence on the guitars sound. Made with ash, poplar, and paulownia and in many different finishes including sunburst, butterscotch, vintage cream, gloss black, white, mint green, surf green, red and amber. The most important thing about a guitar is the mechanical impedance as seen by the string. Angel lopez ec3000cn electic solid body classical guitar. Solidbody designs are the most common type of electric guitar, owing to their outstanding versatility. Is laminating a good idea for a custom electric guitar body. Sipo mahogany neck blank for electric or archtop guitar. First of all, you are mistaken if you think that the wood barely changes the sound of an electric guitar.
It happened before i bought it and i got a discount due to the. Electric guitars vary greatly in sound, look and playability. John also authored pgs guitar shop 101 column, hosted several pg diy videos, and is an authorized warranty technician trainer for taylor guitars. Center block a solid wood block running through the body of a semiacoustic guitar body. It may take some work and a few tries, but with the right tools you can shine up your guitar and make even a damaged guitar body look new.
Stewmac sells perfect tools for it, but when i want to get them to europe i pay the price of. Even if the sides of a body are braced, a crack can still. Buying an acoustic with top crack smart bargain or roll of. A washboard texture which looks somewhat like corduroy is one of the first signs of dryness. One of the widely recognized distinguishing features of a premium or professionalgrade acoustic guitar is the use of solid wood panels for the. A great obscure lowrent solidbody acoustic is the washburn sbf80.
Solid top acoustics are more sensitive than laminate top guitars, and will require more care. Solid body 3 and 4 string guitars handmade by mike snowden. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users. Aliphatic resin is amongst the most popular woodworkers glue used in instrument building and repair today.
The body and back are constructed of high quality canadian spruce. It has no hardware, except where the bridge posts screw in. Repairing cracks in acoustic guitars examples of cracks caused. Are you sure that its not just a crack in the finish.
Ymc 30 kids electric guitar pack with 5watt amp, gig bag,strap,cable,strings,picks,and wrench,guitar combo accessory kitblack 4. Mitch gallagher compares two gibson guitars, one solidbody and one hollowbody, to demonstrate their fundamental differences in tone. This almost always means the guitar got hold, the neck block shifted and the stress caused the crack. The crack isnt bad enough to get a syringe in there to inject some glue, so i dont really know what to do. How do i fill cracks after priming a wood guitar body. Learn how to fill cracks after priming a wooden guitar. Super glue plays an important role in many types of guitar repair. The hollowbody is a gibson memphis es275 the solidbody is a sweetwaterexclusive gibson custom les paul custom. Poly usually doesnt show the surface cracks and checks as badly. Is the sound of a semihollowbody guitar significantly. After you prime a wooden guitar body, the next thing youll have to do is fill in any cracks.
Acoustic guitars are largely made of wood and react to their environment. Professionals will often repair a crack or ding for you, but it can cost you. Where i live, calgary, alberta, the air is fairly dry to begin with, and it gets even dryer during the winter. A slight crack or dent isnt impossible to repair yourself. However, it now is definitely showing real damage, as the body has a crack that goes from the rear to the front of the body. Neckthrough solid body my neckthrough model came to life through my search for a guitar with a seemingly endless supply of clear ringing sustain. I recently picked up a super beat up strat body for a project to learn more about repairing and putting together guitars. Fender bullet 6 string solid body electric guitar, right, brown sunburst, full 0370045532 4.
Humidity and solid body guitars guitar tricks forum. Gfs guitar necks and bodies for stratocasters and telecasters. A solidbody musical instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on an electromagnetic pickup system to directly detect the vibrations of the strings. Sep 24, 2007 i just recently bought a peavey t40 off of ebay, and it has a crack separation in the body on one of the piece joints 3 piece body. The version of the instrument that is most well known today is the solid body electric guitar. Top cracks to avoid at all costs are the ones that are near the neck to body joint that crack to the soundhole. Luthier and instructor, robert obrien, shows how to fix hairline cracks in a brazilian rosewood guitar back and then repair the finish. Like every other component in your guitar, the body blank you select will affect the sound, weight, and perhaps the look of your instrument. The guitar will look worse when you are doing this and you will wonder if you are crazy to have tried doing this type of work yourself. If that were the case, highend guitars would be much cheaper. Complete guide to guitar humidifiers and room humidifiers. Unlike hide glue, it is ready to use straight from the bottle. Mar 04, 2010 gosh, the sg is a solid body guitar im amazed that the cable didnt snap before cracking the wood.
Esp ltd sc208 stephen carpenter electric guitar 8string, blackthe esp ltd sc208 stephen carpenter 8string is a solid guitar with great craftsmanship at an amazing price. How to repair cracks in your acoustic guitar if you own an acoustic guitar long enough, chances are good that youll have to deal with the repair of a crack in the wood. Solid wood 333 swamp ash 12 76384 body shape clear facets. I just recently bought a peavey t40 off of ebay, and it has a crackseparation in the body on one of the piece joints 3 piece body. Here you see my way of repairing a typical top crack. Dec 24, 20 since the guitar sides are usually the thinnest woods on the body, and since they are in just the right position to get whacked on something often while playing, they sometimes get cracked. Apr 23, 2014 as youre determining whether or not to buy a laminate or solid wood guitar, consider this.
To learn more about johns repair and restoration workshops for players. Repairing crack in solidbody electric discussion in. Depending on the crack, finish repair may not be advisable or necessary. Glued cracks still leave a small valley in the finish. The basic procedure is to force wood glue into the crack, then apply pressure clamps. The sc208 was designed in conjunction with legendary deftones guitarist stephen carpenter. When repairing lacquer finishes a new lacquer fill is. The angel lopez ec3000cn is an electric solid body classical guitar with cutaway with a spruce veneer top. A great obscure lowrent solid body acoustic is the washburn sbf80. Electric guitar body blanks solid body guitar guitar. Dean ml 79 f bb floyd rose electric 6 string blue burst dual pickups guitar. When repairing cracks it is usually a two part process.
Building a solid body guitar takes a great amount of time, skill and effort, and the results are never guaranteed. Knowing how to evaluate the seriousness of a crack will allow you to determine whether to call a repair person immediately or whether it might be ok to leave it alone for a. I have 5 solid body guitars, and two electric acoustics. This project was an attempt to take a cheap solid body guitar with a crack in the finish, fix the crack and call it a day. I have a music man axis with a crack in the body finish that runs about 9 inches. John levan has written five guitar repair books published by mel bay. As it happens, i was able to inject glue into all the cracks and clamp them with the result that the neck pocket is now solid and the guitar is a. Although the benefits of regulating humidity are easier to understand for an acoustic guitar, its still quite important for an electric guitar. Angel lopez ec3000cn electic solid body classical guitar with. The first solid body electric guitar was designed by musician and inventor les paul, working after hours in the epiphone guitar factory. Solid wood top or laminate wood top guitar for beginners. Gosh, the sg is a solid body guitarim amazed that the cable didnt snap before cracking the wood. Univox ripper 1970s strat style matsumoku solid body electric guitar.
An if acoustic guitar have a laminate body with a solid spruce top will solid spruce top age over years i been playing acoustic for 20 something years like you. The fender stratocaster is a solid body electric that is considered to be on the the iconic guitars in rock and roll. Woodworkers glue is water soluble, has longer working times than hide glue and is very strong. Since cracks most often occur in the body woods, lets first look at the body. How much does an electric guitars body physics affect the. They made them in black which is what i have, natural and sunburst used to have one of those. At our shop, we use it in dozens of ways, but unless you understand its properties and know how to handle it safely, you can wind up in trouble in a matter of seconds. Laminate wood is manufactured, not milled like traditional wood. Then one of our famous chinooks sets in, the temperature rises dramatically, and the humidity climbs by 1020% over a fourhour period. Knowing how to evaluate the seriousness of a crack will allow you to determine whether to call a. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. When repairing lacquer finishes a new lacquer fill is placed in the finish crack. This more porous, open wood doesnt quite have maples hardness, strength, or stability, however, and it isnt suitable as a fretboard material.
Close the crack our crack clamp uses a guitar tuner on a smooth polyethylene base. Great deals on solid body vintage electric guitars. After many rounds of experimentation, it became clear to me that the best way to allow the sound and vibrations to travel throughout the guitar was to minimize the amount of joinery between multiple. Hey all, i have jackson warrior xt and it was pre owned before i had it, and i just recently noticed 2 large semideep cracks and one hairline crack a. Humidity is not really much of a factor for a solidbody, the majority of the wood is sealed by the finish, rosewood and ebony fretboards can usally stand to have a good treatment of whatever one believes is a good oil, but thats about it, humidity just makes for rust and corrosion, accoustic guitars are a different story, only the outside of the body is sealed by the finish, the inside absorbs. Glues used in guitar repair fret not guitar repair located. A cracked guitar side is a difficult fix, especially when the sides of the split are uneven. Heres how to pull a crack together and glue it neatly and permanently. The second most common guitar neck wood after maple, mahogany is most often coupled with a solid mahogany or mahoganymapletopped body. Checking used to describe cracking found in lacquer finished. It has seen a a lot of use and abuse over the years. Ibanez grg 6 string solidbody electric guitar, right, walnut flat, full grg121dxwnf 4.
On a solid body guitar the body shape and wood dont matter much. Different designs, quality of craftsmanship, electronics and choice of woods make them sound, look and feel different from one another. Remember that an electric guitar is still an acoustic guitar, with the differe. One is lp style solid body with a cherry sunburst finish. There is a crack in the top middle back that should be glued. How to repair cracks in your acoustic guitar guitar alliance. Buying an acoustic with top crack smart bargain or roll.
Electrics dont warp as easily, but solid body electrics can still crack. If your guitar was made using wood as opposed to composite materials, its always a good habit to use a case humidifier. So, i have a guitar that is one of my goto guitars. Depending on the severity and location of the crack, a repair is as simple as stabilizing the wood and applying glue to secure it. A solid body musical instrument is a string instrument such as a guitar, bass or violin built without its normal sound box and relying on an electromagnetic pickup system to directly detect the vibrations of the strings. Cracks in the body of your solid top acoustic guitar are often cause by physical damage to the guitar or shrinkage due to a lack of humidity. Ive seldom seen a case where a brace stopped a crack on a guitar. How to repair a crack in a solid top acoustic guitar our. The fender stratocaster is a solid body electric that is considered to be on the the iconic guitars in.
Even if the sides of a body are braced, a crack can still run right through the brace. Solid body jazz guitar jazz guitar online free jazz. Open quick view dialog for squier stratocaster electric guitar pack with fender frontman 10g. John also authored pgs guitar shop 101 column, hosted several pg diy videos. Apr 21, 2017 first of all, you are mistaken if you think that the wood barely changes the sound of an electric guitar. The lengthy crack on this guitar tops lower bout is due to low. Since the guitar sides are usually the thinnest woods on the body, and since they are in just the right position to get whacked on something often while playing, they sometimes get cracked. Both have the same locktone stopbartuneomatic bridge, and both feature alnico classic humbucker pickups all of which will have a significant influence on the guitar s sound. Repairing crack in solidbody electric the gear page. His log guitar, so called because it consisted of a simple rectangular block of wood with a neck attached to it, is generally considered to be the first solid body electric guitar.