Building a Guitar !

[Gabriel Corso]

Hello everyone!
I hope everyone had good Christmas and new year celebrations!
I haven’t been very active on the school because I have been doing a lot of things with my family and friends in the past month.
I am currently in Italy! My parents have been living here for 4 years now and every year or two I visit them.
Keep in mind that we are from Brazil.
I am having a great time! Missing the guitar though haha.
But anyways!
In the 7th of January it is my 22nd birthday and a really good friend of mine is building a guitar for me as a gift.
Here are some pictures of the current progress;
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I am really excited about it because I wanted a Strat for so long now! And this is kinda special to me because i get to design it as I want!
Don’t get me wrong! I still love my fender tele and my Synyster custom haha.
This is the design I am seeking! Very vintage, but cool nevertheless.
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If you read until here, thank you !
I just wanted to share with you guys my happiness about doing something like this! I am genuinely excited !
Hope you guys liked the design haha.
Have a good start of the year everyone !!
G.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Hey Gabriel! That looks totally awesome! Having built your personal guitar is something really special. I Have a friend who wants to do that too but we’re cut too short on time and resources.
I hope you will review your custom guitar here

 

[Filip Tomiša]

That’s sick! Great friend you got there! It would be cool if he could add your signature on the head of the neck

 

[Dan Shipway]

I am still building one, 3 years later.

 

[Dominik Róg]

Nice one Gabriel!
I’ve started rebuilding an old one last October (Defil Jola 2, a polish guitar that was made like 30kms away from my hometown). So far removed the hardware and started removing old paint. I’ll keep y’all updated (maybe).

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

holy crap, that’s a dope look on your guitar. someone makes a guitar just for you as a birthday gift, you are one lucky person.
So much happy to see it. Thanks for sharing

 

[Kevin Kwasneski]

Kick ass!!! Building is a great way to learn how to repair as well and to really know the instrument inside and out.

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Thank you guys !
I am happy that you guys liked it!
My friend was kind enough to build it for me and help me to do the electronics and stuff.
Of course I am helping a little bit with the money for the parts ( pick ups, shield…). But I am very happy nevertheless.
@filip Yeah man ! I am currently doing some research on how to do custom watermarks for the headstock. I wat to put CORSO on it !
@dominik 1 and 2 haha.
Yes, it takes time and resources. I do agree.
But I am seeing it as a therapy and to learn new things about the instrument.
@Sayonil No worries, mate ! I will try to send as many pictures as I can. Maybe do a video as well on how this beast will sound haha.
@kevin for sure, buddy!! Thank you

 

[AGA]

What a cool gift! This is amazing! I’d also love to watch a your review of it when it’s ready!
I haven’t had a guitar costum built, but a friend of mine is a painter and I commissioned her to do an original painting on my guitar. I was inspired by Mark Tremonti, who got an artist called Joe Fenton to do the same on his PRS.

 

[Kevin Kwasneski]

Mark Tremonti is my guitar idol!!! Have you read the book that goes along with his Dying Machine album?

 

[AGA]

That’s awesome Kevin! No, I didn’t know he had a book out. :O

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Hello there!!
Here are some pictures of the process building the body.
– This is where it all begins
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– The wood is cut in half
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– Both parts are glued together in order to cut the guitar body afterwards
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I promise to keep you guys updated on this guitar haha.
These are some pictures I forgot I had taken.
Keep rocking everybody!!

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Some more pictures of the process!!
-After the two parts are glued together, it is time to make the marks on the wood.
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– We already have the models.
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– Get the wood OUTTA THERE!!
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– Before shaping the Stratocaster.
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G.

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Update 23/01/18
New shield arrived and the pick ups have been attached to it.
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Next step is doing the last holes to the body.
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And after that using this amazing paint to make the body look as I want!!
It was very hard to achieve fender’s lake placid blue color. So we had to improvise! But I think the color is pretty much ok.
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Hope you liked it guys!
Keep rocking!
G.

 

[Gabriel Corso]

We are almost there!
– doing the final touches on the wood!
Sanding, polishing, aligning the parts and electric cables to see if everything will work.
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– now we just painted it with the sealing ink to get the wood prepared for receiving the pre paint and the paint afterwards.
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Now we just wait!
We expect it to be done next Sunday!
I am very excited about it!
Take care guys !

 

[Gabriel Corso]

We are almost there guys!!
Letting the paint dry
Quase

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Letting the varnish dry
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This week I am going to post pictures of the guitar done!!
Hope you guys are enjoying the process!!
Take care

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Letting the varnish dry 2
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[Kevin Kwasneski]

They look awesome!!! Great job so far!

 

[The Raven]

I’ve always wanted to try my hand at building a guitar. My custom model I want to get is only $500 in hardware but I’m being quoted at over $2000-$3000 by most custom shops before I even add in my custom graphic requests.

 

[Gabriel Corso]

Thanks @kevin !! I am very excited for the final result.
We will assemble them on Monday afternoon.
@the raven yeah dude! It can be very expensive! But my friend just started doing this kinds of job, so i am helping him do his experiment haha.
And my guitar is also a gift from him.
If you want to share your design, be my guest!
Thanks again for the interest guys !!!!!
Best regards