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| My handbuilt Explorer; The shape everyone wants... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: January 1, 2007, 4:48 pm (2,193 Views) | |
| Metfuk | January 1, 2007, 4:48 pm Post #1 |
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Don't Tread On Me
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In the entire month of December I have worked daily on my own Explorer guitar, at the guitarshop. Because I was/am low on money, I tried to build one as cheap as possible. The idea was to make an Explorer that looked close to James' ones but smaller. I'm not the biggest guy myself so I used the Gibson Explorer PRO as an example. They are 90% of the original Explorers size. For the headstock I wanted to try the more modern ESP style. To all you people who want to build a guitar themselves: It's a big fun but don't push yourself. IMO, when building an instrument, pressure is never a good thing. You will fuck it up or you just don't feel comfortable. The neck is definitely the most work. It takes ages to get the rounded profile right. Then, after all was done, I had to spray paint it. It took me 2 weeks. It wasn't very fun to do. But it was either this (a 40 euro job myself) or a 300+ euro professional job. Well, and since I wanted the project to stay cheap I wanted to do it myself. The results are fine. Here are the specs: Colour: Classic White Neck: 2 piece Mahogany with angled headstock Fingerboard: Rosewood Body: Plywood (but I got it for free!)22 standard sized Frets Black hardware by Boston Duncan SH-10 Full Shred humbucker 1 Volume Bolt-on construction Costs: Whole guitar WITHOUT humbucker and WITHOUT finish: € 175 ($ 230) Colour and Finish: € 40 ($ 52) Humbucker: € 78 ($ 102) I pulled the humbucker out of an other guitar so I shouldn't count it in the costs since I already had it. so the total costs are: € 215 ($ 283) It plays absolutely great! And it sounds quite loud when unplugged. Although through an amp, it lacks low end (which is to be expected from plywood). But it is still an interesting CHEAP guitar! PICS!! ![]() ![]() ![]() The headstock with my own 'Van Hanegem Guitars' logo! (it's my last name) ![]() Together with my Gibson EX... ![]() Feel free to give your opinion!!
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| St.Anne | January 1, 2007, 4:52 pm Post #2 |
Lady Writer
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jesus max! You worked on that? it looks amazing! I alrady love explorers so every time I see one it's 'drool' already I love it...great job! |
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| R@quel | January 1, 2007, 5:38 pm Post #3 |
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I <3 Mike Holmes
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Super nice! You did a great job! |
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| Metfuk | January 1, 2007, 5:41 pm Post #4 |
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Thanks girls!
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| !AintMyBitch! | January 1, 2007, 6:29 pm Post #5 |
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Poor Twisted Me
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Wow, nice job! And classic white just makes it look fantastic.
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| HammerofJustice | January 1, 2007, 7:45 pm Post #6 |
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Bad Religion
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Make me one please
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| !AintMyBitch! | January 1, 2007, 8:25 pm Post #7 |
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Poor Twisted Me
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Haha yeah me too!
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| TakeNoPrisoners | January 2, 2007, 4:20 am Post #8 |
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Metal Crüe- Evil Thrill
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Awesome job man. It looks great. You should think about the advertisement idea.
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| Dominique | January 2, 2007, 7:24 am Post #9 |
...and Domi for all
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Hahah, exactly the same reaction here I'm totally impressed, you did great job!
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| Metfuk | January 2, 2007, 8:46 am Post #10 |
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Don't Tread On Me
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Thanks all of you! Of course I can make one for you if you want one. If you PAY me, haha!
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| HammerofJustice | January 2, 2007, 9:17 am Post #11 |
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Bad Religion
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Sounds good to me,So how much do you want for it, just the price you said or something else? :horns2
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| Simone | January 3, 2007, 1:47 pm Post #12 |
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Mistress of Puppets
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WO!!!!!! great job,Max!!!! I'm...*drool* it's awesome!!!!!! You should open your own guitar shop!!! Max VanHanegem's "Reparing Guitars Shop"
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| Krik | January 12, 2007, 12:14 pm Post #13 |
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Poor Twisted Me
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GREAAAAAAT |
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| The Philosopher | January 16, 2007, 5:30 pm Post #14 |
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Bad Seed
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Cool explorers :horns2 |
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| PapaHet_Addict | July 5, 2009, 2:42 am Post #15 |
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Frantic
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That is nice! |
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