Queensland maple build

**Deano** · 26th August 2007, 07:07 PM

G'day guys.
I'm new to this forum, and to the world of lutherie. Recently I started my third build and its coming on great...This build is for my VCE Design & Technology subject, with only three weeks remaining. Here are a few pics.
Oh, before I start, Thanks to Oz tradie, a top bloke, who has really helped alot.

I started with this:
A Gidgee fretboard, Queensland maple body and neck.

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3...abfrettoo1.jpg

I used walnut to veneer the neck, and a figured blackwood veneer to cover the head stock. At first this neck was coming on great, until a faulty router bit at school broke and ripped it to shreds. Yes, a poor workman does blame his tools...
So I made a quick call to ALS and ordered a new one. This has put me a week behind with only three more weeks to go!.
Below is the neck pre being ripped to shreds.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9...galmostjk4.jpg

A big jump forward, and this what im up to now.
The neck is finished, and he body is carved. All thats left to do is route neck pocket and pickup cavities.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/812...rddone2rw0.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8...redtop2zt6.jpg

Thats all for now...
Ill post a few more pics this week.
Thanks for looking.

Deano

**old_picker** · 26th August 2007, 07:39 PM

welcome aboard deano
how about pics of your other builds??
this one looks as though its coming on pretty good -

what pickups you using??

**Deano** · 26th August 2007, 10:27 PM

I'm getting a set of hand wound pickups by a guy called Mike Brierly.
There cheap and awesome!.
When I get some time, Ill post more pics.

**old_picker** · 27th August 2007, 12:45 AM

any more info on the guy making ur pickups?
cant find him on the web

**RichardBM** · 27th August 2007, 03:29 AM

Here ya go

BRIERLEY GUITAR PICKUPS

[email protected].

**dayvo** · 27th August 2007, 12:57 PM

Ive just finished installing these little beauties I got from Mike

**old_picker** · 27th August 2007, 06:45 PM

cmon man what do they sound like???

are they vintage? hot? bright? thick?

**bricks** · 27th August 2007, 06:51 PM

How much are they?

**Deano** · 27th August 2007, 11:35 PM

Not to sure on the price.
But they are cheap, as for tone read here : http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=6610.0
I might add, he makes the hottest, Tele pickups going around! In fact they are ridiculously good!.

Here are a few up dates!...

I routed the neck pocket out, it fits nice and snug..
also started a few more bits and pieces, post more picks soon!... .

Cheers.

**contrebasse** · 28th August 2007, 12:47 AM

Man, I was looking and looking at that pic, thinking "but that just looks like a piece of plywood! Why did he choose wood with a dirty great knot in it???

Ahhhhhh. I've never seen qld maple before, obviously!

**dayvo** · 29th August 2007, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by old_picker

cmon man what do they sound like???

are they vintage? hot? bright? thick?

Deano, sorry for stealing your thread

Mick made me these to my specs
Bridge: 14.5k with an A5 magnet
Neck: 7.4k with an A2 magent
They sound great, although I still have to play around with the wiring
I did the Jimmy Page schematics and have to iron out a couple of bugs
I supplied the covers and gold pole pieces
They cost me $230 for the pair
Whats also handy is that Mick lives about 1km down the road from me

dayvo

**Deano** · 29th August 2007, 04:33 PM

Thats fine Dayvo!!.
contrebasse "but that just looks like a piece of plywood! Why did he choose wood with a dirty great knot in it"
Thats because it is a big piece of dirty plywood with a knot in it!. .
The Queensland maple is the slab sitting bellow the ply wood body jig

**AwDeOh** · 31st August 2007, 09:20 PM

Sorry to join the hijacking side, but while we're looking at a nice example of QLD Maple, how does it stack up against American/Canadian maple that'd you'd see in big name guitars, for strength and tone?

**RGM** · 31st August 2007, 09:23 PM

Stable, but sounds nothing like American Maple, as it isn't actually related. It sounds more like Mahogany.

**oz tradie** · 1st September 2007, 11:10 AM

As RG said, but lot brighter sounding.

I reckon it sits in the register between Mahogany and alder.
Whereas blackwood is truly closer to what you'll get with mahogany.

cheers, Stu

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