Thanks (for making my build possible)! :)

[poro78]

Well, it's about time to post something on this forum also (I usually dwell at MLP).

I finished my lefty SG(ish) project a while ago and just wanted to say thank you to all you guys, as without the info I've gathered from this site I would been in big trouble finishing the project.

So, here's so pictures of the dirty and mean little rock machine.
(Made without powertools by a first timer who has never held a real SG in his hands before. )

And if you want to know how this came into life, here's a link to my build thread @MLP.

 

[Alex_SG]

Hi Poro and welcome. Very nice custom guitar you have there. It's beautiful! Hope you hang around with us SG lovin' wierdos a bit more often! HNGD!!!

 

[Mr. Happy]

Woah, that looks wicked!!

 

[Dorian]

Poro78 -- That is one amazing build thread. It was a big read, but I went though all of it, or at least I looked at all the pictures. A long time ago we watched a French member do a build with mostly hand tools, but yours might be the first SG build where everything was done by traditional methods. Congratulations.

I don't suppose you can guess the number of hours it all took? Is this something you might want to do again?

 

[smitty_p]

Poro, please, post a link to the build thread from MLP. I would love to look the thread. Very impressive to be done without power tools.

 

[poro78]

Hi Poro and welcome. Very nice custom guitar you have there. It's beautiful! Hope you hang around with us SG lovin' wierdos a bit more often! HNGD!!!

Thanks! I've been lurking here for a while, but I haven't had anything to say.

Woah, that looks wicked!!

That is really the reaction I wanted this guitar to have. Thanks!

Poro78 -- That is one amazing build thread. It was a big read, but I went though all of it, or at least I looked at all the pictures. A long time ago we watched a French member do a build with mostly hand tools, but yours might be the first SG build where everything was done by traditional methods. Congratulations.

I don't suppose you can guess the number of hours it all took? Is this something you might want to do again?

Thanks!
My inspiration was MLP member called Barnaby. I had abandoned my build for about year and a half because I had no space or power tools, but then I read his build threads and thought that I too can build without power tools and a decent workshop.

It took me about 6 months, I did it about 1-2 hours daily so I guess it took about 300 hours. The inlays took most of the time, I think I spent almost a month making them.
I'll be building some more, with traditional tools of course (well, I might get a Dremel tool for inlays)... My friend wants me to build a guitar for him and I guess that project starts in December.
Of course I'm itching to build LP also, but I have to get couple more builds before I'll build something with carved top. :)
(SG Diablo would be nice also... some day. )

Poro, please, post a link to the build thread from MLP. I would love to look the thread. Very impressive to be done without power tools.

The link was linked in my first post, but here it is again: CLICK ME :)

 

[smitty_p]

The link was linked in my first post, but here it is again: CLICK ME :)

Ahh, so it was! My mistake...sorry!

 

[Biddlin]

The human touch

Tervetuloa, poro78 . Erinomaisia. Onnittelut ja parhainta onnea. Tuhat kiitos teidän kannustava työstä. Biddlin ;>)/ (jet-powered reindeer?)

 

[poro78]

Kiitos!
Finnish language is really nasty for those translators, but message came through.

(And not jet-powered, just plain regular reindeer. )

 

[oldrockfan]

Poro, really cool guitar and impressive to make that without the help of power tools. Also cool to see you are from Finland... I'm 50% finnish too!

 

[SG John]

That came out real nice. There's something almost fiendish with the headstock. Love it!