http://austin.craigslist.org/msg/451090713.html

"Want to make an electric Guitar I can show you how and Cut all the parts for you on a CNC Router"

This sure seems interesting as I've always wanted a singlecut Rickenbacker 5-string with a little more neck angle and headstock angle. I've sent him an email but as I don't have a shop or any of the know how beyond what I like and years of playing/owning different basses I don't know what to expect.

Hmm... sort of a strange but interesting post (and right in my backyard, too). What exactly is he offering? Free advice? Design/fabrication work for money? Something else? The ad is very vague.

Anyway, I've had a few ideas that are very much CNC territory, but right now nothing I'm working on requires anything like that. I'd be interested to hear what you find out from him, though.

Well he hasn't replied yet but I will certainly update

I clicked on the link, and I get a response that says "this posting has been deleted by its author". Did anyone else see this?

Here's what I got:

Hello

I ran that Ad thinking I would get 2 or 3 people interested

I got 23 responses back I removed it this morning I was just looking to make some extra money with the router and help pay for it I don’t know that much about a bass but I can help you a little here is a run down of about what it would cost except for the electronics



You design the shape (Free) your first one just copy a shape that is already out there or make up your own its fun to experiment with sound and shape most people think its just the pickups but its not



I put it in CAD and Program the machine 200.00

The body blanks coast about 125.00 to 150.00 (Top of the Line Wood)

The neck blanks coast about 50.00 to 100.0 (Top of the Line Wood)

The machine is 25.00 an hour with most body’s taking about 3 to 5 hours

A 60.00 set-up fee



If you have never done one before check out

http://www.internationalluthiers.com/ you can buy all the parts from them already cut and just assemble the Bass



Thanks

Ryan




So he's quoting $510 to $635

sounds nice! cool for those that run for cheap but good quality copy's.
So basicly for 635$ u get a bass guitar without the metal? pickups, machine heads, bridge, etc etc...
I think its to much.. i payed about 350$ to a luthier just for the work, and he is building handmade instruments...

No it's not that much for the bare bass, it's that much for the woods cut. I don't see any comments about gluing the woods together, installing a truss rod or frets. Anyone can screw on a bridge or machine heads (assuming the bridge is in the right place and that it doesn't require more mounting) but gluing it together and shaping it, installing a truss rod and fretting it are beyond my skills and abilities (I have no shop to work in even if I had the skills). For the money he's asking you could order parts from Warmoth so the benefit here would be if you wanted something exotic, such as my ongoing desire for a Rickenbacker singlecut 5 string. That desire, however, does not extend to the $510+ for a few pieces of cut wood. Now if I had a line on some good woods and programmed the CAD myself the cost would be more in line with parts that could then be taken to a luthier for gluing, shaping, truss rodding and fret installation. I could see a project of this magnitude taking 1000-1500 to finish and having less resale value than a Warmoth.

I could be wrong here.

I have a friend that will do all that fr me for free. Although I am just getting him to cut the body.

lowsound