[Free Model #4] paperguitar.com R330/340

Wendigo

New Member
Ok, let's put my skills to the test!

I've chosen the R330/340 model from http://www.paperguitar.com because
I want to modify it into a R360 and it seems to me that these models are similar. Why R360 - R.E.M.'s guitarist Peter Buck had one of those (on 09.09 that guitar was stolen after the band performed at Helsinki) and that's the aim for my model.

First the recoloring:
 

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Toddlea

Member
I'm glad to see someone is doing one of these. I have built one myself and they fit great. Don't forget to post your build in the Free Model #4 thread. Good Luck!
 

Wendigo

New Member
Building will follow the instructions steps.

Step 1
Joining the two body sides and then glued them to Body back (A)
!look at all these tabs :eek:ops:!
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Step 2
Parts 1-6 attached to Body Back (A). Since the interior is partly visible, part 3 has a wood pattern on the inside. Also, I added a part with the same texture on the bottom.
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Wendigo

New Member
The tinny parts

Step 4: Pickups, knobs and the bridge

Those knobs were tedious for me!
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Step 5: Pickguards

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Wendigo

New Member
Step 6: assembling the body top (c) and back(c) parts

The top
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The back
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Step 7: The neck

A test of one of the tuning keys - the cylinder is not yet glued on that axle!
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Wendigo

New Member
Continuing the neck

Somehow at that time I haven't understood the instructions quite clearly so I folded the paper in a wrong way but now it's not visible because I corrected that. The part right beneath the frets is reinforced with 1mm thick cardboard so that I could shape it easily.

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Here are the tuning keys: the test one completed and the rest of the parts:

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Wendigo

New Member
It's done...

Tuning keys attached to the headstock

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Pickguard, bridge, pickups, knorbs, a switch and the strings

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The headstock revisited

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Wendigo

New Member
The back and the neckjoint:

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Here I wanted to get a picture of the wobbly strings:curse: but couldn't get the focus right:eek:ops:

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The model with the guitar stand...

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... and inside a display case

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Elliott

Senior Member
Very nice Wendigo!! Great build of an unusual subject (at least here). Thanks for an interesting thread. Good luck in the contest.
 
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