I've decided I'm in.
Time will - as ever - be my main challenge, but it'll be a good incentive to get out to the workshop and *DO SOMETHING*.
I'm going to make a guitar (because, obviously, I don't have enough of those already). I'm going to build it around this ...
... which is a rather nice gold-fretted, solid Ebony neck, made by the genius who posts here under the disguise of
@GSPBASSES
I'll make a guitar body of some shape, and some timber, depending on what I find in the workshop (I have plenty of choice) and what I feel like making. That neck is TC spec, which is going to influence my choice of body design.
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Well, well, well, a pair of Scrapyard Dogs, in black nickel with gold pole pieces.
Handy! I sense a colour scheme emerging.
And some other useful bits from the cupboard of things-that-will-come-in-handy-one-day
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Just ordered the few bits that I didn't find in my workshop cupboard of things-that-will-come-in-handy-one-day. Not that I'll need any of them until I'm rushing to finish the build about 3 days before the challenge ends!
1. Found a piece of timber
45mm thick piece of Ash. And I don't even need to joint it! Had this plank for ages.
2. Designed a design
It's a TeleHawk.
3. Did some cutting.
I might get to do some more work on it next month.
I thought I was almost finished
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Blueshawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Nighthawk
I may have to write to my MP….
Erm, oops!
:P
I really should finish it…
That bit & jig have been so useful through the years!
A few passes with the router, front & back, and I've got a nice flat front & back.
Still pondering whether to do a small carve on the top, and/or whether to cavity it (from the back).
I want to keep that ^^ as the top - don't want to hide that grain pattern under a cap, plus I'm hoping the nice open Ash grain is going to work well with the finish that I have in mind.
I've got some offcut from the plank that I might try to slice into 4 pieces and then joint to make a "cap" for the back. If that works out OK, then I could have a part-hollow body, routered out from the back.
Hmmmmmm .....