So I am putting together a LP style guitar for a good friend of mine who is going through a messy divorce. The divorce bit started after this project began. The original name for this guitar was the "Shred Paul" and now it will end up being either "The Ex-Wife" or "The Harpy".
Short story long, I was explaining the toxicity of some of the wood to my friend and he says to me: "So what you're telling me is that the maple can affect your lungs, the wenge can cause sepsis if I get a splinter, if you do not ground it correctly I can be electrocuted, and the finishing is hazardous as well. It reminds me of *'STBEW'"
* - Acronym for "Soon To Be Ex Wife". He pronounces it stooboo.
Specs:
Neck: Wenge/maple 3 piece lam
Allparts truss rod
24 Fret
FB: Ebony with custom inlay. Dots on side only.
Back: Wenge
Top: Flamed maple
PU's: SD Pearly Gates
Tuners: Schaller
Bridge: TOM
Hardware color: Black
Plans:
Neck blank progression:
Body progression:
Screwed up on my wiring channel. May have to open up more of the control cavity to allow wiring to feed to all pots.
Before anyone says anything, more clamps were eventually added. Yes, they really are needed.
Templates for carve. I really hate mdf. The dust makes me itch even thinking about it.
Ready to plane the neck and pickup planes. Need to build a jig.