Would you share your evolution as a builder?

[mistermikev]

just thought it'd be cool to have a thread where we try to show our evolution(s) from first build to most recent?  I know many have done so many they can't show them all... but perhaps just some?  1 pic for each build, one reply for each member... only evolutions?  Perhaps no comments... if we need we can do a comment thread but I'd kind of like to just keep this thread as pics... and be able to see some of your evolutions?  Please play along!

 

the last partscaster I built (2018?):

 

my first scratch build (2018)

 

my very first 6 string scratch build (2018)

my first/second strat build "sweet spot blonde" (2019)

 

my first/second strat build "sweet spot blue" 2019

 

my first tele build (2019)

 

I built three teles sort of concurrently... but I think I finished this one second? (2019)

 

my first baritone build (2019):

 

first build for a friend!  (2021)

 

my most recent:

[Bizman62]

My first one, from scratch

A new body to an existing neck:

Second full build, neck through:

Third full build, neck through:

Fourth, neck through with a top:

Fifth, the latest one:

[RVA]

First guitar that needing sanding and finishing

 

First guitar that needed routing in addition to finishing. There were about 4 of these until I tried my first scratch build

 

My first scratch build

 

My first dyed finish

 

This was done simultaneously with the purple tele above, so I might as well post it!!

 

And as you all know, my first non-tele build is in progress