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You are right. These designs are 100% the kids work. I stayed out of the way. thanks for your vote.

I started a thread last summer about a guitar design project that I was doing with my drafting class. Well the results are in. Things didn't go as planned but here are the designs that they come up with. each student completed and presented several Power Point presentations during the year on tone woods, parts of a guitar, guitar manufacturers, etc. Then i asked them to come up with their own design. And here they are. Please vote on the one you like best. Also, be kind these are high school students and most didn't know what end was up on a guitar before they started. Thanks. Please follow this link and vote for your favorite. I couldn't gt the scans uploaded, Photobucket is banned at the school.

I have been out of school for 20 years too. This is only my third year of teaching. Bit when I was a senior in high school I had music 3 classes a day, drafting 3 classes a day and English.

Thanks, Jaycee. I already have it. I have a couple of others as well. I am also going to have a couple of my buddies who have built guitars come in and work with my class.

I will be having my students register and become members of this site in a week or two. This project has really started to get support behind it. Thank you for providing a forum for my students.

Have you tried this site, http://www.guitarplansunlimited.com/ ? They sell plans and templates.

It is a bolt on neck.I will check Carvin out. Anywhere I can save money to spend on other parts is a plus. Thanks.

I am not sure where I am going to get my neck. I have a Chandler body that I bought back in 1991 that I am going to use. I slapped a Peavey neck on it then. It was a piece of crap neck. Any suggestions on where I can geta compatible neck? Or any information about about Chandler bodies.

Cool, I guess I just didn't read enough on the site.

I know this might seem like a stupid questions but when you buy a neck from Warmoth is it fretted? I am getting ready to build a bass and I don't want to have to build the neck.

I will be using AutoCAD and Inventor. I think because of funding I am only going to build one. We are going to have the other students,other teachers and a poll on here to decide on the final design.

You are dead on to what I as thinking. I had thought about the inlays last night. I might be getting a Fender Jazz bass neck off of Ebay. If I get it cheap enough I might be inclined to experiment on it.

I think I like the idea of a Marvel tribute guitar. Cap is my favorite but I also like Punisher, Daredevil.....I have I friend who might be able to do some air brushing for me. Or I could make mylar images and apply them.

I'm new to teaching, this is only my second year. I was in civil engineering and architecture for 15 years before I started teaching. Some days I really suck, it has been hard to find things to get the kids motivated and interested while I'm trying to figure teaching out. I think this guitar project is going to be a huge success if I can pull it off.

I'm undecided at this point. Any thoughts?