ragman

What do you mean with a t.o.m, Westhemann?

I am from Aachen in the west of germany.

The templates are a chipboard, that you can sand easily. The sqare hole in the neck was just sawn off. Now it is a straight bottom. I have considered both possibilities. I will not angle the neck but recess the bridge, because i like those neck constellation and it is easier to build. You are right, skibum5554. Because I spent a long time on choosing the woods, I am going to give it a clear finish, or at least a trasparent finish with a litle colour touch like brown or red. I will test the finishes later.

If you are interrested: Here is a comparison to the original gibson shape of the explorer. The white paper templates show my explorer shaping, which i have designed. How do you like it?

At the End the guitar could look like this:

Hi,

i am from germany, so please do not laugh about my english.

Its my first attempt at building an intrument. I decided to post some pictures of the progress. I will update it weekly. I hope you will enjoy it.

I like James Hetfield´s Ken Lawrence explorer, so my guitar is a replica of it. Here is a cad drawing of it.

This is a piece of Sipo Mahogany. I will use it for the body.

My friend made a chalk drawing of the body, so we can saw it broadly with the pad saw.

Here are the selfmade templates, which we need for the shaping.

Shaping the body...

Here you can see how the guitar will look after glueing. It will be a neck through construction. The neck is a Jatoba one piece and the body is mahogany. The fingerboard is brasilian rosewood. The Head will also be made of mahogany. Next week.

greets from germany