Hopefully I can get this posted before the sunspots flare up again.
Finished this one up a little while ago.
The body is built up from four sections of 2x4 maple rafters from an old barn.
The pickguard is hammered aluminum, and as you can see, I need to modify it a bit to get the pickups better in line with the strings. Not sure how that happened, but shouldn't be too hard to fix.
I did the "sunburst" shading with a propane torch, which really works nice on maple.
Had to go back and fill the gaps where the glue joints started opening up, but I didn't want it to look seamless anyway.
Hipshot grip-lok tuners, and headstock veneer sliced off another section of rafter.
The neck is soft maple, with a persimmon fretboard.
Hipshot trem, which took a bit of futzing to get right, as it's the first time I've use a fulcrum unit.
I recessed it a little bit, and I need to go back and darken up the recess.