boaty

Prostheta, sorry mate but I don't know what the ISS is or does!!! I however work on a British science base as part of the support crew. I drive boats for the marine scientists (when the sea isn't frozen) basically a glorified boatman!!! Thanks again for answering my questions, I've started the build, so far the body is cut I'm just waiting for dimensions for the pickups so i can router them in and then start shaping. In the mean time I'm trying to sum up the courage to begin the neck!!! The whole thing is going to be a combination of walnut and ash. I'm still undecided on what to use for the fretboard, I have walnut, ash, mahogany, beech or oak, which out of those do you think would be most suitable?

Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me with this, it's given me much to think about. Decided to abandon the stainless idea, with what I have available I think it would be unworkable. At the moment the plan is to replace the stainless with either ash or possibly beech. I'm going to have to order the rest of the parts in (machine heads, pick ups ect) but they won't get here till Oct/Nov so will try and do as much as possible in the mean time. Thanks again and I'm sure there will be more questions to come in the future!!!

I work on a remote scientific research station where i have access to a work shop and some limited supplies and thought that making a guitar as a project would keep me sane over winter (or put me over the edge, one of the two). I can get my hands on some Mahogany which i've found kicking around for the body and ash for the rest of it but i've also seen some stainless steel knocking about and thought it might be nice to inlay that, which got me thinking....."I haven't seen any guitars with stainless in them" and maybe thats for a reason? i.e it messes with the sound somehow? If anyone has any useful info about this it would be gratefully received. This is my first guitar build, still in the RnD stage at the moment!!!! Thanks