A couple of months ago I asked you folks for some guidance on building a guitar. After about a week of research I decided it was too much to do at the time. Another week went by and couldn't stop thinking about building one, so I jumped in with both feet anyway. Thanks to those of you who answered questions previously.
I'm probably nearing the halfway point and the guitar is starting to take on some shape, so I thought I post a progress report. The front of the body is curly maple and will receive a crimson red stain with the edges routed to reveal the natural color (thanks to Tom Pritchard for the maple). I plan to make a pickguard for the front out of birdseye maple to match the neck and head (natural of course). I bought the neck used from a good guitar shop locally (Stutzman's). The fretboard is rosewood, the back and head are BE maple...it's a licensed Fender neck from MightyMite for those interested in such things. The back of the body is mahogany and will be natural. The electronics are from a Squire Strat, and the hardware came from various vendors on Ebay. The basic shape is an original inspired from countless pics of others. I made a template for the body shape and routed it with a pattern bit (ok it took two tries for the template to get the shape I wanted ...) With any luck at all, there'll be a couple of pics below to show the current status.