First post: Guitar

Before I head to Hay River, my first post will be about the guitar I just completed over the summer. It took way longer than expected, but I'm quite happy with the final result. I designed an built the pickups and the body, and the neck was an Allparts purchase. This was a really enjoyable project, but I heartily caution anyone that plans to do the same. If you want to create a guitar that looks good and is playable, this process will take ages. I was fortunate enough to not have a day job while working on this, but I definitely felt some time constraints.

Bonus for those of you who play electric guitar: The volume knob is also a push/pull switch. In one position is taps the coils normally (HSH) but on the other it grounds one of the coils in each humbucker, giving an SSS setup. I thought that was kinda neat :)

Anyway, just wanted to share a few process shots and get the blog going. Hopefully this will be a way for me to give you my thoughts on my experiences in Hay River, NWT. I'm really looking forward to it, but I still have a few things left to do (everyone but me saw that one coming...). I wish I had the time to make a "how to" on guitar building. There's a few resources, but it's would be nice to contribute a new perspective. Ask me about it sometime!

P.S. Kudos to EB for advice on using multiple lighting sources and neutral backgrounds. See, I'm learning (albeit slowly...)