guitar in a box

well received my Cocobolo wood today 40 lbs worth, This will turn into hopefully something beautiful... 2.5 - 3 inches hollowed out body, I excpect a ton of sawdust, will have my eyegear and breathing mask ready to go, one time I did not cover my face and I had a crapload of brown sawdust in my nose, ears, all over, that was a nightmare:shock:

I'm likin it already

Neat design, can't wait to see this one progress.

Nice work bench.

here are the front and back pieces glued, great looking patterns

another day, 4-5 hours of jigsawing and routing and cleaning up, this wood is so hard, that i probably needed a bandsaw to do this , I cut each one to approx size and then routed the top and bottom to approx 1/4 inch, so much saw dust it was crazy
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mvpgretsch/0073.jpg
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bought the paddle neck on ebay and this is what it looks like now came out pretty good

I like the "smurf hat" headstock

I like the "Mando" style scroll on the bout! Goes nice with the headstock!

started sanding with 40 grit, to really get the sides even on the body, its starting to look nice..

getting there, put on some Tung oil and then will steel wool and put on another coat in 24 hours

moving along, :razz:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mvpgretsch/030.jpg
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Took a while but here it is, it plays so nice even I am surprised:shock:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/mvpgretsch/my%20guitars/DSC05164.jpg
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see it in action
http://www.youtube.com/user/blrproject#p/a/u/0/4DNrhT_hwzI
http://www.youtube.com/user/blrproject?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/-Y4sk9DrxfE

I like it!!

Cool looking guitar!!!

it's really thick eh? how is it without being plugged in?

it's really thick eh? how is it without being plugged in?

its as wide as a Gretsch falcon but alot smaller in size, not as heavy as I thought...

Thats funky, I like it