well this is my last year in school and in construction studies (wood work or what ever else it can be called) we get to make whatever we like. so i decided to be a bit different, instead of building tables and chairs like everyone else in my class i decided to make an electric guitar.

my reason for choosing an electric guitar was that it was easier but would still be a guitar at the end of the day. an acoustic guitar would requier the wood to be steamed and bent which takes a lot of time which i didnt have. so decided to make a guitar using hardwoods so the wood wouldnt chip and break easy and would look a lot nicer than softwoods.

im using oak(white) and mahogany(brown) for it and the fretboard is rosewood. so far its takin well over 3 months to get what i have done so far. its takin ages since i can only do it in school and i have to do everything myself, this is my first time making a guitar or anything this hard so its hard and im taking my time to get it right because the deadline was the start of april and thats long gone. the teacher let me break the rules and bring the guitar home over the weekend to get as much work as possible done so i decided to take a few pictures for the report.

as u can see i still have to cut out the body but other than that its pretty much done. ill have to wire up the pickups and of course put strings on which ill set up tomorow. so far im pretty happy with what i have done. the whole thing shape woods was a idea i didnt copy another guitar i saw i just took all the measurements from my fender strat at home.and if u look at the pictures you will see this guitar looks nothing like a strat. i know its a bit hard to see the shape of the body because its not vut out yet but this is it.

well what do ye guys think of it? keep in mind im 17 and have never made anything this difficult before