I’ve only ever owned 25.5” scale guitars, I tried to play as SG copy that had a shorter scale length and simply couldn’t play anything well at all, felt very alien everything being that little bit out...

24.75" scale length is indeed easier for bending. Same strings feel less stiff then a 25.5" scale length. I guess 25" is a good compromise and probably the shortest scale length to allow for 24 frets...

Interesting you talk about scale length and which to choose. I am in the process of starting another build and also changing the scale length. My previous build was a 24.75 scale (Gibson Les Paul ...e...

A couple of months ago , I started drawing a body shape that I liked on a piece of scrap paper. Attachment : IMG_20210321_170221071.jpg I quite liked the idea and decided to start working out s...

@Boo that looks amazing! Awesome job

Wow. That is looking fantastic. Almost makes me want to make an electric guitar...... almost. 🙂

A few more pics of the first coat of Tru Oil. Attachment : 162C8A89-6E32-4705-A189-D0CAA391B9FD.jpeg Attachment : 2100BAF1-C13B-408B-8FEE-A553490AF2CA.jpeg Attachment : 5F4E1ACB-B6E...

Now for the first coat of Tru Oil. It’s starting to come alive. Attachment : CC468FE3-846A-4DE5-9B8D-CD7675EBCF1C.jpeg Attachment : D1982524-0321-4E6A-A428-615B28F15A88.jpeg Attachme...

Very inspired design @boo. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Here are the countersinks in the edges. Attachment : AFDA046D-DB99-4079-8C54-49C65268C773.jpeg Attachment : C3E82B27-1EEE-490F-B828-0B06FE59BC76.jpeg Attachment : 60F6ECE2-67DE-453B...

Time for some decorative screws, stainless steel. I used pan head on the top and countersink on the edges. I’ve now removed them all whilst I stain the body. Attachment : 281A60B3-B49D-4C27-B532-...

Belly carve. Attachment : 50B615DD-249C-4AB8-BEFC-4C6AA0951A89.jpeg Attachment : C262E991-4962-412C-BD95-FB3F21A74CCF.jpeg Attachment : E47FB607-68C2-4EE7-935E-7DD37B87ADBB.jpeg ...

Loving watching this come to life @boo. 👍 🙂🎶🙏🎸

Drilling day. Jack input socket and pickup wiring holes. Carving day tomorrow. Attachment : 8DC0E125-AB68-4B08-A320-2FD55275149E.jpeg Attachment : 86C60892-3222-47BF-97B5-4D4A27D91F48.jpeg...

I cleaned it all off with some spirit wipe, it looks pretty nice. Next I’ll add a little dye and sand it back. Attachment : 9D833517-C0B5-4678-9DC2-1002A42D63D8.jpeg Attachment : D23A4E2A-1...

A bit of belt sanding to remove the excess epoxy. Attachment : 2F523059-67A1-4900-827F-E072E52D923B.jpeg Attachment : 3449F23B-A84D-4478-B0A3-32628F85678B.jpeg Attachment : E31CE505...

Just pour it in will ya! OK 👍 Attachment : BAB0EFBA-6558-42BF-8843-CB9FD56E814E.jpeg Attachment : B16EE5E5-C807-411D-91D6-B3466E44AF51.jpeg Attachment : 3A54F4A8-7691-49C3-9...

Mixing some colours, blue and green. 💙🌎💚 Attachment : 536F8DED-0BBA-40F0-A520-3636CDA4EB7B.jpeg Attachment : 1A836BC2-7234-4264-ABB1-830A0C65DE55.jpeg Attachme...

Special masking tape to help contain the epoxy resin. Attachment : 9C03B6C0-E5B0-41DF-B705-F5C2D7A9DAC8.jpeg Attachment : D1A450E1-3583-4CD6-B606-CE5686630C8D.jpeg Attachment : A994...

Time for some fun. Attachment : CA589557-0313-4418-BF61-836AE054105E.jpeg Attachment : E7E0E121-CA97-46A5-8BB3-A01EC0C27EC5.jpeg