So now Lou has the electric bug again and has tasked me with designing and building him a solidbody electric. I made up several designs, and he chose the one that was the exact shape of his resonator. We immediately started gathering materials, and after some discussion about woods that are easy to "antique", I convinced him that oak is the way to go.
We made a trip to the local hardwood lumberyard last sunday, picked out some 6/4 red oak for the core, and a nice highly figured quartersawn red oak board to have resawn to bookmatch for the top and back. After we got back, we ordered some custom Lindy Frailin P-90s, and an Ebony fretboard. Been getting as much as I can done each day, almost ready to glue the top and back on. Here's some pics.
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| Milling out the core. Had to do a lot of it by hand, i need a bigger drill press. |
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| Marking off the hollow area so I can make an access panel for the electronics. |
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| weighs like 7 pounds less now. |
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| Ebony 25" scale, 12" radius |
Stay tuned for more updates.
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