As Promised, here are results of my first inlay project, and first
guitar. I must confess, the guitar itself came from a Grizzly
Industrial Kit. It was my first and I had a lot of help from Mr.
Murphy (Murphy's Law).
I actually gave the guitar to a longtime friend of mine who coordinates
a music festival in North Carolina. He calls it Ulu Katu and used
a Sun logo each year for banner, t-shirts, ect. . .
The hardware for the guitar was not the best but the wood was great and
I think with better hardware it would be a great guitar for the
price. I replaced the headstock veneer with rosewood. (it
was some cheap-looking stuff).
Thanks for all the help I got with the inlay. As you can see, it turned out good enough for a first try.
Next project: Laminated Archtop Electric per Jim England's book
on building them. I have a 1963 6120 double cut-away. I
would like to build a '59-60 shaped Gretsch single-cut. Jim uses
a guitar to create a mold, but I don't have the guitar to make the body
mold. What can I do? Is there anywhere I can get archtop
dimensions for a '59 - '60's Gretsch? I've got dimensions
from Benedetto's book, but I think they're different. One option
seems to be to go to Guitar center, buy a new 6120., take it home and
get a mold and return it.
I don't want to do that.
