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Firebird pickups would be ace on this and +1 for a hockey head
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Fwiw, I think the simple pointed headstock looks the part with the slightly modernized offset body shape.
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That looks great - look forward to seeing it underway. Body shape looks spot on to me.
When you come to building, I don't know how experienced you are with routing / carpentry so apologies if this sounds patronising.
As well as the body templates I really recommend building router jigs or supports for every rout you do - never 'freehand' anything and try to avoid any steps where you're running the router on the body and it's only supported by you.
It's really easy for the router to drift slightly off vertical, especially around the horns where there's not much support for the router base.If you've got space / interest, you can get a cheapo pillar drill (£50ish) and robosander (£20ish) to use instead of the router for the body - it's slow and dusty but safer and quieter, I much prefer doing it that way!
Edit: for arm / belly cuts, grab yourself a Shinto saw rasp - they're amazing, you'll start using them for all sorts of tasks.
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Had a bunch of 2"x4"s delivered to build a workbench, I've cleared an area in the garage, bought a router... I might actually have to start building this thing soon.
Here's the concept for my 12-string, as it stands. I know there are lots of design professionals here, and people with useful experience of building guitars - so constructive criticism of any design elements would be genuinely welcome, before I immortalise it in swamp ash.
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