
JCH
El Nacho
It's almost done. I'll wind a pickup for it today, and string it up. This is my first build that is this involved. I've made others, but they were all bolt-on necks. I glued the blanks for the body, and neck several months ago. I was pretty busy racing all summer, and didn't have much time for projects, so I really didn't start until a few weeks ago. I wasn't trying to create the ultimate guitar on this build, but rather hone my skills, and set up the needed tooling. I've always liked Juniors, and I didn't own a P90 guitar so here it is. The body is two piece curly maple, and the neck is 4 piece laminated 1/4 sawn Honduran mahogany with a rosewood board. I debated with myself what seemed like forever on how to treat the bridge, and ended up with it strung through the body behind a T-O-M. The tuners are recycled vintage 18:1 full size grovers. Medium frets 12" radius. I'll know by tonight whether I built a stud, or a dud. Wish me luck.