Delfinen is a 24" scale offset guitar, inspired by the 60s style of surf guitar but with a modern feel to it. I wanted to build a guitar that would stand out from the crowd visually, whilst being inspiring to play physically.

This guitar is an evolution of the corvette build: where that was designed to be metal inspired, Delfinen is a more refined take on that short-scale offset vibe. Despite the surf inspiration, the two House of Tone really give this guitar a great rock voice.

Gallery

A photo of the front of the guitar body on the workbench, with the front now totally stained a rich orange again.
A photo of a workbench, atop of which is the orange stained body with its in-place binding, next to which sits the associated maple and rosewood neck, and next to which is a mug of tea.
A work in progress guitar sits on the workbench: it has a orange stained swamp-ash body with pockets cut for humbucker sized pickups, it has a maple neck, with a rosewood fretboard and 22 frets. The body shape is a slightly pointy offset style.
A photo of the same shot as the last photo, only now the 2mm hole is much wider, and there is wood dust all around it.
An after shot of the guitar body, showing a clean white line now exists between the face of the guitar and the side of the body, both of which are stained a dark orange.
A mostly assembled guitar sits on the workbench! It is missing all the electronics, but otherwise looks like a guitar. Importantly it has strings on it!
A rear view of the of the same guitar on the workbench. Here you can see that the neck is held on with four individual ferrules rather than the more traditional neck plate, we have the single string-ferrule block rather than individual string ferrules, and we have the two white acrylic covers in place that match the binding.
The guitar mostly assembled guitar again, this time stood in a guitar stand on the workbench.
A photo of a guitar sat on a workshop bench. The guitar is an offset style guitar, with an orange stained natural wood finish, with white plastic binding around the edge. It has two humbucker pickups, and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard.
A photo of a bearded luthier standing in a workshop holding an orange offset electric guitar.

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