On the workbench sits a work-in-progress offset solid-body electric guitar, with a painted light blue body, and an all maple neck. There are now electronics, but you can see copper tape in all the cavities in the body for them. There is a carbon-fibre printed bridge and strings are installed.

    Hästen

    • Body: Ultra-light Swamp Ash
    • Neck: Birds-eye Maple
    • Fretboard: Birds-eye Maple
  • Scale length: 24"
  • Neck Pickup: House of Tone TruPAF Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup: House of Tone TruPAF Humbucker
  • Hardware: GOTOH tuners, custom 3D-printed bridge
  • Wiring: 4-position rotary to give series and parallel configurations in addition to individual pickup access.

Hästen is a hold over from phase-one, when I was building Mustang style guitars for commissions. This build got delayed, so will now be a phase-two build, using a custom 3D-printed bridge and other parts that are hallmarks of the phase-two builds. This guitar’s design is also a nod to the blackguard telecaster design, the first mass-produced solid body electric guitar.

Gallery

Both the neck and the body sit together, looking like an actual guitar, albeit one that hasn't been painted, or has any other parts added to it.
The neck is still clamped to the trestle, and you can see that where before it had a square profile, it now has two 45 degreeish facets cut down the length of it. On the floor under the trestle is a lot of wood-dust.
A view of the side of the neck after I've filed down the fret ends, showing they are flush with the side of the neck. You can also see the dot inlays, made from a similar material, are also flush too.
A photo of the inside of the spray-booth, with the Mustang-style guitar body mounted on a stand by a stcik mounted in the neck-pocket of the body, to make it easier to spray. On the wall is mounted a spray-gun with a chamber of blue paint.
A photo of the two guitar bodies mounted on the wall to let the first coat dry off a bit. The mustang style one that was white in earlier photos is now a light blue, and the other still looks black as before.
An unfinished birds-eye maple guitar neck sits on a workbench, surrounded by sanding pads, a cloth and a bottle of oil.
A photo of an offset-style guitar body on the workbench, painted a pale blue colour. Next to it sits a sanding pad, some scissors, and a roll of kitchen-roll.
On the workbench sits a work-in-progress guitar, with just the painted-body and neck in position. The body is in the style of a Fender Mustang offset guitar and is painted a pale blue, and the neck is made from birds-eye maple and finished in oil.
A photo of the guitar body on the workbench, still looking a pale blue colour, and it is surrounded by sanding pads that have blue stain on them, and a bottle of the abrasive compound can be seen to one side.
A photo of the guitar on the workbench again, only now despite the lack of pick-guard and electronics still, there are strings installed.
A close up photo of the headstock of the guitar, showing the brids-eye maple in detail. You can see the tuners, the nut and the two strings trees (along with the strings). Laser etched into the headstock is 'M W Dales' and 'Hästen'. Next to the headstock on the workbench are a set of tiny files for cutting slots into the nut.

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