Travel Guitar Project
| I wanted a guitar with a full-size neck that was small enough to take anywhere. I made the guitar from leftover mahogany pieces that were not big enough to build full-size guitars from. Here's a pic of the blank headstock: |  |
 | Here is a pic of the Honduran mahogany neck-thru neck with the ebony fretboard glued on. |
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Here is a pic of the headstock from the end showing the end of the 2-way truss rod. I use 2-way rods on all my guitars now. You can also see that I have cut out the headstock, and marked the holes for the machine heads. The cap is black walnut. |  |
 | I have the "wings" glued on. They are Philippine Mahogany, which isn't really a Mahogany at all. It's a different species. |
| Here is a shot of the headstock nearly done. A trick for drilling the holes for the tuners is to rest the headstock on a piece of scrapwood so you don't split the wood when drilling through. |  |
 | Here a pic of my template for routing humbuckers. It's made from 1/2" MDF. It's bigger than the hole because I'm using a guide bushing on the router. |
| Here's the pickup cavity after routing. The holes are for the strings to rout through the body. The hole at the top is for the master volume control. |  |
 | The control cavity routed. |
| In this pic, I have the neck taped while I'm working on the frets. |  |
 | Here is the back of the guitar before finishing. |
| Here is the guitar ready for sealer. Neck is taped off. It's general practice not to seal the fretboard unless it's maple, which can turn dark. |  |
 | Here is the guitar while it's being finished. I use 4-6 coats of polyurethane spray. Polyurethane has a very obnoxious smell, but it still smells better than lacquer, and the fumes are not quite as bad. It's really personal preference as to which you want to use. |