The end is here

6-1-21

That’s it! She is basically complete, or as complete as she is getting while in my hands. I’ve named her Dora since she is not your average explorer. The Lacquer gave me a bit of a headache on the front side but I managed to keep it under control.

I discovered that the bridge needs grounding, meaning I had to drill a hole in the now finished body. I did not have a good time drilling this hole, it was very nerve racking, but thankfully it went alright. Next came adding metallic tape all over the electronics cave, to act as shielding. I could then add the electronics themselves, installing the switches, aux jack, and pickups. I spent some time to make sure the pickups were properly connected to the 3 way switch using my new multi meter that I got for this project. Once I was satisfied they were the connected in the proper direction I went ahead and soldered all the needed wires in the electronics cave. Next came the knobs I made out of some Ebony, trying to use as most as I could out of large cracks that went through the wood. I then screwed in the electronics back plate and temporarily attached the neck so I could call it done! I will be shipping this with the neck detached so the full final setup will have to wait until my buddy receives the guitar.