I built started on a prototype of the neck, as well. It is really really wide, but I think I'll like it. So far, I shaped the neck, thicknessed the headstock, drilled holes for the tuners, routed for the truss-rod, and drilled access holes for the truss rod. Still to do would be to fit the truss rod, plug the headstock hole, sand the transition, shape and install the skunk stripe, cut fret slots, shape the back of the neck, radius the front, then install frets and finish. For the prototype, because it is made of pine (not good for stability/sturdiness) I won't do everything. I won't install all of the frets, I won't install a truss rod, but I should do everything else, just to make sure that the new shape doesn't throw any new challenges.
I have some progress pictures of the body.
This one shows the back of the body with the tremolo route filled with a bit of mahogany.
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This one shows the front of the body with the front bit of the trem route filled with mahogany. I've also cut the swimming pool route and the neck pocket.
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This one shows the front of the body with the mustang-style tremolo plate installed, the yellow is a posterboard template for the pickguard I want to use, and the neck is actually only the neck template, as I hadn't started the prototype neck yet.
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I ran 3 miles the day before yesterday. I really got into a good pace and probably could have run 2 more, but I was bored. I know I finished them somewhere between 20 and 26 minutes, but that's just because I know it was 6:02 before I changed into my shorts and it was 6:28 when I got back...also, I can't imagine that I ran my third mile faster than 6:30, as that's how fast I usually run my first mile...
