Guitar Building part 1

The "parts guitar". I bought it on craigslist, and it came with an amp and the cord shown in the picture.

The parts guitar with the strings taken off.

After taking the pickguard and neck off

Guitar guts.

The wood, after planeing and gluing. You can kind of see the outline I drew on it.

Neck pocket drama. Stupidly, Dad and I routered out the space about 2 millimeters too large, so this picture shows shims being glued on the side to fix the shape. We don't have enough C-clamps, so the wood in the middle is bracing the shims to the side.

The all important router (given to Dad by Grandpa. Thanks!)

The neck pocket done - FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!

The neck stuck in and the bridge resting on top.

Measuring the scale length. The scale length is the distance from the nut to the twelth fret, and the bridge has to be exactly twice that distance from the nut to make sure the intonation is correct.

The bridge clamped on to test the intonation. I played a couple songs on the middle two strings. I don't know why we didn't use the outer two strings instead. If we had, it probably would have saved us a lot of trouble down the road.