The last project, the Shaker dresser, was a fun build.  But I always start to feel a bit itchy when I’m just making square cuts.  Mind you, square cuts and the resulting joints always seem harder for me than working with the curves and ever-changing angles that you find on a boat or surfboard. With curves, I always seem to be able to hide the gaps or work the joint a little bit more in order to hide any mistakes.  Either that, or on a project like a boat, there is usually so much stuff going on that gaps and not-quite-perfect joinery seem to disappear in the larger presentation.

So now it is back to curves.  I’ve been thinking about this one for a while.  Call it a mid-life crisis.  Or just the desire to work on a smaller scale, with detail, technical joinery, curves,inlay, and class.  In short, a replica Les Paul Standard electric guitar.  Something every middle-aged guy secretly desires.

It’s time to Rock!