r/Luthier • • 9h ago

Tiger Shape Build - Body Only

I know epoxy is a polarizing topic in the woodworking world, but hopefully this is a subtle enough use of it to be acceptable. I didn't have the skills or tools to seamlessly bookmatch the walnut top, and honestly I love how it looks!

This is my third guitar body build, and I finally felt like this one was good enough to deserve decent hardware and a Warmoth neck instead of a Chinese telecaster neck. One of these days I need to overcome the fear of building my own neck. Limited tools, space, and the fact that body builds are a lot more forgiving than neck builds have kept me from attempting that so far.

Basswood body, tiger walnut top (pun intended), Warmoth neck, many coats of wipe-on poly, a push-pull coil splitting pot to work on my wiring skills a little bit.

Opinions welcome!

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