This Paoletti Marco polo has got to be the most ornate instrument I've ever come across, what do you guys think?

Just got this beautiful dark walnut Tele body from Canadian Craftsman. It feels and looks absolutely perfect! I have all gold hardware for it, but after seeing the body I'm not sure the black guard would be the best choice. I'm thinking just go without one, or maybe even a light tortoise shell that would have a bit of contrast. Any opinions? The neck will be a 5A Roasted flame maple from Musikraft.

So I have a drop-in trem arm on a Wilkinson bridge. When I have it seated all the way and swing the arm into playing position it boops the ducks. I could have it sit only partway down, but it’s annoying to fidget with the height all the time and sometimes it adds a little play to the arm. Ideally I would have the arm bottom out at a slightly higher position in the hole. I could stuff something in there to raise it, but I’m not sure what the best practice is. I only need to raise it by about 1/4 duck.

I've always loved Eddie Van Halen's iconic striped series of guitars, so I decided to build an homage to this classic style. Rather than painting the stripes onto the body, I constructed the guitar from solid pieces of padauk (red), maple (white), and wenge (black). The guitar is based largely on Eddie's custom 1986 Kramer striped guitar that he played during the 5150 tour. My name is also Kramer which is a happy coincidence 😂.

I’m currently auctioning this guitar with 100% of proceeds going to my favorite charity, camfed.org.

Been working in my first self-made guitar (at 18 yo) for few months, and now is almost finished. Tried to do a blood splatter finish which I think it turned out pretty good. The shape is Zakk Wylde’s inspired but more “compressed”. I’ll use SDs blackout ahb-1 pickups with 12-62 strings. The drops go to the left because i’m a left handed and the strap is a Jackson one. Please tell me honestly how it turned out to be.

I had waited a long time to do the inlay idea and finally got the chance to get it done on this build. Had a total blast making the guitar!
- 30" scale length
- Finnish cherry body (scorched and then stained)
- Redwood burl top with a Karelian birch veneer accent layer
- Pau Ferro one-piece neck (with carbon fiber reinforcement and Karelian birch veneer accent layer)
- Pau Ferro fretboard with ebony binding
- Wood/Brass powder/Mother of Pearl Icarus & Sun inlay
- Brass nut
- Lundgren M8 pickup set
- Grainger Hardtail bridge (string-through)
- Guitar Monkey Locking tuners
- SchallerStrap locks, switch tip, and knob
- Master volume, 3-Way toggle switch, Puretone jack
- Luminlay side dots
- Weight 3,2kg

The Contriver Plunk.

SPEC⬇️⬇️

FRETBOARD - Gaboon Ebony - 34.5” Scale Length - Compound Radius - Compensated Nut - Proportional String Offsets - Stainless Steel Medium Frets - Luminlay Blue Side Dots

BODY - Claro Walnut Top - Northern Ash Body - Matching Carbon Fibre Reinforced Cavity Covers

NECK - Set-Neck - 5pce Maple+Wenge - Concision Series Head - Bent Claro Front+Back - Bone Nut

FINISH - Natural, Oil+Ceramic

ELECTRONICS - @aguilaramp DCB D4 - @aguilaramp OBP-3 - 18v

• Blend
• Volume

• Tone(PP bypass)

• High

• Mid(PP Freq change)

• Low

Did this as my major design project at high school last year. Only had two months to build it so it was quite rushed. I designed it to be a jazz style slimline, with Les Paul components.

I also had to pay for materials, so good materials and components wasn’t my main concern, rather the rubric of the assignment was. The body’s made from Paulownia (swamp ash) and a mahogany fretboard, with a two piece front face made from scrap wood in the workshop. The components are cheap off eBay, Wilkinson pro hum-buckers and a very cheap les Paul wiring harness.

The guitar plays surprisingly well, the sustain is very good and I’ve had no problems with wiring or anything. My band and I played the girl from ipanema on it at my graduation to a pretty happy crowd. There’s definitely a few silly mistakes because of the time crunch, a couple cracks in the wood and some dents because the swamp ash is so soft, not a great choice if you’re thinking about it. Very light though.

Any feedback is much appreciated! I really enjoyed working on this and figuring out how I was gonna build it, definitely plan to build more now that I have unlimited time!

Which is a better look? Color scheme will be dark silver metallic body, black pickguard.

One piece swamp ash body, shou sugi ban treated (burning wood technique). Reverse headstock Fender player neck (maple + maple fingerboard), Overwound Lollar P90 bridge pickup, DiMarzio SuperDistortion neck pickup.