Sub-Tropical Soloist

[Great Ape]

I'm about to head south, to mid-atlantic Florida to escape the winter, fish, and enjoy my new house that I've been re-doing for the last 5 months, so I thought I ought to build an appropriately tropical guitar to commemorate the occasion...it's a spruce-on-basswood soloist with a thin walnut line dividing the laminates. It's slated to have a roasted maple-on roasted maple neck, p-90 pickups, and a Blade Runner trem bridge...for your perusal;
 

 

[Surf n Music]

I'm like a broken record on your post, that is awesome  :toothy11:. It is true though. I am so darn busy I have little time for art but your posts always inspire me. I like all the dots for shading like your last pen and ink post. It looks tedious but rewarding! Enjoy the sunshine and guitar.

 

[Great Ape]

...it's coming along, maybe better than what was in my head originally...

 

[sixstringsamurai]

As always good sir,

OUTSTANDING!

:headbang1:

 

[bagman67]

Makin' the most of the winter slow-down, I see.  Very nice, indeed!

 

[Cagey]

Another stunning piece of work!

 

[Great Ape]

Thanks, guys--much appreciate the kind words...I think the color phase of the project is about done...

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

"Build a guitar to commemorate the occassion".

Thanks dude, gotta hit the wife up with that & see if it'll stick.  Can't hurt to try.

Just bought a house, perfect occassion to commemorate, then there's taxes, will need to build a guitar for that too.  Oh, wait, Valentines Day is coming, my birthday, Easter....

Thanks dude, I see more guitars in my future now that I have a viable argument! :headbang:

Oh yes, and stellar work too!

 

[Kuro Uma]

Looking good!

 

[DangerousR6]

Looks pretty cool Greg, you vacationing down in Hawaii or something... :icon_thumright:

 

[Great Ape]

Jeez, Doug--read the first post, wouldja?!? (And what I forgot to mention, and what I'm looking forward to just as much as the fishing, is bow-hunting feral hogs in the swamps around Lake Washington!

 

[DangerousR6]

Jeez, Doug--read the first post, wouldja?!? (And what I forgot to mention, and what I'm looking forward to just as much as the fishing, is bow-hunting feral hogs in the swamps around Lake Washington!

I can't read, I just look at pictures.... :laughing11:

 

[Great Ape]

I shoulda known that...

 

[greywolf]

another stunner :headbang:

 

[TBurst Std]

Enjoy Brevard county. I am over in Seminole county.

 

[Tschommer]

Beautiful artwork, and great job on the coloring as well. Mind if I ask what you do for a living? I assume it must be art related.

 

[Great Ape]

I don't mind--I'm an illustrator...but mostly I'm retired, which gives me lots of time to fly fish and build guitars... :icon_thumright:

 

[Great Ape]

Well, I think it's complete...

 

[Kuro Uma]

So very nice!  :icon_thumright:

 

[bagman67]

Lovely.  Shall I send you my shipping address?