It’s been a a while since I posted on here, and though I am continuing to write, I don’t really have much to report on that, other than the fact that you can download “My Grim Life” FREE from Amazon through Monday 4/22/24. After that it’ll go back to the usual $2.99 price for the Kindle version.
Since I don’t have much to discuss on the writing front, I decided it was time to document my process for designing and building a guitar. I’m really excited about this one, because I woke up several times dreaming about this guitar. I have not completed the prototype, but I will be posting as I work on it, starting with the design process.
I’ve really been listening to a lot more metal lately, especially metalcore, which is something I have not played, so I wanted to design and build a guitar focused on playing this type of music. I wanted something that looked the part, but was light and easy to play. Since I already had a killer look floating around in my head, the next part I needed was to design it to scale, and make to sure it not only looked good, but was also usable. I decided on a shorter 24″ scale, in hopes of making it play a little faster than the standard 25.5″ fender scale. I use this scale on my 3-string builds, and it feels very natural to me, so I hope it’ll feel the same for this 6-string design.
I really should start doing this design work in a CAD program (I have Fusion or Solidworks), but I was a graphic designer for years, so Illustrator is still my go-to for initial design conception. I tried a few different things in Illustrator, and probably spent at least 8 hours tweaking paths and dimension, before finalizing the design for the RG36 Metalcore body. What do you think?
Keyboard Monkeys 