This is a guitar body I got started on when I was in high school a long, long time ago.

I wanted to make a Strat copy using Engelmann Spruce, curious about the tonal properties of an electric guitar constructed out of such a lightweight wood. I finished up the project with a surplus unfinished Peavey guitar neck, a machined aluminum hardtail Tele-style bridge, and a couple of Lace Alumatone pickups (unusual in their own right, lacking the heavy coils of wire used in traditional pickups). I left the body partially clear and partially covered in an opaque wood filler. I ended up liking the funky patina of the guitar’s finish and decided to leave it that way.