Electric Guitar

Overview

Built a fully functional solid-body electric guitar from raw materials over a single semester. The project covered the full construction pipeline — from designing the body shape and routing wood blanks to wiring the complete electronics circuit and performing a final professional setup. The result is a fully playable instrument built entirely by hand.

Highlights

• •Designed the guitar body profile and cut from a solid wood blank using power tools and hand tools
• •Routed pickup cavities, neck pocket, and electronics control cavity to precise tolerances
• •Installed and dressed frets on the neck for consistent playability across all positions
• •Wired the complete electronics circuit: pickups, volume and tone potentiometers, 3-way selector switch, and output jack
• •Applied full wood finishing sequence: sanding progression, wood stain, and protective clear coat
• •Completed final guitar setup including intonation, string action adjustment, and truss rod tuning

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