So I finished up the mockingbird and didn't like it. It sounded OK, but it was damn heavy and the action was really high. Since I had over 15 guitars at the time, I decided that there was no reason I should ever have one that i wasn't 100% happy with, so I disassembled it and began making another.
Here's where I am right now. It's a Sapele base with a carved Canarywood top. I'm not completely happy with the carve as it stands right now. I'm in mo hurry though. I can let it sit for a while and look at it until I figure out exactly what I need to do to it.
Man, Sapele and Canary are both great to work with. Sapele machines like a hot knife through warm butter. I've never had any tear-out, it sands up easily, and looks fantastic. Canary is like maple in hardness and texture, but it smells fantastic and is gorgeous to look at. Yellow with orange & red streaks flowing in sometimes unexpected directions.... wow.
I'm debating whether to use the old neck or to make a new one. I'm not sure the maple/purpleheart pinstripe will look good with the body, and I KNOW the headstock doesn't fit in. I made a bubinga/canarywood neck a while back, so maybe I'll put it on the 'Bird.
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