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I agree with most of the other comments, the pickguard is the thing that seems to be a bit out of place because of the pointy thingy's on there.
You could make it more into a Fender '69 Thinline type of shape with only the neck pickup covered by the pickguard, or only make it run on the lower bout of the guitar (up to the point where the neck reaches the body) and not have the pickups on the pickguard at all like you did with the Attache for instance.
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I actually like the pointy but think it could flow with the overall shape more.
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One thing I will address: there was the suggestion of having the pickguard follow the lower horn. I actually did try that during the design phase and it looked pretty terrible.

If/when this is turned into a guitar here are some thoughts I have.
I will probably make it as a set neck instead of neck through. That way I could mount pickups directly to the top and wouldn't need the pickguard to cover pickup routes. That would free me up to do whatever I wanted with a pickguard.

Setting the neck would also make the possibility of a vibrato more of a reality.
I could still make the body a multi-piece affair and that way could keep my trademark "surfboard stripe" down the middle.

As for body contours, it is something I have considered but am not sure yet. We shall see!
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Aren't there a lot of neck through guitars without pickguards with wammy bars though?
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Really like the one on the right. A lot more.
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This is a pretty cool body design. I agree with many of the pick guard comments too. I think the issue is that it's shape is conflicted. In the area where the knobs are, the pick guard is flows and is echoing the body contours. The other half of the pick guard is is contrasting the soft body curves with the pointed corners. These two polar opposite elements in the same pick guard send a mixed "visual message", which for me makes it feel like the two elements (pick guard and body shape) don't belong together. I say decide on what you want the pick guard to do (contras or echo) and make that your single visual message.
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Decibill wrote:This is a pretty cool body design. I agree with many of the pick guard comments too. I think the issue is that it's shape is conflicted. In the area where the knobs are, the pick guard is flows and is echoing the body contours. The other half of the pick guard is is contrasting the soft body curves with the pointed corners. These two polar opposite elements in the same pick guard send a mixed "visual message", which for me makes it feel like the two elements (pick guard and body shape) don't belong together. I say decide on what you want the pick guard to do (contras or echo) and make that your single visual message.
Great way to word it, this is more accurately how I feel.
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sylnau wrote:
Chankgeez wrote:The red one.
25.6 scale with a big fat neck.
What they said.
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