A close shave

I reckon there's more wood on the floor than on the neck after I went at it with the spokeshave. It's starting to look like a guitar, and I'm a smidgeon of a teeny-weeny bit proud of my endeavours, considering I'm an utter arse at woodwork.

I was amazed how easy it was to shape the curvature of the neck with the spokeshave...almost too easy. I got carried away with my newly learnt skill and managed to shave the once straight edges curvy.

I finally cut the neck to the right length, glued and clamped it to a second piece. This was done to add strength and also to allow me to make a groove in the original neck piece where the electric pickup will need space.

If you look closely at the photo, in the background,  you can see a sketch Mike Kazybrid kindly drew for me when I met him at a Leeds comic mart. It's a sketch of Humph the Cat, a character from a comic strip he drew for the UK Transformers comic in the 80's, a strip I have fond memories of. Mike's other past work includes, The Bash Street Kids, Bananaman, Dangermouse and Masters of the Universe among many others. He is currently working on Wallace and Grommit for The Sun.

Here's a link to his blog:
http://twomenandaghost.blogspot.com/