Old55

  Eventually, something's going to get you no matter what you do.  

That's the tuff part.
 
No doubt there are many risks and Craig makes a great point in that safety is paramount...that's with everything.
It seems that when things go south they are strange happenings too. Safety guys say all accidents are preventable but man, living is just risky business.

spacey
... but man, living is just risky business.

No kidding.  We've had to deal with Tom Cruise ever since!
 

spacey
 

SteveStrummerUK
 
I'm drooling already 
 
 

 
LOL...me too Steve!
 
Now I have to design a guitar!

How a bout a Short Scale bass for me. I don't have a million to spare, but I would donate a couple of hundred! Small hands that barely make it across the whole thing! I'm a midget!

Moshkiae

spacey
 

SteveStrummerUK
 
I'm drooling already 
 
 

 
LOL...me too Steve!
 
Now I have to design a guitar!

How a bout a Short Scale bass for me. I don't have a million to spare, but I would donate a couple of hundred! Small hands that barely make it across the whole thing! I'm a midget!

Mosh I appreciate the offer. I'm am sorry that I can't help you....and it's not because you're a midget!
I'm to busy and I have to inform you that unlike some luthiers and brand names that I will leave alone- I can't build for...well I can't buy the material to build for a couple of hundred. When I did build the only bass I've made I cringed when I bought the strings. (lol)
I do recommend you try out the Fender Geddy Lee bass. I know it's not a short scale but try it. Oh...it's more than a few hundred but worth every penny IMO. I don't believe it was designed for midgets but you could rest the body in a chair and tear up that neck.

The neck alone on my custom that Space Cowboy now owns costs almost $900...

 
 How's the neck coming along?  
 
 Thanks Spacey, I can see your point about there being so many different ways to do something. I have looked at a few sets of prints that basically are just measurements and dimensions on paper which is all very helpful to have. I went to one site and when I looked at the customer pics of some of the projects I decided to pass on that particular site. I looked over a few how to books. One of the better ones is written by a UK author. Not a bad thing necessarily but many of the materials referred to are either not available here in the states or are given different names. Some of the jargon seems like it might be confusing to a guy who has never been across the pond. I still might buy the book and a few others to get a better grasp of what has to happen, so I'm just in the gandering stages at this point. I figure I can unload the dud guitars on pop bands who lip sync and need guitar props;)
 
 
  Man it is really easy to get hurt with tools.  I once knew a guy who had an unfortunate run in with a circular saw. He was missing the tips of three of his fingers. That would really suck for guitar playing. He used to kid about it and put a nub in his nose so it looked like he had a lot of finger up his nose.Knew another guy who had his hand on an air compressor belt when the compressor decided to start up. He lost half a finger...things like that make me really careful. 

I have very few books and they are about pickups or making pickups.
I have even more about recording, mixing, midi...etc...lot of good they did me. I could have had an Epiphone!
 
I don't have step by step instruction books about building guitars so I'm sorry I can't help you with that.
I could write one but I'd have to have somebody that wasn't a spacey do it for it to make sense. Maybe Jonbuoy and Steve will come visit me...we'll build a guitar, Steve can do the photos and Jon and him can put it all down. Now I'd buy that book!
 
Yeah...I don't really care to share bloody stories so "be safe" is good enough for me, to take or give.
 
And to answer your question...the neck blocks are still just sitting there and still haven't moved. I think they are going to be necks some day. I've been busy recording but I have been kicking around what type of guitar I'd like to build. I'm still liking "steampunk" ...I think it's because I saw a new show, "naked vegas"...wow, purty ladies painted naked and steampunked. :) Hard to beat that.
 
 
Hey! This might be something you're interested in. I don't know anything about that stuff though.