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Aim:
- To research, design, and construct a fully-functioning electric guitar from scratch, whilst documenting this process via filming, editing, and releasing a YouTube series.
Objectives:
- Construction
- Research guitar design, looking at stylistic influences.
- Research and select woods, materials, and hardware based on tone, workability, and price.
- Design an electric guitar, whilst using accurate measurements.
- Acquire woodworking skills through guided workshop practice.
- Implement acquired woodworking skills to form the basic shape of base components in an electric guitar (body, neck, fretboard).
- Sand and finish components in a safe manner, remaining vigilant of potential dusts and aerosols.
- Cut fret wire and attach frets to fretboard.
- Connect body components to create an empty guitar in which hardware can be introduced.
- Solder and wire electronics together, before fitting into the guitar’s cavities.
- Fix hardware such as the bridge, tuners, and nut to the guitar.
- String the guitar and tune to standard tuning.
- Test the hardware functions as intended through connecting the guitar to an amp and playing.
- Documentation
- Record the process, including footage of the woodworking alongside explanatory and evaluative spoken sections.
- Learn basic editing skills.
- Source royalty-free music to place in the edit as background music.
- Edit footage into videos, considering duration, content, and quality.
- Upload videos to YouTube as part of a weekly series on my channel.
- Compile most relevant footage into a concise package to be presented at the final showcase.