My Pythagoras' Project

 Wrong Ruan

Acoustic slide guitar
made from an old crutch.

Letting the clear coat dry for the 3rd time

Electric Slide Guitar

first cut

Shaping  knobs and hardware

Getting Wired

First-ever completed Instrument build from scratch and using only minimal power tools.

                                         I have since brought down the height of this bridge.

Using Vellum and clear-drying wood glue to honor Buddy. 

 My first ever completed wiring job. All circuitry individually selected and installed by myself.

 Rhythm bones I made from Pine, Red Oak, and Poplar woods. 

 I really enjoyed shaping the headstocks into interesting shapes that would work well with string placement. I got a little ahead of myself with the one on the far left. Although it looks a bit Wabi-Sabi it still worked great and has a nice sound.

 The middle hand-carved neck above will eventually be a remake of a fretless traditional 5 sting taking a lot of cues form the earliest colonialized versions of teh banjo.

I gave my canjo that I fretted to the standard western scale to my little brother. The other canjo I fretted into a diatonic scale so that my childhood best friend who doesn't play guitar could enjoy strumming around on it.