Built this for the Rooster Walk festival in Martinsville, VA this weekend. They'll have all the bands sign it, then auction it off with proceeds going to their charity.
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It really wasn't that difficult. I roughed it out with a dremel tool, but the bit was too large to do things like the roosters legs, the spikes on its head, etc.. So, once it was roughed out I used a coping saw - removed the blade, slid it through the hole and reconnected it. That way I could cut out the legs easily, rough in the tail feathers, etc... Then, final clean-up was a couple of tiny files.
The hard part was coming up with a design that would work. Once I actually started cutting it went very quickly.
31 bands. I think they'll sign on the front, the back, the neck.... Gary Sinise will be the first to sign Thursday night.
Its apparently a "thing" they do at this festival. They have an artist paint a guitar, then have all the bands sign it, then auction it off. This year they hadn't yet found a guitar nor an artist when I asked them if it would be OK to sell a guitar with a rooster sound hole. They.... reacted positively, shall we say.
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It really wasn't that difficult. I roughed it out with a dremel tool, but the bit was too large to do things like the roosters legs, the spikes on its head, etc.. So, once it was roughed out I used a coping saw - removed the blade, slid it through the hole and reconnected it. That way I could cut out the legs easily, rough in the tail feathers, etc... Then, final clean-up was a couple of tiny files.
The hard part was coming up with a design that would work. Once I actually started cutting it went very quickly.
Great! How do you shape a tone hole with that much detail?
Hope they have good penmanship. Your box deserves some respect...
31 bands. I think they'll sign on the front, the back, the neck.... Gary Sinise will be the first to sign Thursday night.
Its apparently a "thing" they do at this festival. They have an artist paint a guitar, then have all the bands sign it, then auction it off. This year they hadn't yet found a guitar nor an artist when I asked them if it would be OK to sell a guitar with a rooster sound hole. They.... reacted positively, shall we say.
Hope they sign on the back...
Nice sound holes! (and git)
Like this one alot. Looks like a fine player.
nice one