I am passionate about music and guitars so that’s where I decided to direct my capstone efforts. I’ve been playing guitar for about six years and in that time I’ve seen guitars cost over ten thousand dollars because they are aged to feel sixty years old. The goal of my project is to simulate that wear on a much lighter budget. I bought a guitar husk which is an empty body with a broken headstock. After fixing it I set to work on the aging process. I removed the finish with a heat gun and a chisel, then repainted it with a new design. I chose the Irish flag because of my family’s strong Irish roots. After that I sanded and burned the finish to make it look and feel old, and road worn. To add a touch of personality I was inspired by guitars some of my favorite artists have used and nailed a bunch of bottle caps to the top. Once the body was fully finished I started to install the hardware and electronics. The soldering gave me some trouble since it was a new process for me, but that’s when I collaborated with my peers and we managed to get it working. To benefit the SLA community as much as I could I made a video with the guitar on how to change strings for future music classes at SLA.

My Bibliography can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14MpdoE-JIBZQ5PzeDw4xKNiXgtWtXz-FUYqUj2wPs8w/edit?usp=sharing

The Tutorial on how to change strings can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n4n1iWWyjJE_B2h7SnNTeYEyOB2vK387/view?usp=sharing