Build #1: Back to the project.

Now that the craziness of work has settled down, for the most part, I am finally able to get back to thinking about how I want to build this guitar.

My goal is to have a headstock design chosen by the end of the month.  In order to build the guitar, I need to shape the headstock, because doing this with the neck attached to the body would be next to impossible.

So, given the designs I posted in my previous post, which seems like ages ago, I have narrowed down to three to use as an inspiration.

The Paul Reed Smith style

The ESP/LTD flag style

The Dean Hardtail style

I know that this guitar is a Les Paul style guitar, and not going with the open book Gibson/Epiphone style headstock can be considered sacrilegious by some Les Paul purists, I really do like unorthodox stylings (why else would I be going with a hot rod engine orange color?)

I want something that looks powerful, looks metal, and looks cool.  So, using the above three as an influence, I hope I'll come up with some cool options, that you guys can vote on.

Rock on.