Words & Photos by Anna A.
During our two fascinating and adventurous days of guitar making we learnt about the different types of electric guitars and how the unique tones shape each guitar's soul and their way of communicating music to the world. On our first day our instructors, Trevor and Travis, guided us through the different shapes of guitar and the differences between telecasters and stratocasters and then left the final decision to us on choosing between those two. After the decision was made, we finally got our hands on the wood and carved our guitar bodies. We then hammered the frets in the neck of the guitar and continued shaping the body.
On our second day we talked about the type of pickup/ tone we wanted our guitars to have with our instructors along with their final color as well. We then learnt about the physics behind it and had a brief history session on guitars. We were then left with the question: “To bevel or not to bevel” which really depends on what you want your guitar to look and feel like. It was a very enriching experience as we learnt how to work with different tools and applied our math skills to a very joyful project such as this. Our instructors were very caring and patient. I’m looking forward to next month's sessions on guitar making and can't wait to get together with my group again! The atmosphere is quite dynamic and the creativity and uniqueness in everyone's work makes it much more fun! It definitely is the highlight of my grade 10 at SMUS.