1962 Fender Stratocaster Body

[Gus R]

Guess I must be talking to myself.

[EarthMover]

Flippin amazing Gus! This may be the best Sketchup work I've ever seen. I may be a little partial to the subject...... That's what I call photoreal. I think it deserves a spot in the next Catchup Newsletter.

[Ross Macintosh]

@gus r said:

Guess I must be talking to myself.

No -- we're just blown away! Gobsmacked is an appropriate word. The last line drawing suggests you've now got it all together. (Have you done the little post thingies for attaching a strap?) I'm looking forward to seeing your photorealistic renders of the completed model.

Regards, Ross

[notareal]

@gus r said:

Guess I must be talking to myself.

Do not worry too much about that. I think people are speechless in awe. Great work.

[david_h]

lots of awe here

**in fact. . .I am thinkin' of Jimi right now playing the Star Spangled Banner. . .nyeer nyeer nyeer nyeer nyeer nyeeeeeeer

of course he had his upside down and restrung for a leftie! **

[EarthMover]

Gus,

I'm curious about how you managed to work the transitions on the neck. You've achieved such great flow from the tuning head into the neck. Did you do this with one solid mesh, or was there a lot of stitching involved?

[Gus R]

Thanks guys! Adam, Notreal, David, Ross. I was probably reading too much into things what with the lack of work, winter and perhaps a touch of cabin fever and all.

David, yesterday I couldn't get "Little Wing" out of my mind.

Adam, the neck transitions is basically a squared of proxy for SDS. I generally start with one profile and then use the same profile scaled accordingly. Took some tweaking and nudging to get it right from the neck to the headstock. What I do is try to visualize what the neck would look like reduced to the flat planes that would make up the curves.

I'll try and post either some images or skp of that.

Thanks!