I ordered number 27 today...to get me through until next year....still have a Bass underway and a Ukelele kit I was given.

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-mahogany/

The Firebird will join the Thunderbird Bass I made last year.

As the body and the neck are Mahogany....and I like that wood....I will be only making the edges around the body and a trying a bit of trickery with the headstock in a dark or black colour on this one. The rest will be natural.

I think....initially anyway....that I will make the Firebird completely out of the box....no upgrades.....oops...first fail...I ordered the Grover tuners with the kit....doh. But that is it...honest.....well I found this fellow in Melbourne who makes original spec Firebird pickups.......mmmm....may have to have a chat with him.

So black trim around the edge of the body....clear natural in the middle. Gotta shape the reverse headstock....and think I will go reverse to normal.....normal is Black in the middle with a natural or minimal stain colour around the routed edges......so my decals will work.....I think a natural headstock face with a black accent around the outside may be the way.

Now just gotta find a scalable reverse headstock template.....have a dremel tool.....have an Aldi router....but also have sandpaper and chisels.....so I think shaving, rasping, filing by hand to make the shape...then chisels along an outline to finish the raised edge shape will be the go.

So keen.

Merry Xmas all......ooh....gotta think of a name for this girl....the T Bird is the DOWNUNDER BIRD. MMMMMMM.