Quick update.
- I have most of my parts in now. I'm just missing some basic electronics (1M pots, toggle).
- I need to track down a reverse audio taper pot with a 6mm shaft though.
- I'm trying to decide on a source for the white pearl pickguard material. I've used the $10 ebay stuff before and don't want to go that way again. I'll probably suck it up and buy the $50 allparts one. Might as well do it right, I guess.
- I'll need to figure out the full plan/specs for the pickups and choose a winder. I'll go into more detail on that later.
-Need to get a decal made, but have to settle on a name first. Last weekend I went deep into the wikipedia rabbit hole for inspiration. I looked at hybrid animals, extinct mammals, dinosaurs, birds, world mythology, astronomy, astrology, and on and on.
As of now, I'm leaning towards COYOTE
The name follows the spirit of Jaguar, Mustang, Bronco, etc. - a wild animal native to the Americas, it's like a smaller version of another animal (short scale), and they're just fucking cool animals. Also, I'm more of a dog person than a cat or horse person. I think it might look good on the headstock with the Mustang style "speed" lines. Bonus points for having orangey tones in their fur. Extra bonus points because one of my grandfathers was named Coy.
Super extra bonus points for the fact that the British members of the board can tell me that I'm mispronouncing the name of an animal that I can go see in a 20 minute drive.
Bad news is that I hurt my right thumb falling off the bottom step of my front porch last night
![Derp :derp:](./images/smilies/blink.gif)
. It's not broken, but there's definitely some soft tissue damage and I can't put too much pressure on it. I probably won't attempt to work on the body this weekend.