1313 IS A PERSONAL PROJECT PROPOSED AND UNDERTAKEN DURING MY SECOND YEAR AT UNIVERSITY THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO MOTLEY CRÜE GUITARIST, MICK MARS AND VAN HALEN GUITARIST, EDDIE VAN HALEN. 

WITH A VERY OPEN BRIEF, I WAS ENCOURAGED TO WORK WITH IDEAS AND MATERIALS THAT REALLY CAPTURED MY INTEREST. AS A MUSICIAN IN MY SPARE TIME, I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT FASCINATING HOW INSTRUMENTS ARE CRAFTED AND WITH PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE IN LUTHIERING, I WANTED TO MAKE AN OUTRAGEOUS LOOKING ELECTRIC GUITAR THAT CHANNELLING THE SPIRIT OF THE 1980'S METAL SCENE.

I STARTED BY NOTING SOME IDEAS FOR THE KEY ELEMENTS I WANTED ON THE GUITAR; ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS I WANTED WAS TO COMBINE THE LOOK OF VAN HALEN AND THE TONE OF MARS.

      SKILLS: EXHIBITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, WOODWORK, DRAFTING AND LAYOUT, ELECTRONICS, SURFACE DESIGN.

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