Slodave's Les Paul build thread made me want to share some of my work. Before getting married and having kids, I used to enjoy spending my evenings in my small shop at my San Franciasco apartment.
I built 4 guitars and a mandolin. One is in San Diego, with a friend. The rest are still with me, although I can't play the left-handed 12-string. (I made it for another friend, who didn't want it.) I can't play the mandolin very well, but I'm working on it. They're easier to build than to play.
Here they all are.
And the 12-string. I got fancy with the rosette.
The 12-string. You got to love flamed maple.
The 6-string jumbo.
And the mandolin, a Lloyd Loar F5. Hard to build, but great fun. Again, flamed maple back.
Now that the kids are getting older, I'm thinking of getting back into it. For a warm-up, I'd like to build a nice ukelele.