    My dad passed last month, we used to build musical instruments when i was growing up, we both played...well i got a TON of unfinished projects, bodies, necks, & boxes of guitar hardware parts from his bouse after....my dad got me into lord of the rings(hobbit 1st) in 2nd grade in the 90s, he read them to me the 1st time, then i re-read over and over, then 8th grade the fellowship came out and he picked me up last half day of school b4 xmas break & said they made aa lord of the rings movie and were going to see it. I actually still have tue ticket stubs i found yesterday...We saw all 3, 3 times each in theaters, we never did that b4..
  
    Anyways tLotR was always our thing & his favorite Character is Treebeard (mine is Gandalf) & im an artist so i just started making a Treebeard bass to honor my dad w some of his old parts...i might paint a scene w Gandalf on the back idk but its early on, just started drawing it about 30 minutes ago actually..

My pops gave me a brothers Hildebrandt art callendar that was his in 1978, he got me the audio drama for xmas in 8th grade...even bought me an old xbox 360 tlotr game for my last bday in 2025 called the War in the North, pretty cool game from different characters perspective..we played it some, left off at Rivendell.. we also were talking about going to New Zealand since we hadnt had a vacation in decades...anyways yea we are both big lotr fans and ive been rewatching the trilogy & listening to lore videos on yotube so i just wanted to make this treebeard bass & display it in my house as wall art as like a memorial type thing for my dad who is the reason i became such a massive fan.

After i paint i am going to buy or custom order a transparent pick guard, and paint somthing inside the cutouts for electronics and add Green Led lights. Gonna add some hobits, a bird nest and some lizards and bugs and birds today

I just started a Treebeard Bass Guitar im calling the Fangorn in honor of my Dad