601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) I found this 300 year old timber beams in a Building Iam renovating in the French Quarter,New Orleans, 4" thick and 16" wide perfect for 1 piece guitar build so here is wher I started with the Blues Blaster Edited March 12, 2010 by 601blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 I found this 300 year old timber beams in a Building Iam renovating in the French Quarter,New Orleans, 4" thick and 16" wide perfect for 1 piece guitar build so here is wher I started with the Blues Blaster Then I cut the shape on the band saw, its gonna be a big body like a 335n then I hand carved the top radius both ways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Routed for Pu's etc and stained with TransTint Orange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 Added 1 drop of Transtint to 1 cup lacqure, and shot my 1st and 2nd coats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratman1966 Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That's some great looking tight grain on that wood. What kind of wood is that and how heavy. Nice looking body shape too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 with be fitted with a Bigsby Tail piece, and Rocker Bridge, and Lollar Hummers, Grover locking tuners ,Warmoth neck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 The wood is quarter Sawn RED Long LEAF pine very rare now and unheard of today in this size, Very Hard and very stable, the Building dated to 1814, and the tree by its size had to be at 100 itsself, it will dress out at 9.5 Lbs as my Les Paul Custom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbis Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 love the grain pattern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) Edited March 12, 2010 by 601blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) Best thang is I got enough of this material to make about 40 bodies, what a find!! Edited March 12, 2010 by 601blues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That's some cool stuff? Any of it perfectly quartered for at least 7" across? I'd be interested to see what type of acoustic top this would make. Be it a flattop or an archtop. Cool build! I love guitars with history in them. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 That's some cool stuff? Any of it perfectly quartered for at least 7" across? I'd be interested to see what type of acoustic top this would make. Be it a flattop or an archtop. Cool build! I love guitars with history in them. Chris yeah me too see this pic with the 2 spots on the side at the belly, Thats where there was 2 steel square nails or cut nails, to me thats history, commin out of an 1814 building into a Blues Machine!! and while its hangin in the shop curin, I keep XM74 bluesville on to really pump in Da MOJO!!hahah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cali-Blues Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 nice find, one of them should be some sort of new orleans tribute. and that grain is groovy, I see it in a blonde, amber or natural finish. Its a crime to hide it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Foreigner Posted March 12, 2010 Report Share Posted March 12, 2010 is your shop in an air raid shelter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 Could be under a railway arch.... linky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 actually its a Metal building Galv-a-Lum self supporting 40'X60' has been thru 3 hurricanes, 2 of which was IVAN and Katrinia!! which passed directly over my farm, leveling timber but did nothing to my Dear Shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
601blues Posted March 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 nice find, one of them should be some sort of new orleans tribute. and that grain is groovy, I see it in a blonde, amber or natural finish. Its a crime to hide it. Yup the head stock decal will show that, with the Blues Rat Logo and then 601 Nawlin's Blues Blaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 actually its a Metal building Galv-a-Lum self supporting 40'X60' has been thru 3 hurricanes, 2 of which was IVAN and Katrinia!! which passed directly over my farm, leveling timber but did nothing to my Dear Shop Wow. That's a hardcore shop. You'll be getting contracted to commission the first luthiery on Mars soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Foreigner Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 Could be under a railway arch.... linky good god, Hull is grim. I lived in York for four years (uni plus one year) and thankfully only had cause to go to Hull once in that entire time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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