GuitarGuy Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Heres some pics of the latest creation, It has been longer that I had expected because I've been making jigs as I go along (most of mine have been thrown out etc since ive built my other guitars). The finish will be a semi-gloss black with rat rod styled pinstriping and some car-tooned images. This is a front shot of this tele styled with the epoxy filler on As you can see this is a multi-laminate birch body and the neck is birch as well. This pickguard is hand cut from sheet aluminum. You will notice the tuning machines are angled back (because it looked cool) The fretboard is cocobolo (I have no idea if I spelled that right) The neck was carved with my favorite shaping tool, the die grinder with an aluminum bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 I like the idea, the aluminum pickguard will be a nice touch. I could do without the headstock shape though, kind of looks like an anteater. Whats more classic than a tele headstock? That aside, I really like what you have going on there, keep us up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 I like that multi-laminate thing...but how come you chose to do it that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 I like the idea, the aluminum pickguard will be a nice touch. I could do without the headstock shape though, kind of looks like an anteater. Whats more classic than a tele headstock? That aside, I really like what you have going on there, keep us up to date. ← The first thing I thought of was Joey's big ceramic dog on Friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarGuy Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 (edited) I like the idea, the aluminum pickguard will be a nice touch. I could do without the headstock shape though, kind of looks like an anteater. Whats more classic than a tele headstock? That aside, I really like what you have going on there, keep us up to date. ← The first thing I thought of was Joey's big ceramic dog on Friends. ← Yeah the headstock is just because I wanted somthing original, i guess I might go back to the drawing board on that one. The multi-laminate is just because I have a lot of 1x12 birch. I suppose I could have gone with face to face laminate but it was just easier this way. With a solid finish the laminate dosen't matter. Edited May 29, 2005 by GuitarGuy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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