verhoevenc Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) So this is a tele a friend and I were working on (but i Will henceforth be working on solo) where the concept was to use stuff around the shop that was scraps or that we'd never use otherwise. The ONLY think purchased for this build was the african mahogany body which I got for half price out of the shorts pile at the lumber yard. Top and back are bookmatched flamed maple with a bloodwood/flamed maple/bloodwood center stripe. Maple was leftover from a box project (hence not wide enough to do a guitar with just a bookmatch) and the bloodwood from the same project. The hondo mohog neck was offcuts from getting acoustic neck billets from a huge board, and the black walnut and curly maple were scraps from my shop. The binding (top and back) was the excess wood trimmed from the sides of an acoustic my friend's working on and the purflings (yes, you saw it, top AND side purfling... on an electric?!) are old vinyl ones my friend refuses to use anymore, so we threw them on here. There weren't enough to do all the same purflings, so the top/back ones are w/b while the sides are all b/w/b Ebony board is a reject due to these weird white when dry and ultra glossy black when polished imperfections in the wood that we think were either from wax impregnation or fungus. She'll be a 25" scale set-neck and probably will get a wide range reissue humbucker in the neck and a standard tele pickup in the bridge. Binding/Purfling Detail Pic That binding is fiddleback hondo mohog and was a PAIN to hand bend on a pipe, especially the tightness of a tele horn!!! Chris Edited June 29, 2008 by verhoevenc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 looks great... obviously have some very nice scraps lying around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Sweet! I love leftovers! Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderekel Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Looks very nice. I gotta ask, why is it now just you workin' on it instead of you and your friend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFR Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Looks very nice. I gotta ask, why is it now just you workin' on it instead of you and your friend? Ah, i dont think you should let freinds work on guitars anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted June 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 While at college he was my mentor and shop partner (IE: I invaded his shop and he taught me everything I know about acoustic guitars). I just finished college and am moving back home and will continue it on my own since he said I should take it cause he'd never get it done with commissions and what not. Tiz the end of an era for me. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz tradie Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Tiz the end of an era for me. Chris I'd prefer to see it as the start of a new chapter, eh ? Nice scraps, Chris cheers, Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlarremore Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I wish I lived some place where they had wood other than pine and oak! Jef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm about to move into the EXACT situation you are! There's NOTHING around me back home! I'm stalking up before I head down lol. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 That would be stocking... Must be a bummer leaving Todd's shop, I get the impression he'd be a great guy to share a workspace with, and a great source of info and experience top have on tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted July 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 I mean, i still keep his number on speed dial Setch lol. And no, I'll be stAlking the wood. Sitting outside it's window in a tree to be exact... with binoculars of course! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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