WezV Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 .... you take ages to finish anything - then two come together at the same time!!! Been a bit difficult to get anything done for the last year or so due to 2 changes in career and a new baby being born It has literally been over a year since i finished my last guitar build (although i have done a few resto's in that time) - now i have 2 fender style hybrids entering their final lap at roughly the same time The Wezo-Sonic This one is a mix of the different duo-sonic designs. So its the mustang/duo-sonic2 offset body shape with a pick guard modelled after the duo-sonic1, control layout spaced out a bit more for strat style volume swellability - but its all ended up a bit more like a late 70's Music Master - although i would say its a fair bit cooler than that Stratele i have been waiting to use this bit of english walnut for a while - there was some debate about covering it with a black scratchplate, but i think it works better than it would without. * Its mostly a strat body shape, about 1/4" shorter and with tele upper bout. Allparts strat neck veneered with walnut on the headstock and recarved to a V into C profile - cut down tele bridge, TSS pickup and custom control layout and an awesome oil and wax finish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 That tele threw me off at first, the strat pic guard did it to me.I like it,the walnut is looking good..At first I thought it was a base,then took a closer look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Wez, would you take some more pics? I'm especially interested in that Stratatele. I have a huge piece of mesquite I'm saving for a project much like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 +1 on more pics Also I know what you mean... I have 5 in finishing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 i will take a load of pics when actually finished - do we need progress pics for a couple of fender types ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Go busses!!! http://knowyourmeme.com/videos/9764-bitch-im-a-bus Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 do we need progress pics for a couple of fender types ??? I felt the EXACT same way about the SG I've had in finishing for a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkHenry Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Great, Guitars looking superb. Its good to have 2 great string instruments like this. Thanks for sharing pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpm99 Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 I think my biggest question on this deals with fitting a strat pickguard to the tele's upper bout. You said it uses the tele upper bout, but did you modify it? I didn't think strat pickguards fit on teles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 its a standard strat scratchplate shape. the horn is strat shaped so the plate fits fine. - its just the bass side of the body that is tele shaped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Stratele is done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I would say that your work is constantly improving time after time Wez. That Stratele is near as damnit perfect. The WezO-Sonic looks cool for it's awesome bulletproof rawness. Usual questions apply - anything you would have done better in these builds, etc? Is that a silver/black waterslide decal on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Love the idea behind the strat/tele hybrid. And that walnut top is beyond beautiful! Great job, as usual, Wez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I would say that your work is constantly improving time after time Wez. That Stratele is near as damnit perfect. The WezO-Sonic looks cool for it's awesome bulletproof rawness. Usual questions apply - anything you would have done better in these builds, etc? Is that a silver/black waterslide decal on there? yeah, its a waterslide - i got this style for some gibson style black headstock i was doing a few years ago, but they seem to work nicely on most things. there are always things that can be done better but my main issue at the moment is that everything is taking far too long!! i must admit i am preferring simpler guitars these days. i still appreciate a nice bit of lamination with fancy woods and highlights, and i still like mucking about with different techniques. but looking back over the last 10 years building guitars i can honestly say the best ones have been the simpler ones my top 5 from me would be: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I second that list. They are most certainly worthy of a portfolio. Your English Walnut looks fantastic under oil and reminds me far too much of Koa. Om nom nom, etc. Short of the Rosewood, that instrument could happily be classed as a candidate for sustainable materials. Shame there is no composite equivalent of Rosewood as of yet. Yet. (vague Johnny Dangerously reference) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 That is a beautiful guitar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 that looks amazing. the black guard and the semi gloss/satin finish looks perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted July 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 got the wezo-sonic done too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 That is a beautiful guitar: You know those rare occasions when you see a guitar & think to yourself "Jesus, I wish id built that" You just made my whole week man !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I would say that your work is constantly improving time after time Wez. That Stratele is near as damnit perfect. The WezO-Sonic looks cool for it's awesome bulletproof rawness. Usual questions apply - anything you would have done better in these builds, etc? Is that a silver/black waterslide decal on there? yeah, its a waterslide - i got this style for some gibson style black headstock i was doing a few years ago, but they seem to work nicely on most things. there are always things that can be done better but my main issue at the moment is that everything is taking far too long!! i must admit i am preferring simpler guitars these days. i still appreciate a nice bit of lamination with fancy woods and highlights, and i still like mucking about with different techniques. but looking back over the last 10 years building guitars i can honestly say the best ones have been the simpler ones my top 5 from me would be: Where would you put that clean black LPRS thing you did a couple of years back? The Stratele is beautiful by the way. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted July 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 You know those rare occasions when you see a guitar & think to yourself "Jesus, I wish id built that" You just made my whole week man !! that is quite a compliment - thanks! Where would you put that clean black LPRS thing you did a couple of years back? The Stratele is beautiful by the way. SR that one i never quite saw as finished, but it was the first go at a proper carve top i was actually happy with the contours on and it is a damn sexy guitar. It was made for a friend about 2 years ago, unfortunately he died suddenly just over a year ago from very advanced leukaemia that he was not aware of. just a week before that i had it back in to consider his his latest set of adjustments, he was suddenly finding it a bit too heavy and wondered if there was anything to do. it wasnt a light guitar, but since his other 2 were a 70's yamaha SG 2000 and a 90's les paul studio it was within the weight range he was used to. possibly one of those signs that pointed out something wasn't quite right - but hindsight is 20:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted July 9, 2012 Report Share Posted July 9, 2012 I want that blue tele sooooo bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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