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You can get creative with it and put it on a guitar. Then put on some monster platform boots and go glam!

"Stagolee" It was named after the folk/blues song (also called "Stack O'Lee", "Stackerlee", "Stagalee", "Stagger Lee, and so on). The Black Keys did my favorite version of the song and their guitar sound was my benchmark for this guitar. I'm pretty proud of the guitar's tone. This was a tough finish to pull off. I really had to get innovative with it. At one point I was even grinding sawdust into the clear coat and the red paint with my hand. The bridge was especially hard to figure out; it used to be chrome. The tailpiece is a found object. I'm still not sure what was. I assume it was part of a gate lock of some kind. Whatever it is, I got giddy like a little girl when I found it. I guess I won't say too much about it. It kind of speaks for itself. This guitar sounds great, it's not just meant to look interesting. It's sound is surprisingly twangy and bold for a semi-hollow; it was made for blues and really think I captured that sound. This is definitely a playing guitar. _______________________________________________________________________ Body: Semi-hollow Walnut/Maple Neck: Goncalo Alves/Black Walnut Fretboard: Cocobolo Neck shape: Large "C" Scale: 24.5” Frets: Medium, Nickel, 21 (coated in copper oxide) Bridge: Tune-O-Matic Nut: Buffalo Horn Pickups: Hand-wound (9k ohm humbucker, 7k ohm single coils) Electronics: 5-way rotary selector/volume/tone Finish: _______________________________________________________________________ All photos can be seen here. http://pfeisterguitars.com/Stagolee_Galler.../DSC_2844_1.jpg Closeup of the finish: http://pfeisterguitars.com/Stagolee_Galler.../DSC_2832_1.jpg

Thanks for the comments! I have a couple others that are almost done, but I think this one will be a GOTM submission. I think it stands out more than any of my other guitars. It'll be up on Destroy All Guitars any time now. I can't wait to see what kind of response it gets.

Thanks for the comments again, everyone. I like "apocalypsed". Here are the photos from yesterday. I thought i'd never get that finish done. I expected it to be a day or two to finish it up, but it took the entire week. Here are some of the photos. here.

I actually began to make guitars like that because I don't like relics. The idea at first was to make guitars that lode abused and neglected, rather than worn down from being played. It's was sort of "post-relic". It eventually evolved into this. I should have the real photos in a little bit. I'm finishing up fretting right now. Just taking a lunch break.

That's awesome! I love what he did to the inside. I've never seen that before, but I really like it. I was actually thinking of doing something kind of similar to that, but I'm definitely not now.

Thanks, to both of you! (and thank you mexicanbreed for fixing my photos!) Here's a photo of the bridge up close. It used to be chrome, but a little chemestry fixed that. http://destroyallguitars.com/images/PfeisterRustyOct10-4.jpg

I changed the links. They might work now.

I haven't updated this in a longtime. I'm on my iPhone at my shop, so I'll keep this short for now. I can into detail later, if anybody wants. Here's some progress shots. The last one is a quick mockup taken this morning: http://img259.imageshack.us/i/imagelh.jpg/ http://img253.imageshack.us/i/imageyh.jpg/ http://img163.imageshack.us/i/imageilq.jpg/ If a mod could make those images for me I'd appreciate it. I'm on my phone and can't do it.

Got a few new shots today: All of them I uploaded are here

I never thought about using shellac on it, but that might actually look nice. It'd give the color a little more warmth. I have to coat with an acid blocking acrylic layer before I put on the "real" finish. The chemical that ultimately makes the rust is made with sulphuric acid and it'll eat through and yellow plastic finishes over time. I was just planning on using thin clear finish like a matte polyurethane. Just something to protect it.

That's for the input everyone. I've made up my mind... I'm sort of doing both I'm going to leave it with just the rust, but I'm going to make the hardware match that tailpiece. If you look closely in that photo, there's some red paint that's worn away. I'm going to mimic that on the rest of the hardware and probably part of the neck as well (away from where you would touch). That will give it just a little bit of color, but it'll subtly give the impression of age and weathering. I might put a very little bit on the body too, but I haven't decided yet. I'll see how it comes out, then go from there. It took me a while, but I'm happy with that decision. My builds tend to move away from my normal plans a lot. One of the in-progress guitars on my site just go hollowed out and is getting a different top, even though it's always been planned as a solid body with no top. It didn't seem "right" to me. It took a while to realize it, though.

You make a good point. I'm very curious to see how it'll turn out with the paint. Here's some photos from today:

I'm mainly starting this because I'm facing a dilemma. I'm trying to finish this quickly, but I don't know what to do. My plan was to make this finish look similar to this: I began the rusting process and I like how it's turning out without the paint. I have a guy interested in buying it and he likes it too. I've never tried this kind of "finish" before (with the paint, that is; I've done the rust before) and since I like it how it is, I don't know if I want to risk it. If I leave it rust only, the hardware will black iron with light rust, so it'll match, but not be monotone looking. Here's how it looks right now: I did the body before glueing the neck for a few reasons due to the unusual finish. I don't want to get into that right now. I'm really just wanting some opinions on my dilemma. Thanks in advance.

Yeah, there are some good diagrams here: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...uctions#details http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...=3&xsr=2007 It's tricky getting the wires in there. It helps to have some very thin pliers or some long tweezers to do it. Man i hate you !!!!! wish I could get that kind of exposure well done man, actually looks better in the vid than your piks (& your photography is phenominaly good) Hopefully this leads to something big So, im assuming there will be an abused blues 2 ? It's definitely a lot of exposure. I think I've gotten more attention in the last two days than I have in the last two years. #2 is one its way. It's different, though. It has the same type of neck, but it's going to have single coils and a double cutaway.

Here's the full video review/demo:

If anyone is looking for a new guitar case, I have a new SKB Les Paul sized case I'm trying to sell. They're $130 retail, I'm selling it for $100. It's never been used. I love these cases (this isn't the first one I've bought), but I need to sell this one. It's one of these: http://www.guitarcenter.com/SKB-SKB-56-Del...450-i1177905.gc I'll send you a invoice or whatever from my business (pfeisterguitars.com).

It makes for great necks. Here's a recent thread about the same thing: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=43818

I agree, actually. That's the first thing I noticed when I heard that. It has a very warm and woody sound when played clean or with just a bit of distortion (like tube distortion) and it's really meant for blues. I'm still waiting for the other recordings. I hope he does one with less effects. If, not, I still trust these guys. DAG has been very successful and they claim these videos have a lot to do with that. They obviously know better than me (I couldn't sell a life raft to a person drowning )

Here's a "video" of the guitar being played by Lance Keltner for DestroyAllGuitars.com (I'm about to be on the site. I haven't really announced it yet. I'm waiting until I'm on the page.). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBOhidypC0s That's just a rough recording. I'll have some good recordings and full fledged videos of him playing it with his band and a review soon.

Personally, I think walnut is one the best neck woods there is. The sound is just a little on the bright side (not nearly as much as maple) very woody. Saying it's bright is misleading, though. You could maybe call it warm sometimes. Its somewhere in the middle I guess. The best part of it is the timbre. Like I said before, it's very "woody" and organic sounding. It's also a pretty stable wood and extremely easy to carve. It's like mahogany in that its sound varies from piece to piece. Some will sound amazing and other might just sound okay, even from the same tree. Even the sapwood (it's whitish) has it's own sound.

Holy crap, that's brilliant Even is somebody invented first, that's still incredibly innovative, especially using old ball ends like that.

I forgot to post an update. I put everything in the Guitar of the Month thread.

Well, I said I'd submit a wood porn guitar this month, but it looks like I lied. This is the "Abused Blues #1" (it's the first of a series). This guitar has been evolving for a while. I finished it around October, but I've kept working on it. Originally, it was shiny and pretty, but I thought it would look better beat up, so I dinged it, scratched it, and even drug it on the ground until it looked right. I left it like that until a few weeks ago. I decided to keep it for myself (lots of people thought about buying it, but nobody did and it's literally made for my hand) and I set it on fire. I didn't get the look I wanted, so I took a torch to it. I also put on shorter frets, so I decided to lower the bridge. At first, I wanted to do it cleanly, but then i decided to keep with the theme of the guitar and just carve out a messy trench for it. From the beginning, it was meant to be a guitar that you play without worrying about scratching it. Basically, I wanted the player to be able to concentrate on playing and not worrying about his pretty, pristine guitar. I only took it to an extreme recently. The sound is unique. Lower notes have nice woody tones, but higher notes and strings are more piano-like. It sustains forever. The string retainer bar is a recent addition. It used to have normal string trees, but I wanted to see what would happen if I drastically changed the angle of the strings before the nut. It gave it a little more bite, even on fretted notes. I'm extremely happy with the sound and playability. It has the lowest action I've ever achieved (about .96mm at the 12th). I can't seem to put it down. Specs: Top: Goncalo alves (tiger wood) Body: Goncalo alves, black walnut, ironwood, ebony (solid body) Neck: Goncalo alves, ironwood Fretboard: Ironwood Finish: Polywhey, lampblack... and fire. Danish oil on fretboard. Tuners: Grover Bridge: Wilkenson wraparound Nut: Bone (unbleached) Pickups: Bare Knuckle Pickup - "The Mule" (calibrated) Knobs: Blend pickups, master volume, tone (black walnut) Inlay: Side markers: Buffalo horn, ivory, scratches Here is the before gallery. and here is in it's current state (photos will be on the real website soon): Some neck/fretboard closeups: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc...7_5882550_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc...2_5463657_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc...1_1472171_n.jpg All new images (including photos of it on fire) are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1808...0137&ref=mf

That would be my advice. Even going from 10's to 11's will make a big difference. Bigger strings aren't as easy to play, but the fat tone can be really worth it.