601blues
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She started Here, This is a 2 piece main body and Cap,
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This Build was from Mahogony,
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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
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with be fitted with a Bigsby Tail piece, and Rocker Bridge, and Lollar Hummers, Grover locking tuners ,Warmoth neck
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Added 1 drop of Transtint to 1 cup lacqure, and shot my 1st and 2nd coats
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Routed for Pu's etc and stained with TransTint Orange
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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
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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