The woods: Black Limba 2 piece body and neck, Rosewood fretboard with MOP inlay dots
Both neck and body are finished in Tru-oil apart from the front of the headstock which I spray lacquered for the logo script
24.75" scale
Pickup - Oil City Blackbird bridge which is coil split on the volume and standard tone, Rosewood knobs
This is my first proper build but I have put together an LPJ kit guitar and a parts-caster Tele before this. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. The build started over a year ago in truth and I've been slowly progressing it bit by bit, learning from mistakes along the way. Initially I wanted it to look like a Yamaha StarFlighter so that inspired the body shape and I liked the idea of it being a Junior style guitar with one pickup. There was no master design plan to this guitar if I'm honest. I got the wood, had a rough idea of body shape and then made design decisions as I went along. No build thread on this forum unfortunately but I did post some progress pics here.
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Hi All,
First post but lurking for a while.
This is my first proper build but I have put together an LPJ kit guitar and a parts-caster Tele before this. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. The build started over a year ago in truth and I've been slowly progressing it bit by bit, learning from mistakes along the way. Initially I wanted it to look like a Yamaha StarFlighter so that inspired the body shape and I liked the idea of it being a Junior style guitar with one pickup. There was no master design plan to this guitar if I'm honest. I got the wood, had a rough idea of body shape and then made design decisions as I went along. No build thread on this forum unfortunately but I did post some progress pics here.