the telecaster kid

+1 not real stable if spalted very heavily Thanks for pointing that out, I actually knew it and wasn't really thinking. Braincramp, you know. It's just that my spalted maple pieces are in a size that would be easy to cut into neck blanks. Not sure why I thought that was a good idea... Sorry about that guys. I guess those blanks would best be suited as body laminate pieces. At least, the ones that aren't wide enough to bookmatch for tops. Killemall: The crotch oak was a bit tricky. Haha, I gashed my shin trying to cut one section, so I kind of put it on hold for a few days. From what I've seen, it's pretty cool looking, but obviously you're gonna want some pictures. I'll have them for you once my leg stops huting . It's also quite heavy. If you were interested, how big a piece would you be looking for? Sorry about that to everybody else, with this leg wound, cutting is going to take a few more days. I will get the pictures up as soon as I can though, i appreciate your patience.

Not at the moment. Tomorow, I'll get some up.

Red heart Cedar: I've got enough for a number of neck blanks or laminates. Black Locust: As I've been saying for a while, I have a lot, enough for many neck blanks, and possibly laminated body blanks. Red Oak: I've got some huge red oak logs I don't have any use for. If anyone wants some, I can cut some. Cherry/chestnut (Burl): I've got some chunks of cherry and chestnut that could make interesting pieces, not the right size or shape for necks or bodies though Spalted/flamed maple: I've got enough for a few neck blanks and a few top sets. Black Locust (Burl): I have a few pieces that could make interesting fretboards or body laminates. Crotch Oak: I've got some pieces that could make very cool tops.

Pictures: Rough cut blank Better grain detail. As you can see, it's got a cool greenish color, but you can't really tell from the pictures that even it this rough state, the grain kind of shimmers. It looks much better IRL.

So I bought this telecaster body a while ago. It's this cool mahogany thing with bloodwood laminate strips. Needless to say i've screwed it up beyond recognition, literally. With my zero experience at the time I bought it, i ruined it pretty bad. At the same time i go the body, I bought a spalted maple 1/4" top set that i never used. My plan is now to retop the tele with the maple, get new hardware and pickups and turn the poor little guy into a nice instrument I can sell (I need the money pretty bad). I'm not posting any pictures 'till I get some progress, 'cause it's really, really embarassing right now. Of course, before the build, I have a few questions left about setup that I figured would be good to pose here. 1). To chamber or not to chamber: it's heavy as hell already, and I think it could be very cool as a semi hollow. Any thoughts? 2). Pickups: traditional tele or something else? I'm going with vintage style pickups either way, so basically the question is humbuckers or single coils, or both, and in what order. Thanks.

Wow, I must seem to be the biggest flake, promising locust and not delivering. However, I have now finally got my shop set up, and I'm ready to start cutting blanks. If anyone from before is still interested in some cheap, interesting wood, send me a message. If you're just reading this for the first time now, I'll do a little background. I live in a big stand of black locust trees. several of which have fallen down, and been sectioned by me. There's enough wood to make many neck blanks, and countless neck laminate strips. If anyone is interested, shoot me a message. Once again, I am very sorry to everyone who never got any locust that I said I would send. It's quality stuff though. The grain is very straight, with a nice edge. Oh, and how did I forget. I also have a decent size stash of red cedar for neck laminate strips, some chunks of maple and burled chestnut, and some red oak I need to section if anybody wants some. I think I have a few pieces of maple long enough for necks, though they may be bordering on spalted. Ill have more pictures of the locust and cedar up tomorow.

I also want one for my new PRSish project. Sent you a pm.

Here's a quick MS Paint render.

I'll probably plug the endcap with wood yeah. I say endcap because I've decided on going with one pickup, and one knob. I've also decided on a few other things. I'm going with the 9 string idea, probably a 23" scale. Also, I've figured out how I'm going to incorporate all the junk my Kentucky friend gave me. I'm going to use an old hinge as the tailpiece, and the coping saw handle/blade thing as a tremolo arm. The endcap, as I've said will be the volume knob, and the pickguard is going to be an old circular saw blade. I'm going to set it into the wood so as not to rip my fingers up everytime I play the damn thing, haha. I'm going to go with one humbucker (any suggestions as to what?). For wood, I'm going to use the black walnut I got from my school for the body and I'm going to try to use the walnut my Kentucky friend gave me as the neck (probably going to laminate). I'm going to use my Ebay maple for the top. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I bought a very thick rosewood fretboard blank in a Knetucky music store while i was there. For $12.00 I couldn't let it go. I'm going to do a pretty intense radius with that. Not sure what kind of bridge to use.

The log i split went straight down the middle, this is what the end looks like. and the other one What do you suggest I do?

Haha, the shotgun shell ends are knobs. For A pickguard I'm thinking of setting in a circular saw blade, and the tailpiece is a hinge. Anyway, I found my camera. Here's the outside of the logs. and here's the grain.

Well, I've been away. I was in Kentucky on a service project, and I saw some very cool things. First of all, everyone sit down. The guy who's house I was working on had some wood. What kind of wood? American Chestnut. The man's grandfather had had one of the last surviving trees, and the guy had a few log sections he had turned on a lathe into lamps. Yes, the stuff is extinct, it was very very cool. As a parting gift, he let me take some of his scrap oak, (I got a very cool looking piece,) and a black walnut log. Well, the log was pretty grungy looking, but I finally split it today, and the grain is gorgeous. I just discovered my camera is not in it's place while I was typing, so I can't get the pics just yet. You'll have to trust that it's nice looking for now. I think I can get 3 or four fender style neck blanks out of it. This is what leads me to my next project. The man in Kentucky also let me take some of the junk he had lying around, and some shotgun shell ends. I have a piece of walnut my shop teacher let me take big enough for a small body, and I have a figured/spalted maple top set that I got off ebay from a while ago. I was thinking of doing a picollo guitar. It would look something like this. That's a short (not sure what length) scale, with the top three strings doubled. Any input?

Please, for the sake of all that is holy do not bleach that guitar. It is absolutely gorgeous, and it is rosewood, bleaching it would by horrendous. If you want a lighter guitar, build a body from ash or alder or one of the many other light colored tonewoods, but please god don't bleach that rosewood. For the sake of my sanity.

Alright, let me start by apologizing to everyone who was interested in the locust for making them wait, but I have a bit of an excuse. My family, (My father, my sister and I) were in a pretty nasty car crash up in NH. I walked away without any injuries (miraculously) but my father shattered his knee cap, and my sister broke her collar bone. Anyway, I've been very busy, and preoccupied with many new responsibilities, as my dad was laid out. He's only now getting back on is feet and driving after almost 2 months. At the same time, my school year has been wrapping up, so with AP tests and term papers I've been very busy, and has no time to come on the forum. But anyway, I still have all the locust I had when I first advertised it, and I can take orders now from anyone who is still interested, or newly interested if they haven't been following the thread. Well, if you haven't been following the thread, you can find out all about it here. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...c=34780&hl= Thanks everyone, and sorry about the wait.

Exactly, it's a time guitar. Here's a picture of it with the paint stripped.

In the 80s, my dad bought a guitar made to custom specs by a guy called Paul Languedoc, who's name you may remember as the guy who built Trey Anestasio's custom axes. The thing was an absolute monster, (Bright canary yellow, missile and airplane decals on the fretboard, mirrored pickguard) with an H-S-H construction, kahler tremolo, and all the bells and whistles for wiring (coil drop, phase shift, series/parallel.) Well, shortly after I was born he decided his shredding days were done, so he took it apart, stripped the paint and put it in a box. I found out about it a while ago, after I really got into playing and working with guitars, and I decided I needed to fix it back up. He said I could have it. So yesterday I stripped the red paint he had put on it, and low and behold, the guitar is solid maple. Neck, fretboard, body, everything maple. The electronics were all trashed too from the way it was taken apart, so I decided I was going to completely revamp the thing. I'm going to go with a clear finish, to show the amazing maple grain, and a much simpler wiring. I'm thinking dimarzio passive P-ups (H-S-H) with coil drop for the humbuckers. I'm not sure which particular pickups I'll be using though. I also need a new locking nut, as the old one has disappeared. Anyone know where I could get one? This thing is a monster though. The fret access is completely smooth at the top, and it weighs a ton. I'll put some pictures up later today when I've finished the sanding I've been doing.

Forgive me if you've already explained, but why exactly is the end of the truss rod in the middle of your fretboard?

Beautiful man, completely spectacular. You're putting my bass to shame

OK, I resawed one quarter log into 2 blanks. The quartersawn face is really spectacular. This picture doesn't do it justice at all, but it's the best my camera could do. Sorry.

Alright, I got the new table saw and it's set up, so i can begin resawing some boards. I'll be responding to the PMs shortly. Anyone else who wants some shoot me a PM. Thanks.

Ah yes, I knew I saw someone use black locust on this forum at some point, just couldn't remember who. That's good that it turned out well for the barnwood guitar. I'd be happy to load you up with some more if you'd like, we just need to talk about shipping. I really like your work, particularly that new butternut bass, and like I said, I'd love to see it put to some good use. *edit I'm located in Massachusetts.

It's kind of brownish in parts, but has a more yellowish color mostly, and the grain is not like mahogany at all. I can get some pictures up later tomorrow, but I can't find my camera at the moment. Sorry about that.

I bet I could. If the wood I have isn't big enough, which I doubt, I have a few larger tree trunks out in my yard that I could quarter-saw. Like I said earlier though, I'm waiting on the new table saw, so I probably wouldn't be able to get it cut for a few days. My major concern though is the dryness. The wood's all been sitting around my yard for years, but I have no way of telling you exactly how dry it is. Sorry about that. Other than that, I'd really just need specific dimensions if you have them. Thanks for all the interest everyone. It's no problem on my part to get this stuff out of here. I'd like to see it put to some good use, rather than just heating my house.

It turns out I live in the midst of a huge stand of black locust trees. A couple fell over some 4 years ago, and i sectioned them some 2 or 3 years ago. Well I just went out and ripped a bunch of them into large rough blanks. I now have enough for about 20 neck blanks, and dozens of neck strips, if no one's interested in making a whole neck out of the stuff. That brings me to my point. It's kind of a weird wood, and I've never seen anyone on this board using it, so if anyone wants any, I'd be happy to cut some to specified dimensions and send it their way. Like I said though, I just ripped them today, so they're still fairly green. Black locust is pretty cool though. It's extremely hard, and relatively straight grained, and sounds good when you thump it. So, if anyone wants any, give me a shout. However, I'm getting a new tablesaw, so I won't be able to cut any until next week. P.S. I Also have a few flamed maple blanks from a tree I cut down a while ago. They're a bit dryer and look great, but they're also smaller. I have to take another look to see if they're even big enough for necks actually...

Still interested. Sorry I haven't gotten back to you, my project's been on hold and I haven't been on for a while.