The BlueBeatle
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:28 am
It's been a little while since I was inspired to build something, and I've been distracted by amps too lately.
I had a cool piece of heavier beetle kill pine hanging around and realized it was just big enough for a tele style build if I placed the cracks where the cutaways were. I also had a nice bookmatched maple top that needed to be used, so I decided to go with a blue theme to go along with the blue pine streaks. I've also wanted to do a burst like this for a while, the sort of "tranquility burst" thing that gibson did on some of it's LP's.
I also happened to have a nice piece of curly maple for a neck, and after 12 years finally did my first fender style non-angled headstock! I don't know why I waited so long to do this, it sure uses less wood, and is pretty easy.
It's not quite done, but I'm spraying clear coats on the body and working on the neck a bit.
This will also be my first time winding my own pickups, in this case from the kits you can get at Stewmac. I got a tele kit for the bridge, and a firebird kit for the neck, pretty excited about trying that!
I'll post more pics as it gets further along...
I had a cool piece of heavier beetle kill pine hanging around and realized it was just big enough for a tele style build if I placed the cracks where the cutaways were. I also had a nice bookmatched maple top that needed to be used, so I decided to go with a blue theme to go along with the blue pine streaks. I've also wanted to do a burst like this for a while, the sort of "tranquility burst" thing that gibson did on some of it's LP's.
I also happened to have a nice piece of curly maple for a neck, and after 12 years finally did my first fender style non-angled headstock! I don't know why I waited so long to do this, it sure uses less wood, and is pretty easy.
It's not quite done, but I'm spraying clear coats on the body and working on the neck a bit.
This will also be my first time winding my own pickups, in this case from the kits you can get at Stewmac. I got a tele kit for the bridge, and a firebird kit for the neck, pretty excited about trying that!
I'll post more pics as it gets further along...