Fresh Paint…
I decided to turn my custom shop nocaster into the guitar that I use to test my pickups. I routed out the backside and made a bakelite cover for it, similar to Merle Travis’s Bigsby. When I started, the body weighed 4lb. 4 3/4oz. After routing it out, it weighs 2lb. 11oz. I should have done this a long time ago. It feels and sounds great! I can now swap the neck pickup out from the back without taking the strings off. While I was at it, I striped the chipped up old paint, sprayed it with a few coats of white lacquer and added a new pickguard.
On a side note, we just added a few items to our new Store that we continue to get requests for. Will be adding additional guitar related items soon, as well as some things for the home.
t
February 24, 2012 at 7:10 pm //
nice!! but why not a bakelite arm rest to match…like the black top pickup…and that brushed metal still looks super…ur approaching parsons string bender territory with that removable back…and light weight!
really killer
cheers
castelletti
February 24, 2012 at 10:31 pm //
Lookin’ sharp T.K.! I like the re-vamp
admin
February 26, 2012 at 9:10 am //
Thanks T and John, I was thinking about using a black armrest but I made that particular one almost 20 ago and it’s kind of a good luck piece now.
castelletti
February 26, 2012 at 12:17 pm //
in the word’s of my late uncle Paul Bleifuss , who taught me everything I know about working with wood and making instruments: “Wood is Good”