About
This was one of the first attempts I’ve made at building a guitar in a slightly unorthodox way. The construction is pretty simple. I designed the outline based on a generic, slightly-larger telecaster. I then lasercut the profiles out of a bunch of 6mm plywood sheets. I also strategically removed all the necessary cutouts per layer. This includes all the cavities for the controls, wiring, pickups, and the neck pocket. The body is maybe 2/3 the thickness of a traditional telecaster, but twice the weight since the plywood is quite heavy.
The neck however was salvaged from an old 2009 Ibanez S model that suffered some unfortunate water damage due to a flooded basement. But fortunately for me, the neck survived. I then carved the top of the body with an angle grinder and a sanding disk. The idea was to show off some of the plywood layers. However , the edges and sides looked a little busy with all the plywood layers coming through so applied some walnut veneer around the edges to better “frame the form” in a sculptural sense. I applied similar finishes to the neck to make the whole instrument appear a little more uniform. A few coats of some wipe-on hardcoat and it’s ready for hardware and wiring.
Features:
Neck Pickup : EMG 60 X
Bridge Pickup : EMG 85 X
1 Tone Control
1 Volume Control
3-Way-Pickup-Selection Switch
Neck: Salvaged from an old Ibanez S model
Tuning Machines: Ibanez*
Nut: Floyd Rose*
Bridge: Schaller 3D-6 Non-Tremolo Roller Bridge
*Was already on the Ibanez S, left unchanged.
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