It's quite Ironic that the most possibly the most interesting guitars I make are from the offcuts of all the others. (The previous two can be seen Here and Here). My latest Firewood Special is no exception It can be safely said one of my favourite builds.
It's fairly simple one bridge P90 affair. The Body is made from Ash offcuts which have been just been sanded to take any roughness or splinters. The Separate fragments have been glued using a polyurethane glue which is incredibly strong. It looks quite fragile but it isn't. although probably not up to been swung about on a stage. The Idea was to look like the wood had been placed together much like a child would use building blocks to make shapes.
The neck is a strat type. Possibly from a squire. It had a butchered headstock so I tidied it up and applied some smaller Ash fragments to compliment the body. The Body was then stained using some old oil paints diluted with white spirit then treated to a couple of coats of Danish oil followed by a coat of satin poly lacquer. The lumps and bumps and grain of the wood can still be felt.
The bridge tailpiece jackplate and control cavity cover are all made from small offcuts too.
The machine heads are nice re-used satin finish. they look really modern and compliment the design beautifully.
The pickup is what I think is an Artec P90. measures about 6.4k. The guitar plays incredibly well and sounds sweet. anyway here's the Pics. Will be available for sale very soon
It's fairly simple one bridge P90 affair. The Body is made from Ash offcuts which have been just been sanded to take any roughness or splinters. The Separate fragments have been glued using a polyurethane glue which is incredibly strong. It looks quite fragile but it isn't. although probably not up to been swung about on a stage. The Idea was to look like the wood had been placed together much like a child would use building blocks to make shapes.
The neck is a strat type. Possibly from a squire. It had a butchered headstock so I tidied it up and applied some smaller Ash fragments to compliment the body. The Body was then stained using some old oil paints diluted with white spirit then treated to a couple of coats of Danish oil followed by a coat of satin poly lacquer. The lumps and bumps and grain of the wood can still be felt.
The bridge tailpiece jackplate and control cavity cover are all made from small offcuts too.
The machine heads are nice re-used satin finish. they look really modern and compliment the design beautifully.
The pickup is what I think is an Artec P90. measures about 6.4k. The guitar plays incredibly well and sounds sweet. anyway here's the Pics. Will be available for sale very soon
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