Mutt/parts guitar appreciation thread...

[Vrad]

I've still got the mutt urge but after spending some time reading up on it I think I might actually build a tele. As in raw body blank build a tele. Maybe just the body. I don't have the tools for fretting a neck yet...

I've thought about that. I'm slowly building up some guitar-specific tools.

You may have already been here, but check this out:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/

Lots of cool threads there like this one:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... build.html

Yeah that's a cool site!
I love those build threads.

 

[FUZZboat]

my mutts right after gettin a "bath"

 

[vultures]

Whoaaaa Gary, What model neck is that on the Jackson?

 

[halford]

Whoaaaa Gary, What model neck is that on the Jackson?

 

[FUZZboat]

Whoaaaa Gary, What model neck is that on the Jackson?

The neck is from a USA DR2 (ebony FB 22 Jumbo frets)

Its got a "paper thin" profile which is a #1 pre-requisite for all my guitars.

The Body is a old Charvel Predator loaded with an Old NOS Kramer Floyd.

 

[vultures]

Whoaaaa Gary, What model neck is that on the Jackson?

The neck is from a USA DR2 (ebony FB 22 Jumbo frets)

Its got a "paper thin" profile which is a #1 pre-requisite for all my guitars.

The Body is a old Charvel Predator loaded with an Old NOS Kramer Floyd.

Damn man, you always pop up with random AWESOME Jackson/Charvel mutts, how do you do it? I need to know

 

[FUZZboat]

Musicgoround.com and time (been collecting since 2000)

in 1999, sold all my kramers and became a full-fleged jackson freak with the purchase of my 1st Jackson - a 1994 Fusion HH

soon realized that to have "my perfect" jackson shredder I would have to "roll my own".

what you see in the pictures is the culmination of my quest.


btw, how did your the flametop veener project come along ? (- it was looking like a very nice job )

 

[vultures]

btw, how did your the flametop veener project come along ? (- it was looking like a very nice job )

Oh MAN, it came out nice! I'm on the market for a new neck, but it's hard to find a maple fretboard AANJ

I'll post a pic or two since it's technically a mutt now

 

[FUZZboat]

btw, how did your the flametop veener project come along ? (- it was looking like a very nice job )

Oh MAN, it came out nice! I'm on the market for a new neck, but it's hard to find a maple fretboard AANJ

I'll post a pic or two since it's technically a mutt now

wow, thats sweet - definitely great results for your 1st time

I'm impressed !!

so your a no volume or tone control type player ?

 

[1big1]

my partsocaster. neck is off an '82 arbor strat. the machines are original. the body is some s.e. asian basswood and bridge is a grover. pickguard is an axl and the wiring harness and pups are from my mim strat. sorry about the quality of the pic. i haven't used this cam for quite awhile and need to read the manual.

 

[Vrad]

my partsocaster. neck is off an '82 arbor strat. the machines are original. the body is some s.e. asian basswood and bridge is a grover. pickguard is an axl and the wiring harness and pups are from my mim strat. sorry about the quality of the pic. i haven't used this cam for quite awhile and need to read the manual.

You painted that other guitar with the Alsa paint you got from Ebay right? If so, did it come in a rattle can? Or did you use Prevail/Spray gun?

 

[1big1]

actually the body came pre-painted and routed but not pre-drilled. i ordered it from a guy who owns a small music store in a little town not far from here. the funny part about this project was that i had certain things in mind when i started. i wanted a white body and a white pearloid pickguard.. so that's what i ordered. when the body came in it was red.. and the only pickguard he had was black. i asked about it and the guy said that was the only color they had in stock at the time and if i wanted white i'd have to wait six weeks. i wanted to build it from parts available locally.. but couldn't find what i wanted.. so i made do with what was available rather than order a bunch of parts and wait weeks for them to arrive.
the other guitar is still its original metallic pink.. straight out of the '80's. i bought it for 25 bucks from a guy i used to work with. so far i've invested 35 bucks on tuners and that's about it. the rest is coming from parts i have sitting around and have re-conditioned.