Hello, Lofton! Click on a photo to enlarge...
April 18: Waiting til next week to spray clear coats. I’m going to paint Judy’s face this weekend. The friskit paper mask worked near perfectly… that’s the ponytail and bow… Binding is good, fine, not perfect. I will keep futzing til I seal it.
April 14: Phew, that was something! Came out really great! Next: The logo gets colored with enamel, first. Then light sanding, then clear gloss coats. And Judy needs a face! No close-ups of the binding till its cleaned up and done. But I think it’s gonna be great!
March 27: Primer is done! The color could be rendered darker, but it looks darker in ‘person’. I’m referring to the dark edge. We’ll talk…
February 9:
It’s been a busy week! First two photos show binding ledge before and after sanding; three images of binding being applied; Oh Yeah, I’ve been playing your guitar… Created the pickguard yesterday. It really came out great!
I will be receiving a chrome humbucker ring tomorrow. I originally anticipated hard-mounting the pickups to the body, but I forgot about the neck angle, which requires a higher pickup height. I thing the two chrome rings will look very nice. So the ‘color’ scheme is deep red, with chrome, black, white, and parchment. (I’ve also considered the possibility of painting the rings white. Thoughts?)
Dude, it is going to set up well and play nicely. I nailed the neck angle (Phew!). The neck pup is plenty hot, compared to the humbucker. There’s a slight drop in volume with the coil split, but the sound is beautiful! The tuners are awesome. I forgot how nice they are; high ratio and sweet locking action. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Febuary 3, 2025
Frets; and the 24th Fret Marker…
Judy’s Ponytail will be painted on the body…
January 14, 2025
Detail of the Front Thru-Holes; a Metal insert with a flange goes here. The Pencil line is the Theoretical Bridge Line.
December 20
December 18
December 9
Here is the most recent rendering…
This is the version from Sunday, 12/1. It is a good length, the strap buttons are in the right places, and it's just a little narrower than the Telecaster. The curves keep getting massaged, but I feel it's fairly refined at this point. See the photos below... Tell me what you think.
Oh yeah, the pickguard!
Below are the first, second, and fifth (!) iteration compared to a Tele and each other.
OK, I like this; I hope you do too. Finessed the curves, worked out the headstock, put binding on the neck, took out the sunburst. Maybe the final pickguard?... Oh yeah, it's 24 frets in this version - campare to the previous one below...
Here's the latest rendering; new pickguard, wider body.
The Body, Neck, and Fingerboard Blanks....
The Hell Cloud
