I've always wanted a blue guitar, so I built one (with Madinter wood only)
This was my plan B for the Great Guitar Build Off 2021, in case the One Piece build went wrong.
But it didn't, ... so now the "B" stands for blue (thank you @CranmerGuitars for the name suggestion).
Lots of first times with this build:
first time using veneer (quilted maple veneer from @madinterwoodformusic ) and first time using a veneer press (using a skateboard veneer vacuum bag from Roarockit)
first time using wood that was dried, selected and milled for guitar building, and not staircases, decking, furniture and what not (all timbers are from Madinter.com , and that's ash, flamed maple, and rosewood). Not having to dimension the rough sawn wood by myself was very enjoyable and I'm gonna have a hard time going back to the jointer/planer and table saw.
first time using stains (SuStain from tlcguitargoods.com) and not leaving the natural color of the wood
Specs
Body: 3-piece swamp ash, stained quilted maple veneer top, tortoise binding
Neck: flamed maple, stained with vintage brown SuStain
Fretboard: rosewood, 12,5 " radius, flamed maple block inlay
24 frets, Dunlop 6140
Schaller hardware & locking tuners
Switchcraft electronics, 1 tone 1 volume
Seymour Duncan phat cat P90 (humbucker sized)
Finish: tru oil
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Gears used for the demos
Strymon Iridium (Fender channel for the clean sounds, Vox channel for the last clip), Fender Pugilist Distorsion and Ibanez Tubescreamer overdrive, Tc Electronic Hypergravity compressor (only in the last clip, Devin Townsend toneprint), Strymon BigSky reverb, Tc electronic Flashback delay. Recorded directly into a Steinberg UR44, inside Logic, with no EQ or any editing.
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Thanks for watching and see you at the next guitar build (I'm building a Les Paul).
Also, I'll start a Red Special build at 100K subs :)
You can find more of my past and upcoming shenanigans at / tchiksguitars