Thanks everyone for the comments. Hope it ranks as one of the
more unique builds seen here........... along with Tom S's cutaway Tele, NickJD's Feathercaster, and Wilsondooda's Doodacaster.
Along the way, there were a few guesses on where I was going. Fatman came close with this one.
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He's covering the whole thing in Res-O-Glas and making the world's first "AirlineCaster"
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ehawley was on the right track with this.......
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.....!....maybe a ...a..."PLASTICASTER"??
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...... and KDAD was right on with this one.
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Maybe a chambered body covered with clear plexiglass to reveal the innards?
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Sorry guys .......... there are no prizes.
To answers a couple of questions .......... The weight is 7 lbs. 11 oz. The neck pickup wires run through the center spoke to the bridge pickup cavity. I didn't want an F-hole because there would be the problem of dust getting into the chamber.
The idea for this began back in eary January. At that time there was a discussion about an acrylic Telecaster built by Dillion. It reminded of a Custom Shop Stratocaster built by Steve Boulanger and John English back in 1995. That guitar consisted of a 'spiderweb' core milled out of aluminum with acrylic covers on the front and back.
Since I don't work in metal, I started thinking about doing something similar with wood. I had a hard maple body blank left from the time I built my avatar guitar and thought it would be a good wood for the project. With paper and my Telecater template, I drew up the following. It has a much less complicated core than the Custom Shop Stratocaster.
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Super Bowl is starting .........more later.