Pinecaster club

Welcome to the Pinecaster club.
Here you can showcase your own, be it store bought or D.I.Y. as long as it's made from the species Pine.
Yellow, Sugar, Oregon, it all belongs here in the Pinecaster club.
Describe your Pine guitar, spec's and all....
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I'm kicking off with mine, a 50's style Pine telecaster.
-Body : Yellow pine, laminated from 10 pcs. 50's style rout (hump/flatspot)
-Neck : Quartersawn maple V neck
-hardware: Fender tuners,Callaham bakelite Pickguard,Callaham stainless steel slotted screw set,Callaham stainless button stringretainer,Allparts controlplate,allparts electrosocketFender 3-barrel vintage bridge,Stewmac comp. saddles.
-Pickups : Bill Lawrence Keystones KT1 set
-Electronics: TAD paper in oil cap 0.01 mfd,cts solid shaft pots, oak grigsby switch,cloth pushback wire

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Enjoy the club!!!

Holy Moly Oly thats a beauty git. When my piney is done I will join your club here but mine wont be that perty fo' sho'.
later

Oh and my dad says he noticed your guitar (or at least the strap) is a LT. General.LoL

I'm in, but I want to take some better pics to post here. Hopefully Arlo will join us here, since he's kind of responsible for getting us started. :lol:

Bill

I'm in, but I want to take some better pics to post here. Hopefully Arlo will join us here, since he's kind of responsible for getting us started. :lol:

Bill

I vote, Arlo West for President of the Pinecaster club!!!



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Well heres mine. Picked the Body up from Reddirt on the RR forum. Pretty basic set up. Ten piece pine body-not hardened or sealed, RR fender blonde and very thin clear, just enough to get the shine you see here. it was tough not to sand through. Pick up is a hot alnico II fat body(wider pole pieces-think quater pounder). Custom Tortoise pick guard, Neck is off my 95 Telecaster special (I gotta have that neck on my #1) controls are from the special but the plate and knobs are from a road worn.

Frankly Im shocked at how resonant and twangy this bad boy is!! I get alot of conmpliments on the tone using this with my Blues Jr.

had alot of fun with this.. its aging quickly though. I will try and get a new shot to show how shes breaking in
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Here is mine.
10 piece pine body
back and forearm contour
Stewmac Vintage Amber stain
10 thin coats of TruOil

Maple neck
boatneck from Warmoth
Stewmac Vintage Amber stain
8 coats of nitro
lightly reliced

What else, Keystone pickups/Glendale bridge & saddles
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I vote, Arlo West for President of the Pinecaster club!!!



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He's got my vote!

Bill

me 2

LOL, I will respectfully have to decline but TY anyway friends. I would be glad to be the foreign ambassador however!

As ambassador I would like to present some Swedish Pine for your enjoyment.

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And some dating back to 1600's

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On my way to Amsterdam and UK. Check in later!

Here's my pinecaster ( AKA TidyCatster) from the 100 dollar challenge earlier in the year.
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Body- multiple leftovers strips from regular bodies.
Plastics from kitty litter container
Jenn Erikk bridge
Jenn Erikk strat pups
Jenn Erikk tuners
Electronics- Rat Shack
neck-PineMart "NoRod" Maple neck .

Arlo should be the ambassador of the pinecaster.

Ok Pine Boy's Riddle me This??

I am building my first Pinecaster but unsure about the finish i want. I have very limited exposure to wood working and finishing. I would like a finish that looks a little aged but also not so thick. I would like a small amount of shine though. Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks,

sLY

PineNewbie

I guess my Tryggvecaster counts too... the body made of three IKEA Tryggve (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10094630) shelf planks and finished with yacht laquer, neck is off a Squier '51.
Bridge pup is a GFS, neck an old Teisco goldfoil.

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PineNewbie,
Many people use Tru-oil. It is sold in gun shops and depts. Multiple coats produce a nice shine. Personally I've never used it, but search for it here on the TDPRI and you can see the results.

Does this one count:
Taipan Tone Telepaul one piece Pine Body, waiting for the pickguardian pickguard
Allparts OBESE neck
Gotoh open back tuners
Lollar CC pups
Taipantone Hardware
20 coats Black French Polish by yours truly!
200 year old Pine floor,,,still attached to the house:-(

pics are gone because I am sending the pine body back because the bridge rout was of center.

Oh and because Arlo doesn't want it I nominate Olaf for Pinecaster president

Here's my Piney. My #1 guitar:

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well i got took maybe. I got the pine body today. i put some cell pictures up a few posts ago. I tried it with the neck and bridge and the bridge rout is off. you can see it in the pic i put up with the neck on it. i didn't see it until i tried to string it. The high e and b strings are out in the air. I wrote the seller i hope he makes good. I REALLY wanted this to work as its just what i wantede an esquire type without the neck hole like my dad is having made in ash by someone. I wanted in pine like leos first ones but NOOOO i had to get the off kilter piney special LoL. well wish me luck I guess i will have to find a body maker to make me one. the problem is they always charge more then i got to spend LoL.

Now I have to find another pine body. The seller just emailed me that I can return it and he will refund my bid plus original shipping. I am out the amount I have to pay to send it back ,but better then being out the whole thing. So this is good sorta. Now who makes pine bodies inexpensively? I paid 108 with shipping on this one so I am looking for something in that range. with the same layout. just the bridge rout and string through holes. I would also like the control rout and the neck mount and bridge mount holes. basically like the one I am sending back but with the rout lined up correctly. LoL.

LOL, I will respectfully have to decline but TY anyway friends. I would be glad to be the foreign ambassador however!

As ambassador I would like to present some Swedish Pine for your enjoyment.

http://arlowest.com/tele/Dsc05795.jpg

http://arlowest.com/tele/Dsc05798.jpg

And some dating back to 1600's

http://arlowest.com/tele/Dsc05880.jpg

On my way to Amsterdam and UK. Check in later!

Gosh! that i could use some of... (did that fresh stuff smell nice, did it?) would'nt mind the old stuff either.
I discovered where all the old pine in the Netherlands is.
I can recover a lot of it, only it did not go into construction as it does in the U.S.



Arlo, you take care now when in Amsterdam, don't get AMSTERDAMNED...
And don't walk out of the Hardrock sh*tfaced into the canal either! LOL

There can be only one true President of this club, albeit in a posthumane form...


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I love this photo, it's in my shop and whenever i take a costcutting shortcut or devise some way of doing stuff cheap (but right) Leo alway's looks with that smile like he say's... keep going, you are on the right track!

Ol Army Green started it for me......

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Props to Rob D who posted a nice "How to" on Minwax stain.....Search "Minwax stain" I followed his steps and was very happy with it.

My next builds I used stains and a Nitro finish.......got a good response here and a few other places and friends and others on the net if I would help them out......


Now, like the others that are here, I'm ate up with it......See a old barn or house and I'm thinking what kind of planks could I make.

Yep- lots of Thanks you's go out to Arlo,Jason "Jaydawg" H-man, Rob D for the cool "How to's " ......... Creston Electrics has been a inspiration........CLF as the Sen -Se.....No rules.....No polls to decide what "I" should build.....Never take myself to seriously......all about "playability" and fun guitars.......Leo was the seed...with respect to Paul Bigsby and others.

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More Southern Ill ......

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Coming soon.....
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Whoa! jeffro, welcome to the clu!
Guess you is a certified member huh?
What a nice collection of geeetars..

I alway's feel sorry right after a sale, the guitar alway's becomes part of me, even when intentionally built for a customer... it sort of feels like having kids...

Anyhooooo. welcome Jeffro and southern ill
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Made a quick recording with an old jazz-amp i'm selling.
The quality of the camera's microphone is poor, but it get's the job done.
Some simpel playing and some twang...

"Tulsa time"

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Hey, I know it's an old thread, but I'm doing a similar project and was just wondering it you treated the bare pine body with anything before the stain?

That's a beautiful guitar ... Hope mine comes out half as good.

- Jeff

No, typically Pine does not need grainfilling, but it won't hurt if you do.
There can be knots though, i used Rustins clear woodstopping on my pine body.
I also used Rustins Yellow Pine Dye and Rustins shellac sealer as finish.
Dye the body with the non grainraising dye (whatever colour you prefer and they can be mixedfrom rustins on a cloth, wait till dry.
Apply the shellac with a roller, wait till dry and sand back with 320 grit glasspaper.
Apply more coats until satisfaction, sand back with320 and last Polish with a Beeswax with lye

That's how the butterscotchy finish on my guitar came about.

good luck

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Ok I'm in with this just found today (hopefully this an acceptable entry at this early stage). Torrey pine from San Diego like Torrey Pines golf course. Quote from Wikipedia "The Torrey pine is the rarest pine in the United States. The wild population is restricted to about 4000 trees growing in a narrow strip along the California coast in San Diego. It is currently being tested as a plantation tree for forestry use in Australia, New Zealand and Kenya." There's enough for two ea. 2pc body's. Following Tdowns Volume Calculation http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/161035-body-blank-weight.html the body's will weigh about 5.68 lbs, seam heavy whats an average Pinecaster body weigh?

Here's mine:
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Body: 2 piece I bought off of ebay.

Neck: 2 piece I bought off of ebay and cut the headstock shape out, also put a V on the back.

Tuners: cheap ones from GFS

P/G: cheap one from GFS

Pickups: GFS Alnico Fatbody neck and bridge - LOVE EM! The bridge is great for rock n' roll and the neck sounds more like a bluesy strat neck.

Bridge: made it myself, top loader milled out of a solid chunk of brass - adds a ton of sustain because of the mass. It's bolted to the body with threaded inserts rather than screwed into the wood, as is the neck.

Knobs: Made those as well - took a brass punch and cut it up and drilled it. I "rolled" it through the bandsaw rather than pushing it through so they have a clamshell effect on them.

This is my #1 despite the neck being too thin. Next purchase is a fatback or something like that. Resonates beautifully and is even loud unplugged! When this one gets too beat up, I'll just slap the components on another pine body.

whats an average Pinecaster body weigh?

I'm not sure, but mine's actually kind of heavy - it's comparable to an ash body that I have. I'm guessing heavy side of 6 pounds or maybe even 7.

Here's my Pinecaster.

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Glendale 1.5" body, Allparts fat neck, Glendale bridge and saddles and knobs and jack-cup and neck-plate. Don Mare pups.

It's a one piece body, and the coloured stripe down the middle is "heartwood!"

whats an average Pinecaster body weigh?

Welcome to the club Marc!

there's no average i guess, my Yellow piney is heavier then the featherweight Swamp Ash i have.
The body is an exact 4lb 7oz (2.1 Kilo's or thereabouts)
The swampash bodyblank is 4lb 8oz and needs trimming to size still...

so...

But since i have the pine one, the "other" five tele's are sitting jobless, gathering dust...

I'd say most of the one piece bodies I've made the last few years have weighed in the low 4 lbs. Not too many in the 3 lb range. I'd guess that is probably because the trees are large and grew more slowly.

here is my Ron Kirn Barn Buster (sorry if you get tired of looking at these pics...i post them everywhere...but wait...how is it possible to get tired of these?)

it isnt!

100+ year old Loblolly Pine from reclaimed lumber...(with a stripe of 250+ year old American Chestnut on the back)
(made to 50's broadcaster specs...the greatest guitar ever!)


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heres some more!

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here is a shot with the American Chestnut stripe...
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Welcome to the club Marc!

there's no average i guess, my Yellow piney is heavier then the featherweight Swamp Ash i have.
The body is an exact 4lb 7oz (2.1 Kilo's or thereabouts)
The swampash bodyblank is 4lb 8oz and needs trimming to size still...

so...

But since i have the pine one, the "other" five tele's are sitting jobless, gathering dust...

Phew thats a relief I thought it may be a little heavy. It's lookin like 4.75lbs @ 1 1/2" thick.

I'd say most of the one piece bodies I've made the last few years have weighed in the low 4 lbs. Not too many in the 3 lb range. I'd guess that is probably because the trees are large and grew more slowly.

yea these Torrey pines grow pretty slow probably cuz their protected so they take their time.

Whoops!