Flamethrower Telecaster

Hi ! I'm Italian and this is my first post here..... I',ve built some teles using different woods and styles...keeping in mind the original project but also trying to do something different...
This is my last build the "Flamethrower"
Has a Pine Body and a Ash neck, both flame-burned...
Do you like it ?

I love it. There's something about an old rustic look on a Tele.

Cool tele! Welcome to the forum!

thank you.... hope I'lll post again new guitars...

that was the goal...old and rustic...

Very cool indeed!

Kinda looks like the one build by... uhm... I believe it was a challenge build and he put the hardware in acid to make it rust and painted the body to look like an old sign. It had the dragon on it. If someone knows what I'm talking about i'd love to remember.

Yes.. I know is not a new idea.... but i love the result and also the sound... I wound the pickup by myself... the bridge is similar to a nocaster (overwound and awg42 wire) the neck pickup is looking-like but is not a P90 is a single coil tapped, alnico 3.

love it and the headstock is gorgeous!
just miss a complete pickguard.

How I can link a video ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNh7jkva26U

ok... done...
if you want here you can listen to the sound

How I can link a video ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNh7jkva26U

ok... done...
if you want here you can listen to the sound

DNh7jkva26U

thanks Mike.... I did'n found the right button...

sounds as good as it looks!
Congrats man, and long live the italian luthier tradition! 8-)

Pine body and ash neck, that's something new and refreshing.

Thank you for sharing with us; I love it.

Love it! I need to build one of those some day...

How did you burn the body? Propane torch? Any pics of before it was burned? Again, it looks awesome!

Nice. I like my toast burnt.

Good looking build, sounds very nice. I like the pickguard.

I'm also curious how you burned it. It looks very cool.

How did you burn the body? Propane torch? Any pics of before it was burned? Again, it looks awesome!

Yes, propane torch
I've no photo but have another body, same wood...I'll post a pic.

I'm also curious how you burned it. It looks very cool.

I used a little camping propane torch
the body never start to burn, it only became darker

Cool!

Excellent, love it.

She's a-dee-lish-shee-o-say! :lol:

Thats hot as hell!

I think it's great! I really like the half-guard too; is it metal? The hardware looks awesome, I really like that aged brass look.

It looks like somebody dug it up from an colonial-American-era archeological site. I like it.

Not crazy about the pickguard, but I love the P-90, the top hat switch and the knobs. Cool little touches.

I think it looks great, i love when a guitar shows the grain like that.

Welcome & job well done!

Not crazy about the pickguard, but I love the P-90, the top hat switch and the knobs. Cool little touches.

thanks.... i like the pickguard (obvious) but everyone has personal tastes...
the p90...is not a p90...has only the p90 shell...insid is a single coil tappable.

Very cool - full of teleness and attitude - I love it.

I like it!! Brown guitars has something special to them.

I like it!! Brown guitars has something special to them.

YES !... maybe beacause brown is the natural wood color and you feel the woodiness of the guitar ?

another detail.... no ferrules in the back.... the pine was too soft to go straight in line...so i decided to route a channel and insert a steel bar

the ash grain in the neck

Is there any finish on it? Or any plans for it? I'd put some sealer on it at least.

Love it. Very cool!

Love me a BBQ-caster. Smokin' job.

Thats a cool guitar.

reallly cool, i think its awesome

another detail.... no ferrules in the back.... the pine was too soft to go straight in line...so i decided to route a channel and insert a steel bar

That is a really smart idea!!! For people without drill presses or any way to drill straight holes, you just drill a 1/8 inch steel bar then insert it in the back and so on...

Is there any finish on it? Or any plans for it? I'd put some sealer on it at least.

Yes, on the body just a bit of polyurethane to preserve from dirt. Oil only on the neck