another Harvester tele with a twist

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it's been a year since i've had any vaguely tele shaped objects to show off.
this one qualifies from the neck down at least.

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the headstock is traced from one of my beloved old Kay basses of the Speed Demon era ( just to throw a curve into the equation ) it's a proven polariser of opinions.

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scale - 24"
neck - padauk
body - white beech ( australian native species )
fretboard - indian rosewood
radius 12"
bridge - hipshot stainless hardtail
pickups - supplied by customer to match his other stage guitars ( straight up dano lipstick reissue ) surpised me when i wired her up, they are very versatile.

we decided to forgo decals on this one, partially inspired again by the Kay badges of the era ...

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cheers, thanks for looking,

AP

Very, very cool build. Other than the short scale I dig everything about it.

The scratchplate is a beautiful shape.

Very unique; excellent pickup choice. That headstock is outrageous, but in a good way.

That is a beautiful guitar....wonderful design. I love it. Nice guitars you build there Mr H. Impressive!

Definitely original.

Cool, I was following this build on Offset and had been wondering what happened to it. Really like all your builds. That headstock is outrageous but I love it regardless and that that paduak is stunning! Love the bespoke jackplate and headstock "wankel", the scratch plate, pick up choice, finish choices ...great work. cheers

ps - a kill switch next to the volume and tone?

Outstanding, I love everything about it.

The body is beautiful... the headstock, not so much.

Very interesting... it kind of grows on you after a few glances.

Very interesting... it kind of grows on you after a few glances.

I disagree, the body was fantastic, the first moment I saw it.

thanks so much guys,

all opinions welcome !
like i said the headstock is a polarising factor & this guy's going to have a lot of fun with it. the intention was a straight-up classy guitar with a dash of 60s trash ( selected from my pile of old mail order/dept store elcheapo axes ).

this one was built to pretty specific instructions, the pushbutton is a series parallel switch ( for that vintage dano series oomph ), he wanted a rosewood neck, we went for the padauk ( often sold here as african rosewood ) that i had in stock, it'll lose some of that freaky glow after a year or so ... the sawdust was spectacular i must say!

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re the mustang/jag/musicmaster scale : for a guy who already has 'regular' scale guitars that he can rely on, ( i've made him a 25" ) reaching for the 24" can be a secret weapon, especially in the studio.

i find ( with my old 60's mustang ) the extra 'poke' from the scale and that extra dash of 'land of the giants' feel that you get with the tighter spacing can take an overdub into a different part of the sonic picture and make the mix a whole lot easier.

a current favourite songwriting zone for me is short scale ( cruddy old mustang ) slackened down to open G with 12-52 strings ... anyway i shouldn't have got myself started on scale ... i think it's a very interesting way to tinker around the edges of the 'familiar'.

yes moderneguy : i've been awol from forums as i have a good stack of snapped/squashed/strung out and sorry guitar shaped objects here to repair. the building becomes a way to treat myself a few days a week !