Pinecaster club

[olaftheholy]

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







Enjoy the club!!!

[eyerish]

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

[fordfanjpn]

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.

Bill

[olaftheholy]

Originally Posted by fordfanjpn

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.

Bill

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

[mtnbiker5]

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

[blimpo]

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

[fordfanjpn]

Originally Posted by olaftheholy

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

He's got my vote!

Bill

[blimpo]

me 2

[Arlo]

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.





And some dating back to 1600's



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

[guitarbuilder]

Here's my pinecaster ( AKA TidyCatster) from the 100 dollar challenge earlier in the year.

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 .

[guitarbuilder]

Arlo should be the ambassador of the pinecaster.

[avantnoise]

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

[tuuur]

I guess my Tryggvecaster counts too... the body made of three IKEA Tryggve shelf planks and finished with yacht laquer, neck is off a Squier '51.
Bridge pup is a GFS, neck an old Teisco goldfoil.

[guitarbuilder]

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.

[sekt88]

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:-(

[eyerish]

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

[eyerish]

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

[fezz parka]

Here's my Piney. My #1 guitar:

[eyerish]

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.

[eyerish]

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.