WARNING-Build like you have never seen before-May be offensive to some

[HOBBSTER01]

Hell.
Throw some glitter on it!!!!!!!

[Colt W. Knight]

I love the duct tape, and I think if you guys search your hearts, you will too.

I also like the rusty metal or galvanize idea, but I think that would look better on my proposed railroad tie tele I was telling my buddy about. You get a really narly piece of old pine, leave it rough like a railroad tie, and stain it like one. Then use old metal to make the appointments.

[jwells393]

The duct tape just doesn't do it for me. I still say rusty metal.

[robt57]

Originally Posted by HOBBSTER01

Hell.
Throw some glitter on it!!!!!!!

LOL, Bring it for a night to the stripper bar and see what sticks to it...

[BroadMaster]

Marty, how about some siding from an Airstream Trailer?....you know, the shiny aluminum ones. Then you can tight roll some sand paper to 1/2 inch and chuck it up in the drill press and *jewel* the shiny.

[crowden]

Thin out some white B-I-N primer and do a translucent wash, then top it with some Krylon Pearlescent Paint and clear coat it to make a gigantic pealoid top!

JK of coarse

[bug music]

IMHO that body is just screaming for a 50's pink formica pickguard, something like this :

Maybe some chrome edging on the sides of the body too, like the edges on 50's kitchen furniture. Just my $.02 FWIW.

- Jay

[vanrrice]

Sweet, so wrong yet it works (and probably meets code).

Couple other unsolicited ideas:

Make the bridge using an actual ashtray ('63 nova).

Pickguard should be linoleum.

Tuners should be made from those little keys you used to have to open SPAM with.

[smitty54017]

IMO, that's a cool idea. Definitely different. If finished right, it might look almost 3-D.

May I suggest a pickguard made from duct tape? You could call it the redneckcaster.

[rednwhiteblues]

heres my two cents:

find some cheap hardware and let it sit outside and rust (including the neck pup cover, bridge cover, control knobs, everything) and put them all on their with the license plate guard. get the most heavily reliced neck you can find, and it'll truly be a mulletcaster!

[BarryE]

Think it looks great! also a second to the idea of a cheap linoleum for a pickguard. I am also real interested to hear how it sounds.

[Big Tony]

I'm loving this!

Can't wait to see the completed Telecaster!

/ Tony

[Colt W. Knight]

I like the linoleum and formica guard ideas too, but Im going to have to continue to stick up for the duct tape. Theres so few occasions when you can duct tape a guitar, and I think this on of them.

[martyb1]

Well I want to thank all you guys for the great ideas and comments.This actually kinda started as a joke build but has turned into so much more.
However saying all this I have to say I am with Boris on this.The transition between the OSB top and the old fir just leaves me cold.I have tried everything I have here on scrap trying to get it not to look so drastic but nothing seems to work.Please keep the ideas coming for the pickguards etc.It's great.I will be going to the city next week so I will see what I can find.
Now with that said,there was only one thing to do.My daddy taught me that any job doing is worth doing right.To make this right,for now,meant trying something different.I will leave the OSBcaster for the time being and focus on OSBcaster Redux!!
Watch for the thread

[62_Inca_Esquire]

Cut a pickguard out of a metal "loading dock" sign.

[axmaker]

Originally Posted by Spunky99

This is called the "Trailer Trash Telecaster"

Gotta love the build materials......China, Korea, Malaysia......


I can't wait to see the paint job. You got a theme or a color picked out?

no, georgia pacific

as for the pickguard, what about roofing shingles? just have to be careful not to scrape your hand.....

[voided3]

I had something similar going for a while on my Affinity:




It has a mint green Esquire guard now though.

[bottleneck]

You need to burn something into that with hot metal - like a branding iron!
I'm sure it will sound just fine - I reckon strings and amps make more difference than body wood anyway!
A weathered galvo or linoleum pickguard would be cool, too! I'm sure there would be lots of edge treatments that you could come up with to conceal the awkward joint line!
Nice to know that you can create so much forum interest with re-cycled stuff. Good theme to go for!

[Mack]

Excellent - a 'Trailercaster'....

Im thinking...

A high gloss finish on the body (make the 'grain' pop)... a bit of smooth to go with the rough.
All metal work in 'Trussart' style rusty pick guard with matching lipstick cover and bridge / control plate, tuners etc.
Highly figured Birdseye neck with 'Plain' rosewood board...
High gain pup's from Bareknuckle...

I would buy that... just because....

I wonder how that particle board would take a translucent stain...?

roflmao!

Mak.

[Ronkirn]

Nah, I liked the Tag, but it needs to say Lubbock, or Waycross, or Bakersfield on it.

Ron Kirn

[cknowles]

Wow! I've been away for a couple of days and come back to find Marty has accidentally glued his template to a tele body!!

Marty after I'd picked myself up off the floor I'm actually really liking this.
The black line is just too straight, is there any way you can smooth the transition. Maybe glue some OSB fibres across the binding chanel to partially obscure it. Kinda like you used a chopper gun to apply the osb over the back?

Just an idea

[SatelliteOrders]

Make the control plate out of the rest of the tag.

[bobthecanadian]

I like the rusty license plate idea. Might have so smack it with a ball pean hammer a few times to get the letters to lay flat, but it works.

All this talk about glitter is really over kill. What ya' really need are some Labatt's Blue and Lucky bottle caps hammered into the front to create a faux binding effect. The would look better if the were left outside to rust for a while first, though.

This build may not be everybody's cup of tea, but it sure is getting some attention. Not exactly factory spec, eh?

Bob

[lennyb]

Originally Posted by martyb1

God help me



Hmmm,not too sure about that

i like it reminds of something in a "Trailer park boys" episode hahahaha you could call it the Trailertrashocaster!

[cpeters01]

Hi Marty

How about scrapping the fir back and try doing 3 ply's of OSB with the center ply being cut/routed into chambers to lighten the load a bit. The edge on the osb will be a uniform pattern through the thickness so you don't need to bind or edge anything and then do the license plate PG (which is brilliance IMO).

BTW isn't an old plate like that worth something to the antique people? I would hate to have had you cut up a $50 antique to use as a test guard for the ???caster

[dcn3]

you know call me crazy....but what would a LEATHER pickgaurd look like??

[woodman]

i'd think about no pickguard, if the finish is thick enough to keep you from picking up splinters! why cover up that beautiful grain?!!

[dcn3]

Dark leather ...to match the color of the plate.....with maybe tan edging...or twine on the edge of the leather...i think that would look ...well..i think it would fit the guitar...

[gibsonjunkie]

I'm not as keen on the pickguard, but I love the (so called) wood!

[Frontier9]

Originally Posted by dcn3

you know call me crazy....but what would a LEATHER pickgaurd look like??

You're going to call me even crazier - how about some indoor-outdoor carpet?

[octatonic]

Fabricate a pickguard out of wood- ideally something dark and smooth.

[getbent]

What would Red Green do?

[dcn3]

Originally Posted by Frontier9

You're going to call me even crazier - how about some indoor-outdoor carpet?

what color...?

[dcn3]

Originally Posted by octatonic

Fabricate a pickguard out of wood- ideally something dark and smooth.

That is the idea I was looking at...but then leather...kinda seeped into my skull....

[voided3]

Originally Posted by getbent

What would Red Green do?

Make the whole thing out of duct tape!

[guitarbuilder]

How about cardboard for the pickguard? .... trashcaster....

[teleon]

snakeskin, it needs snakeskin. and you should wear a davey crockett hat when you play it.

[Frontier9]

Originally Posted by dcn3

what color...?

Kelly green, of course!

[jefrs]

You're right, it's offensive. We call that stuff chipboard. We had it lining the music room at school. It's got the tonal qualities of a sock. Would like to suggest nitro-cellulose and a naked flame but it will probably work.
Btw I like it.

[spyderxxx]

Might have to dig up the OSB that my jointer was shipped in and put it on ebay. Should be able to get a good price. Enough to provide the top of 3 or 4 guitars

Ed