another Harvester tele with a twist

[Harvester]

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.



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.













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 ...



cheers, thanks for looking,

AP

[EunosFD]

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

[hemingway]

The scratchplate is a beautiful shape.

[Picton]

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

[BB]

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

[Bentley]

Definitely original.

[ModerneGuy]

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?

[Walter Broes]

Outstanding, I love everything about it.

[bingy]

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

[magicguitar]

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

[bingy]

Originally Posted by magicguitar

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

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

[Harvester]

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!



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 !