Joe Strummer Partscaster Build

[a wobblin]

Myeek - not sure how to help you with the set list bit, I have some handwriting examples, here is a note to Mick Jones.

[a wobblin]

This might be of more interest and use, it is a self written CV, by Joe, but in set list format..the type you might typically see in a dressing room.

[a wobblin]

and to finish off a set list from the 1977 'Out of Control tour':

Londons Burning
Complete Control
1977
Jail Guitar Doors
Clash City Rockers
Capital Radio
Protex Blue
White Man in Ham Palais
Police and Thieves
City of the Dead
I'm So Bored with the USA
Career Opportunities
Janie Jones
Garageland
Whats My Name
1977
White Riot

ps I first saw them 7th Nov 1977!

[a wobblin]

Ok dont wanna hog this thread..hope this is interesting. Mick Jones with Tele,
this was on Joe's birthday this year. Myeek. I have > 1 MB jpegs og the handwriting, if it helps I could email them to you.

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by a wobblin

and to finish off a set list from the 1977 'Out of Control tour':

Londons Burning
Complete Control
1977
Jail Guitar Doors
Clash City Rockers
Capital Radio
Protex Blue
White Man in Ham Palais
Police and Thieves
City of the Dead
I'm So Bored with the USA
Career Opportunities
Janie Jones
Garageland
Whats My Name
1977
White Riot

ps I first saw them 7th Nov 1977!

Awobblin,
Happy 32nd Anniversary! ^
And hog away my friend, I love it.

If it's OK with you, I'll make this the list on Joe's Tele.

Thanks again,
-Mike

[Groovey Records]

The List says at the top Joe Strummer was a member of the MacKensie clan and was born in ????????? Turkey.
??????????????????????????????

Please fill in the rest

[Groovey Records]

Originally Posted by Sea Devil

That Palladium show was the second one. I saw the first in February of 1979, but got in trouble at boarding school (smoking hash and out after curfew) and missed the September show. I saw the third one, though.

Right the February show had all the Flags on Stage and Bo Diddly opened.

I was there too

[Myeek]

I am plugging away. My free time, isn't as free as I would like it.



Here is the stencil cut in almost final form. The plastic is a thin topsheet used when Kinko's binds books. I've made it wonky (to borrow a screen used stormtrooper helmet description) filled in part the missing part of the N. The S and O have really thin separators, so my first tests aren't as clean as they could be. It's also wonky, because I couldn't make a perfect stencil if I tried.

I'm going to use spray adhesive on the back of the stencil to tack it to the guitar to get better definition.

Lets see.



-Mike

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by a wobblin

Ok dont wanna hog this thread..hope this is interesting. Mick Jones with Tele,
this was on Joe's birthday this year. Myeek. I have > 1 MB jpegs og the handwriting, if it helps I could email them to you.

Awobblin,
I'd love large reference.

myeek @ hotmail.com

Thanks,
-Mike

[Groovey Records]

[Groovey Records]

Mighty Joe Young
give it a minute

[olaftheholy]

Originally Posted by Myeek

MatthewK,
I love the Grolsch gasket which holds the strap on. I have no clue when Joe adopted this, but even if it happened after The Clash, it's goin on.



Thanks,

-Mike

He adopted this AFTER a vist to the Netherlands where ALL guitarplayers do that trick!!!!

Grolsch = dutch beer!

[a wobblin]

Originally Posted by Groovey Records

The List says at the top Joe Strummer was a member of the MacKensie clan and was born in ????????? Turkey.
??????????????????????????????

Please fill in the rest

GE - it reads Ankara, Turkey

if you want the larger verion let me know and I will send on.

[RodeoTex]

This one should be in the 'How to pose with a Tele' thread. Cool picture.

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by Groovey Records

The List says at the top Joe Strummer was a member of the MacKensie clan and was born in ????????? Turkey.
??????????????????????????????

Please fill in the rest

His father was attached to the diplomatic corps stationed in Turkey I believe.

Why rely on memory when there's Wikipdedia:

"Joe Strummer was born John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey on 21 August 1952. His mother Anna Mackenzie, a crofter's daughter born and raised in Bonar Bridge in the Scottish Highlands, was a nurse. His father Ronald Mellor, was a British foreign-service diplomat born in Lucknow, India. Ronald Mellor had an Armenian maternal grandfather and a German Jewish paternal grandmother."

[brewwagon]

when you lay out the design mask you could use stencil guide holes pencil lines or tape to keep it aligned like a sign maker does


0______0
N O I S E
0______0


but i doubt joe aligned that mask you can see the misalignments he prob just threw it together on a whim freehand good job mike


interesting how an artistic person decorates their personal stuff in a style expressing themself trying getting an idea across or some message

bw

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by brewwagon

when you lay out the design mask you could use stencil guide holes pencil lines or tape to keep it aligned like a sign maker does


0______0
N O I S E
0______0


but i doubt joe aligned that mask you can see the misalignments he prob just threw it together on a whim freehand good job mike


interesting how an artistic person decorates their personal stuff in a style expressing themself trying getting an idea across or some message

bw

Thanks Brewwagon. Yeah it's wonky. Also my reference is blurry and I am squinting to make the blurr look solid. I wish I could have just found the right stencils as stenciling is a new trick for me. Laid out wonky though makes me think about Joe more. More like his fingerprint, or the person who might have helped him.

I like your notes regarding registration.

Thanks,
Mike

[Myeek]

Rough template of the Rasta flag.

I traced the pick guard on white paper & then copied the trace on the plastic sheet. That way I could line up the shape on the picture reference. I used torn sheets of paper to follow the contour of the color's edges. That way when I traced them, I was able to get a more accurate (to me) and interesting (to me) line. The lines extend and I'll have colors extended so the final piece can be trimmed down to fit.



Notice my fancy Starrett ruler. I am pretty happy with myself. About $4 bucks/inch.

So I guess now, there is nothing to blame for my inaccuracy in measurement other than myself.

Olaftheholy,
Thanks for the background on Grolsch! That totally makes sense. I wish I could pick a case up in person.

-Mike

[Groovey Records]

Originally Posted by RodeoTex

This one should be in the 'How to pose with a Tele' thread. Cool picture.

It is Thats where I found it!

[brewwagon]

i was watching stalag 17 today
http://www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/stalag_17.htm

the credits are in stenciled script
then it dawned on me

the military uses that script as a marking so its symbolic of a prison camp war or being militant fighting for a cause just like joe did

everything has some meaning even in art on a guitar

bw

[neocaster]

Great thread! I wonder how randomly or off-handedly JS must have done some of this. Being random or off-handed is easy. Reproducing it isn't. You seem to be having an awesome time of this. Your brother's getting a treasure for his bday. I've seen very few gifts this steeped in love and time. It made me think of this thread, one of my favorites:

The Barncaster Thread

Whatever you do, keep having fun. There's little other point.

[Myeek]

Hey Groovey,

That political discussion was great. I'd have had trouble keeping my composure with Ms. Lester, but Joe and Paul are toughies. Sensitive, honest, articulate, and in the moment. Reminds me a lot of my not so famous punk friends.


Still to Do List -
- Set IAO sticker.
- Finish finishing neck.
- Colour image for Rasta sticker.
- Printing the Rasta image.
- Set Rasta Sticker.
- The Awobblin Set List - Reconstruction of Joe's handwriting.
- Wire it.
- Add minor weathering.
- hand it off for the setup.
- Give it away.

-Mike

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by brewwagon

i was watching stalag 17 today
http://www.ovguide.com/movies_tv/stalag_17.htm

the credits are in stenciled script
then it dawned on me

the military uses that script as a marking so its symbolic of a prison camp war or being militant fighting for a cause just like joe did

everything has some meaning even in art on a guitar

bw

That is such a good point. The Clash thought about everything. A-Z. These men were extremely bright.

-Mike

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by neocaster

Great thread! I wonder how randomly or off-handedly JS must have done some of this. Being random or off-handed is easy. Reproducing it isn't. You seem to be having an awesome time of this. Your brother's getting a treasure for his bday. I've seen very few gifts this steeped in love and time. It made me think of this thread, one of my favorites:

The Barncaster Thread

Whatever you do, keep having fun. There's little other point.

Thanks Neocaster,
I love this place! I'm going to enjoy that thread.

-Mike

[Myeek]

[brewwagon]

more tid bits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1CSh...eature=related
short bio


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svkfz...eature=related
rock art x ray style part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFwJb...eature=related

part 2

[Groovey Records]

Originally Posted by Myeek

Hey Groovey,

That political discussion was great. I'd have had trouble keeping my composure with Ms. Lester, but Joe and Paul are toughies. Sensitive, honest, articulate, and in the moment. Reminds me a lot of my not so famous punk friends.

-Mike

Mike watching that its so hard to imagine that Joe was two years older then me.

[Myeek]

I am not happy with the look of my stencil, and I am ready to open a can of yosemite sam and sand it off, repaint and restencil. I took this as an opportunity to practice weathering.





I sprayed adhesive into a cap and then q-tip'd adhesive to the back of my stencil. The idea being it might hold the stencil down during paint application. Removing the adhesive was a witch.



If the posts seem slower, I am in class this week.

-Mike

[bossaholic]

Mike, if you haven't sprayed your neck yet, I would recommend laying it down horizontal.

I know many spray their necks hanging but I like to spray flat so the lacquer doesn't run as I tend to lay each coat on a little thick to get that depth.

The amber looks best when there is depth to it.

[BoogerRooger]

Originally Posted by Myeek

Just one question. Why do you have a pitchfork attached to your bike?

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by bossaholic

Mike, if you haven't sprayed your neck yet, I would recommend laying it down horizontal.

I know many spray their necks hanging but I like to spray flat so the lacquer doesn't run as I tend to lay each coat on a little thick to get that depth.

The amber looks best when there is depth to it.

Bossaholic, Funny you mention spraying the neck horizontally. I had to switch to horizontal because I couldn't see the highlights right to know how the spray was laying out. I ended up with a process of shooting the headstock, then flipping the neck fret side down on two spray cans.





-Mike

[Sea Devil]

It seems that you've exaggerated the irregularity of the letters in your fastidious attention to detail, and that you're in danger of doing the same with the Rasta flag or whatever it is. Sometimes you need to tear your eyes away and get a fresh look. Tunnel vision creates distortions. Thankfully Joe (or perhaps Paul, the painter/art director of the group, who probably did the stencil although not any other part of the guitar) didn't need to copy anything.

Has anyone thought to consult him about this? Call his gallery and ask them to forward any questions you've got. He seems a nice enough fellow; you might be surprised.

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by BoogerRooger

Just one question. Why do you have a pitchfork attached to your bike?

BR, That's great question.

Originally the idea was to cultivate an existing flower garden.

Now they function as curiosities, and noisemakers say if someone were to open that window from the outside (again).

Your humor did cheer me up. I needed that.

Thanks man,
-Mike

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by Sea Devil

It seems that you've exaggerated the irregularity of the letters in your fastidious attention to detail, and that you're in danger of doing the same with the Rasta flag or whatever it is. Sometimes you need to tear your eyes away and get a fresh look. Tunnel vision creates distortions. Thankfully Joe (or perhaps Paul, the painter/art director of the group, who probably did the stencil although not any other part of the guitar) didn't need to copy anything.

Has anyone thought to consult him about this? Call his gallery and ask them to forward any questions you've got. He seems a nice enough fellow; you might be surprised.

Thanks Sea Devil,

I'll give that a shot.

-Mike

[Mr_Martin]

Originally Posted by olaftheholy

He adopted this AFTER a vist to the Netherlands where ALL guitarplayers do that trick!!!!

Grolsch = dutch beer!

You can buy the Rubber Strap-Locks here:

http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?c...&product=0819S


Greets

[BoogerRooger]

Originally Posted by Myeek

Originally the idea was to cultivate an existing flower garden.

With a pitchfork attached to your bike?

[Myeek]

Originally Posted by BoogerRooger

With a pitchfork attached to your bike?

um yeah, it holds the front wheel on.




-Mike

[BoogerRooger]

Yeah, well, if you're going to cultivate the garden on your bike, best to make sure the wheels are attached securely.

Not even going to go near S&M pitchforks.

Just concentrate on that fantastic git. Looking forward to the next update!

[Groovey Records]

Originally Posted by BoogerRooger

Yeah, well, if you're going to cultivate the garden on your bike, best to make sure the wheels are attached securely.

Not even going to go near S&M pitchforks.

Just concentrate on that fantastic git. Looking forward to the next update!

Telecaster orbits the earth

Film at Eleven

[JimmyJam]

He used to throw his guitar at the end of shows.. Like really hurl that sucker.
What a punk...