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City Sirens · October 28th, 2009, 10:13 PM

I bought the body last Christmas. I recently got the neck, neck plate, bridge, control plate and pickguard through eBay. I'm still debating what pickups I'll put in.

I thought I was going to put a Seymour Duncan BG-1400 lead stack in the bridge but I'm not so sure anymore. I think I'm slowly drifting toward Lollar pickups. Probably Lollar Alnico 3 neck and bridge pickups.

I will put in Planet Wave autotrim tuners. These are unbeatable for restringing rapidly a guitar and they work flawlessly. I always try to put something off the wall in my guitars and for this one, I'll probably put two Keith banjo detuning pegs on the low E and A strings, as in this pic:

Here's the Barncaster so far:

FYI, the Barncaster is made with wood recovered from a Montana barn...

BB · October 28th, 2009, 10:40 PM

That is just waaaaay tooooo cooooool! LOVE the wood. Oh yeah, can't go wrong on the Lollars.......good luck!

keithcc · October 30th, 2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by City Sirens

I bought the body last Christmas. I recently got the neck, neck plate, bridge, control plate and pickguard through eBay. I'm still debating what pickups I'll put in.

I thought I was going to put a Seymour Duncan BG-1400 lead stack in the bridge but I'm not so sure anymore. I think I'm slowly drifting toward Lollar pickups. Probably Lollar Alnico 3 neck and bridge pickups.

FYI, the Barncaster is made with wood recovered from a Montana barn...

Nice, but why the Strat neck? Did you have the pickguard done custom?

alias23k · October 30th, 2009, 07:21 AM

Awesome work! Is that a gray poly stain or did you somehow keep the original aged wood color?

jkingma · October 30th, 2009, 07:35 AM

The body look pretty cool. How about some pics without the bling.

City Sirens · November 2nd, 2009, 09:46 PM

Here are a few pics I took last year:

jkingma · November 2nd, 2009, 10:03 PM

That's great looking body. Thanks.

City Sirens · November 6th, 2009, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by keithcc

Nice, but why the Strat neck? Did you have the pickguard done custom?

It's a tele neck...

It's a reliced pickguard I bought on eBay. I really wanted something that looked vintage yellow.

City Sirens · November 6th, 2009, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by alias23k

Awesome work! Is that a gray poly stain or did you somehow keep the original aged wood color?

That's the original aged wood color.

fernando · November 6th, 2009, 12:55 PM

very nice! maybe some shellac will protect it a bit (and your arms)?

JG806 · November 6th, 2009, 03:06 PM

I vote no pickguard on that bad boy....do I get a vote? Maybe use 100 old rusty nails to form a pickguard. That's just too unique to cover with a pickguard IMO.

bossaholic · November 6th, 2009, 05:50 PM

That looks great!!! My next build is going to be a barncaster.

I think a rusted tin pickguard would look great on a Barncaster.

62_Inca_Esquire · November 6th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Looks great ! That's gonna look amazing when you get it completed !

I did one like that a while back, but I cut a pickguard out of tin and aged it to accent the "barn" look !

bossaholic · November 6th, 2009, 08:34 PM

Geez Inca, we really do think alike!

62_Inca_Esquire · November 6th, 2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bossaholic

Geez Inca, we really do think alike!

Scary, eh ?!?!?

JG806 · November 7th, 2009, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 62_Inca_Esquire

Looks great ! That's gonna look amazing when you get it completed !

I did one like that a while back, but I cut a pickguard out of tin and aged it to accent the "barn" look !

Yes. I change my vote. I like that pickguard.

October 28th, 2009, 10:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
City Sirens TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Québec indépendant Posts: 59	Barncaster slowly coming along I bought the body last Christmas. I recently got the neck, neck plate, bridge, control plate and pickguard through eBay. I'm still debating what pickups I'll put in. I thought I was going to put a Seymour Duncan BG-1400 lead stack in the bridge but I'm not so sure anymore. I think I'm slowly drifting toward Lollar pickups. Probably Lollar Alnico 3 neck and bridge pickups. I will put in Planet Wave autotrim tuners. These are unbeatable for restringing rapidly a guitar and they work flawlessly. I always try to put something off the wall in my guitars and for this one, I'll probably put two Keith banjo detuning pegs on the low E and A strings, as in this pic: Here's the Barncaster so far: FYI, the Barncaster is made with wood recovered from a Montana barn... __________________ Play. Alternate tuning blog

October 30th, 2009, 07:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
jkingma Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N43° 11.943 ~ W079° 35.285 Posts: 3,083 18 Photos	The body look pretty cool. How about some pics without the bling. __________________ Creator of Fine Sawdust and Expensive Kindling.

November 2nd, 2009, 09:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
City Sirens TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Québec indépendant Posts: 59	Here are a few pics I took last year: __________________ Play. Alternate tuning blog

November 2nd, 2009, 10:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
jkingma Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N43° 11.943 ~ W079° 35.285 Posts: 3,083 18 Photos	That's great looking body. Thanks. __________________ Creator of Fine Sawdust and Expensive Kindling.

November 6th, 2009, 03:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
JG806 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Amarillo TX Age: 38 Posts: 413	I vote no pickguard on that bad boy....do I get a vote? Maybe use 100 old rusty nails to form a pickguard. That's just too unique to cover with a pickguard IMO. __________________ "...you don't have to worry, cuz takin care of business is His name."

October 28th, 2009, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
BB Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pacific NW Age: 54 Posts: 3,431	That is just waaaaay tooooo cooooool! LOVE the wood. Oh yeah, can't go wrong on the Lollars.......good luck!

October 30th, 2009, 07:21 AM	#4 (permalink)
alias23k Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: sweaty southeast Posts: 135	Awesome work! Is that a gray poly stain or did you somehow keep the original aged wood color?

November 6th, 2009, 12:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
fernando Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Barcelona, Spain Posts: 676 16 Photos	very nice! maybe some shellac will protect it a bit (and your arms)?

November 6th, 2009, 05:50 PM	#12 (permalink)
bossaholic Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Age: 45 Posts: 433	That looks great!!! My next build is going to be a barncaster. I think a rusted tin pickguard would look great on a Barncaster.

November 6th, 2009, 08:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
62_Inca_Esquire Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1,109	Looks great ! That's gonna look amazing when you get it completed ! I did one like that a while back, but I cut a pickguard out of tin and aged it to accent the "barn" look !

November 6th, 2009, 08:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
bossaholic Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Fort Wayne, IN Age: 45 Posts: 433	Geez Inca, we really do think alike!

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