My Art Guitars and Basses for 2010

[barroso]

all lovely designs

 

[BTL]

all lovely designs

Thank you...

 

[t0t0m]

Purely home made work of art..
you do have a nice view from your cribs.

 

[BTL]

Thanks!

Here's an update...finished 2010 bass #1:

I'm using the names of Florida cities, so my original design wil be the "Belleair" or "Ozona", P may be "Captiva", etc.

This bass uses the updated headstock shape, slightly modified from the hand carved prototypes to accommodate a 1/2" router bit.

 

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Here’s the new body and a couple of sapele blanks:

…and a few in progress…

I’m working again, so less guitar time.

More next weekend maybe…

 

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Here's the guitar body and another bass body being worked up:

 

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So a little update...going forward, everything that bolts on MUST be shiny and metallic, preferably chrome:

 

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I'm being told by a few folks to leave these as is, including the headstock:

 

[EtoG]

Awesome!

Keep up the good work!

-EtoG

 

[BTL]

Thanks!

So, an update.

I should polish and assemble these in the next few days.

Ready for clear, the first two basses in the "Standards" series and Ian's Surf SG:

Two ash Ts with binding scraped and ready for artwork in the "Synthetic" series:

My personal favorite:

 

[BTL]

So...this will be the beginning of the end of this thread.

I got six instruments into clear, three complete guitars and three complete basses, and another three guitar necks.

My plan is to have these finished by Feb 12th for a "premiere party".

Here's where they sit right now:

 

[basstotheface]

Really cool. Not just the designs but what your doing. A lot of commitment and it will pay off if you keep making basses like that. Great work.

 

[TMart99]

Well done.

 

[EricF]

Good looking stuff you've got going on there.

 

[RonChase]

you do nice work,I been wanting to try this and painted a few but not as good as yours you have talent,let me see if I could upload the ones I painted

 

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Here’s where we’re at:

 

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Last week’s windstorm took out paint booth v2.0:

So here’s paint booth v3.0:

 

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So...this is looooong overdue, but here's the wrap-up on my 2010 projects:

Plaid Sabbath SG body, shipped to a buddy in Tennessee:

 

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My first "Standard Series" bass is going to my brother:

 

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These will probably go to a friend or get consigned locally: