Recent content by 49peterbilt

I am not sure why I use that phrase, I guess the proper name would be the "guitar body blank ".

:yourock: Yep. 1980 Kenworth K-100 my dream. Thank you.

:kewlpics: Veneers pics!! Maple veneer.

:kewlpics: Veneers being used. Doug's luthier shop, Sharonville Ohio.

:kewlpics: These pics are from Doug's shop as of June 2021. These are the veneers that he installed on the belly side of the boogie body blank.  We lost 1/4 "inch of material in warpage and cupping due to humidity.       The blank went thru a wide belt sander to get it true and perfectly flat...

Oops wrong pic. Here is the layout.

:band: Hi guys.  Been a while since I checked in. Hope everyone is well.  Stratocaster is close to being done.  Covid-19 screwed things up for a lot of people.  Including myself. This is a pic of the layout on the boogie body blank. I'll keep ya posted!!

:yourock: I did not realize it was made in Korea. Wow!!!

:yourock: Thank you Sir. Look forward to  getting  her cleaned up  and playable.

:band: The stratocaster was given to me by my nephew Thomas.  I can start learning. It has an Alder body birdseye Maple neck and Ebony fretboard.

:cool01: Hi guys,  I got a nice surprise on Halloween!! A used "Samick " brand stratocaster.

:rock-on: Hi guys , it has been a while since my last post. Still waiting patiently on my stratocaster.  Doug is overwhelmed from Covid-19. So, I am hoping by Christmas.       Needless to say , the passing of Eddie Van Halen  was like a Mack truck in the face. We lost a good one.       As a...

:band: Actually,  Doug will be doing sanding and assembly at his home shop. We discussed it and decided that the humidity at my shop is much to great to take the chance on it warping.       So I commissioned Doug to do finally tweaking and assembly for me until we have a finished product.      ...

:kewlpics: And after: Enjoy!!

:kewlpics: To show the tiny Doug is using. Here is a pic of the boogie body covered in the Copper Micah Powder.  Doug sanded it all down and it came out beautifully.     Before: