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it was done for me by lennon guitars up in scotland, mike is doing most of my spray work for me at the moment... and doing a very good job too

yeah, i made the pickguard from clear perspex so i attached one of my logo's before spraying the back white then peeled it off.  I still need to polish it all out and reshape slightly but i think it works well. its one of those gretsch like features.  Their gold guards are usually clear with...

actually its not for me, but yeah - it sure is a fecker

just to show how spangly it really is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttluvgUdaN4

back from finishing - just starting assembly.  actually its strung up but i havnt doen new photos yet

test fits before sending it off for finishing

that was definately the inspiration, along with a few gretshy touches!  did you see the price fender are changing... for what is a very simple guitar to build.  its no wonder people have decided to go through other routes to get one nope, the pickup did have the little pointless brass wings on...

they are just placed on, but in approximate telcaster position.  they look alittle closer because gretsch style knobs are wider and flatter.  they may also be slightkly out of line in the picture ior look that way because of the wood grain.  the holes i drilled are no out of line, i had to...

yeah, i dont want to be the poor soul working that out!! fanned fret guitars can vary a lot.  mine tend to have no more than 1.5" difference over 6 strings and i like to keep the fret that is perpendicular to the centre line around the 5-9th fret... maybe up to 12th of its a shredders guitars. ...

depending how much you fan and where you fan from its no real difference, nobody will believe that but its true ;) i can honestly say that switching to a fanned fret guitar like this takes no more than a minute or two of adjustment.  it feels very natural

no, its a TV jones filtertron + its gretsch rather than rickenbacker.  the knobs and pickguard will also show some gretsch influence

its an ebony plate with graphtech saddles bolted to it, simple but ti works well and is actually very comfortable

i am making the body on this but the neck is coming from warmoth, pretty much a standard tele maple neck  with SS frets and a 'Fecker' decal The mockup: and were i am up to now! its a paper pickguard template in the pic, i had wet the body with white spirit to show the colour of the wood...

i now have that guitar completed