Barn Door Tele

[Jusatele]

Yahoo,
looked in my email and my body will be here Friday
wow I was expecting to wait a few more weeks, ordered it the first week of October
Anyway, I am stoked, need to go and get a few more finishing supplies Saturday and start that
Need to get a order for the hardware up and finish the design of the Pick guard so I can order that.
Oh, need to decide on a neck
And call Lollar about pickups
Wow, these things seem to take time don't they, Just getting the body is just a start.
Well I expect a Early January finish, but this is where we will document it

Barn Door Tele, Designed to look like you cut a Body out of an old Barn Door and stuck a neck on it.
Wood Shed Guitars, A group of artisans who meet online here and make axes from naturally weathered wood
The ultimate anti road worn Axes

 

[jay4321]

Pics or it's still in service as a barn

 

[m4rk0]

Yahoo,
looked in my email and my body will be here Friday
wow I was expecting to wait a few more weeks, ordered it the first week of October
Anyway, I am stoked, need to go and get a few more finishing supplies Saturday and start that
Need to get a order for the hardware up and finish the design of the Pick guard so I can order that.
Oh, need to decide on a neck
And call Lollar about pickups
Wow, these things seem to take time don't they, Just getting the body is just a start.
Well I expect a Early January finish, but this is where we will document it

Barn Door Tele, Designed to look like you cut a Body out of an old Barn Door and stuck a neck on it.
Wood Shed Guitars, A group of artisans who meet online here and make axes from naturally weathered wood
The ultimate anti road worn Axes

where did you buy the body, and what is the link to that wood shed guitars ?

 

[Jusatele]

it is a Warmoth Body, pics will start Friday, and the link to the Wood Shed Guitars
Look at Scartozi's Drift wood strat build, his is the first one by Wood Shed GUitars

 

[Nando Vallart]

May be awesome! Love the Old Barn look in guitars

 

[Jusatele]

the influences

 

[scartozi]

Can't wait to see some pics and get the Wood Shed Guitar family growing. Have you decided on the neck/fretboard wood. Something with reddish or gray in the wood grain may tie it all together pretty well.......just a thought.

 

[Jusatele]

I am leaning toward blood wood, but need to see how the body turns out
I have also decided, that seing how this is going to be a Barn door, build, My hardware needs to be of different colors, black chorme, gold, you know, May even try to find a set of tuners in different colors from somewhere
I am also going to use non traditional strap buttons, I am thinking the hoops from a padlock hasp.
then the pick guard is going to resemble a sound hole
Now if that delivery truck would just get here I could lay out the body for finish, do a little masking and lay down a base for the stain.

 

[scartozi]

ahhhhhhh......waiting for "the truck" I think all of us know that feeling all to well. Take a lot of pics.....wish I would have taken more during my "Driftwood" build but I will on my "Backwood" build. You gonna age the wood before the base coat......dents, dings....etc?

 

[scartozi]

is it there yet......is it there yet....is it there yet

 

[Jusatele]

well it got here
the body

notice, hard tail strat bridge route, 2 P90s

forearm cut

tummy cut

 

[scartozi]

awwww yeaaahhhh :icon_thumright:......now let the fun begin!

 

[Nando Vallart]

Looks very good!

 

[scartozi]

haven't seen any posts yet today.......hope you are having your morning coffee and working on old Barn Door Tele

 

[Jusatele]

west coast, just got up, having cold pizza and beer for breakfast

 

[Jusatele]

first things first
Hubert Sumlin in the stereo so Tele starts out life getting it's grove on
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWxYiI9Kiu4&feature=related[/youtube]
Tone mojo bag is shaken all over body
tape to apply layout for board artwork

Layout applied

The rough target layout board

First artwork

Dog wondering why she has not been taken for a walk

Guitar wondering why it has not been played today

 

[Nando Vallart]

Going to look awesome!!

 

[Jusatele]

well first I am going for a maple flavored under coat, this is a grain coat and a sand down to coat, I first mixed up some east coast maple stain, then before applying, I took a small paint brush and watered all the grain. I then started applying the stain, as planned it was hard to take in the grain, some is dark and others is washed out looking, or weathered. So. it is such a light color, I went to stain and it keep coming out a bit blotchy, so I went out and decided, weathered, I set up a umbrella outside and set up on a table, I then had control over evaporation and stain by rotating the umbrella and letting the sun come in, I would stain and wait, turn over and repeat, well after 3 coats I had a nice even stain job with the grain kinda stuck between stained and washed out. Perfect.
Let me tell you, this is about 50 times harder than doing a super uber stain job, this is trying to look old with out looking look a cheap job, I have to stay on my toes. to much this way or that way and it is screwed up.
So here goes

the weathered grain

the effect of the boards of a barn door

a good look at the weathered grain

Standing over it, my Idol of the ultimate guitar god, OK OK I like to weld up sculptures, I do a lot of metal work as a hobby

anyway, I did a knock down with 400, but decided I need some 250 to knock it down real good'
After dulling this stain job out and going down to wood over about a third of it, half down over the rest, I will do a good wash down and seal the grain with a good clear grain filler, then I will go and stain over everything with Burnt Umber, knocking it down as I go, and try to match that Old Barn Look.
After that I will build up a bunch of coats of lacquer till I get that mirrored finish look.
So I need to hit Rockler in the morning and work more on this Monday night

 

[Jusatele]

So far, Hubert Sumlin
Guitar shorty
Professor long hair
Lightning Hopkins
Next time I work it gets to hear
Beatles
Trogs
Led Zeppelin
this thing is going be schooled in Classic guitar tones before it even knows what a pickup is
After finishing the die and finish job, I am sending it to a Voodoo Queen In the Swamps O f Louisiana for a lesson in Zydeco and a curse to anyone who ever plays Britney Spears on it.
Oh My wife wants that curse to extend to Taylor Swift

 

[Jusatele]

PS  If you think this is strange, wait till I pound in the nails at the board joints

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