Camphor-burl/mahogany/canary Strat

[Great Ape]

Chambered mahogany w/camphor-burl top...Canary-on-canary neck, black binding & hardware...3 P-90's...already seems a bit odd looking to me;
lovely wood, but odd as a guitar, perhaps...let's put 'er together and see what shakes out... 

 

[Updown]

:blob7:  Love it  :blob7:

I just love Black Binding  :icon_thumright:

WOWZA ... thats some striking lumber that jack has found    ..... Holy Crap    :headbang1:

The only ODD thing is the Top Jack rout  :icon_scratch:

 

[Great Ape]

Hey, Updown, I never said I was perfect!! :sad:Thanks for the enthusiastic response! (good point re: jack placement...If I had it to do over...yadda, yadda...). :toothy12:

 

[Perry Combover]

Chambered mahogany w/camphor-burl top...Canary-on-canary neck, black binding & hardware...3 P-90's...already seems a bit odd looking to me;
lovely wood, but odd as a guitar, perhaps...let's put 'er together and see what shakes out...

Odd looking?  Maybe the pictures are telling a different story, but that is far from odd.  Amazing is more like it.

 

[drewfx]

By "odd" do you mean "more beautiful than you'd ever expect a guitar to be"?  :icon_scratch:  :hello2:

 

[AutoBat]

That Camphor makes me think small animals pranced around on it with ink on their feet.  It's always an interesting wood.

 

[keeper006]

I was about to comment that camphor burl always looks to me like a pack of big cats ran over soft ground, before I even read Autobat's. That will be a strikingly unique axe.

 

[DangerousR6]

Very cool Great Ape... :icon_thumright:

I haven't seen anyone do any Camphor burl since Doc N Rock did his VIP.

That really looks sharp with the black 90's and the canary... arty07:

 

[Nando Vallart]

YEAH!!! IT's going to be a killer axe!!

 

[wombi8]

I love burl almost as much as I love quilt and birdseye.

super finish too.

 

[lafromla1]

looks like kitty paw prints.  i like it

 

[Unwound G]

Nice, nice and nice.  Is that a clear finished Camphor top ?  Do the photos show a lighter shade than the actual?

 

[Great Ape]

Yes, the finish is clear gloss, and the pics were taken on a sunny day, so it does look somewhat darker indoors.

 

[leo12.]

Should be a real tone monster very nice wood combo. Who's P90's?

 

[leo12.]

Just checked A work in progress "Duncans".

 

[Suzanne]

Love the Canary neck Ape.

 

[ZionWarmoth]

Hey, how the neck to the tact? is soft, fast?
thanks

 

[Great Ape]

HUH? I'm not sure exactly what your question(s) are, but I
can tell you that it's very smooth in the palm, no stickiness (it's unfinished), and the fingerboard
is like a perfect (for me) blend of maple & rosewood--smooth but not slick, just enough texture.
Whatever the reason may be, I don't get along very well with maple fingerboards, but the canary
is pretty damn dreammy stuff. See the completed guitar on the 'Work in Progress' thread.