Guess what I've just ordered

[Cagey]

Puppy guitars are nice, but it's hard to find a case that'll fit them...

 

[DustyCat]

Puppy guitars are nice, but it's hard to find a case that'll fit them...

That's okay!
I wear my puppy guitars as hats!  :icon_thumright:

 

[musicispeace]

Rosewood tele.

 

[stratamania]

Koa or Koa on Mahogany body. Ebony on Pau Ferro neck.

 

[Logrinn]

Roasted ash 

And our Canadian pop star/electronics wiz nails it again. That's 2 out of 3.
Yes, it's a Mustang body made of roasted swamp ash.

But what else? Roasted swamp ash aaaand ...?
Who nails number 3?

 

[Logrinn]

Koa or Koa on Mahogany body. Ebony on Pau Ferro neck.

No on the body - see above. But you get two points on the neck. Ebony is right, but Pau Ferro is not.
It's ebony on a ...? Who will guess right on this?

 

[amigarobbo]

That's okay!
I wear my puppy guitars as hats!  :icon_thumright:

Beret of poodle, on your noodle It shall rest?

 

[T89Rex]

If you're roasting ash for the body, my guess is that you're roasting maple for the neck.

 

[Logrinn]

If you're roasting ash for the body, my guess is that you're roasting maple for the neck.

And T89Rex scores. The neck will be a Mustang neck made of roasted maple with an ebony fretboard. But not just roasted maple and just ebony. No, it's going to be roasted flame maple and black ebony.  :icon_jokercolor:

Now we only need one more guess for the body. Mayfly guessed Mustang - check - (1 out of 3), and he also guessed roasted swamp ash - check - (2 out of 3). But there's more to the body. Roasted swamp ash aaaand ...?

 

[stratamania]

Roasted flame maple?

 

[Logrinn]

Roasted flame maple?

Nope. Roasted is wrong and flamed is wrong, but you got maple right :icon_biggrin:

 

[stratamania]

Quilted Maple.
Burl Maple
Plain maple sprayed gold

 

[Logrinn]

Quilted Maple.
Burl Maple
Plain maple sprayed gold

:toothy12:

And Stratamania gets the final detail right: quilted maple top on the body it is!

So - this is what's coming in 4 to 5 weeks time (no make that 6 or 7 weeks - Cagey's going to do his thing on it too):

Mustang body made of roasted swamp ash with a quilted maple top (color: amber dye)
Mustang neck made of roasted flame maple with black ebony fretboard.

But of course there's more to it than just the wooden parts. My plan is to do a special pickguard instead of the usual pickguard/control plate combo. Locking, staggered tuners, a humbucker in the bridge and single coil in the neck (not sure yet as to what I'll use).
And that ABM hardtail bridge I mentioned in a previous thread:

So - all in all, a pretty unique Mustang I reckon'.

Pictures will be posted in the future when stuff starts to arrive.

 

[rgand]

Sounds mega cool. Looking forward to following this build.

 

[Logrinn]

Sounds mega cool. Looking forward to following this build.

Thank you Rgand. ccasion14:
Yes, I think this is going to be one wicked and pretty unusual guitar.

 

[stratamania]

I was quite keen on the idea of a gold top Mustang, but quilt maple is always nice.

Any clues on the finish?

 

[ghotiphry]

Purple haze burst?

 

[Logrinn]

No, it's going to be amber dye.

A few of those bodies in the showcas with that color has transparent brown on the back, which I think looks pretty nice:

The ones that have transparent amber on the back looks a little - well - too amber in my opinion:

But I still chose to have the back in transparent amber, since the wood for the body I ordered is roasted swamp ash and will be darker because of that. More towards a brownish color. I think.
I don't think there's been a body with that wood and color combination before, so we'll just have to see what it looks like when it arrives.

 

[Cagey]

It is going to be interesting to see. Roasted swamp Ash reacts pretty dramatically to finish. Even the clear ones don't look anything like you'd expect.

 

[aarontunes]

Transparent Amber over Roasted Swamp Ash, courtesy of our photography department.