Just scored a nice piece of ash on the 'bay.

[CrazyGrain]

Dig the straight grain on this one. Hate to cover it up.

 

[OperatorAce]

That's beautiful! It would be a shame!

 

[Cagey]

Dig the straight grain on this one. Hate to cover it up.

Then don't. That's a beautiful piece of wood with a grain you don't often see.

 

[CrazyGrain]

Dig the straight grain on this one. Hate to cover it up.

Then don't. That's a beautiful piece of wood with a grain you don't often see.

Well, I just meant the pickguard since it's a front rout. Not planning on a refinish on this one. The classic, natural ash, black guard thing is one of the 4 or 5 strats I had in mind to build when I got into this whole thing. You did the first...showcase parts, but still something really similar to what I had in mind. The second I did a few months back...used maple/maple neck and natural mahogany body that I got off a couple of different guys on TGP. Was going for a natural Charvel San Dimas kinda thing...I call it the War Dimas.  :toothy11:

So then this ash beauty pops up on the 'bay and I wasn't going to let it get away from me. $179.05 shipped, won it Sunday and it showed up Tuesday. Not too bad at all. I'll probably yank the maple/maple neck off the War Dimas (that body really needs a refinish anyway) and stick it on this one for right now.

 

[Cagey]

Oh, Ok. I see. I thought you meant you were going to put an opaque finish on it.

 

[AutoBat]

I'd cover it with sonic blue or glue some legs on it to make an awkwardly shaped side-table.