On Fire Flame Thinline

[Tonar8352]

I have been looking forward to this one for awhile.  All you Thinline guys got me thinking so I started planning this one quite some time back and she showed up today.  

The body has a 5A Flame top on Swamp Ash with double white binding. I’m going to sunburst it with McFadden’s Lacquer and if it turns out the way I want it to she should be beautiful.  I hope I can do this piece of wood justice!!!!!!!!!

The neck is a 1 5/8 Vintage Modern Boatneck with 5A Flame Maple and a dark chocolate brown Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard.  The guys at Warmoth selected exactly what I requested as far as the color of the Brazilian Board.  

 

[shanejw]

I'm not really into Teles but that looks great.  What color are you going to go with?

 

[jackthehack]

Excellent! We've all been waiting to see your finishing magic on some more exotic wood....

 

[willyk]

Oh boy..this is gonna be good!! :blob7: :blob7: :blob7:

 

[Tonar8352]

The finest finishes I have seen are on Ellis Mandolins.  I’m going to shoot to approximate the color on the back of this mandolin.  It will obviously look different on the guitar because I will not match the banding.   Ellis’ finish are unreal so I’m shooting for the best I have ever seen.

 

[dbw]

Oh my god, that's the most 3-dimensional finish I've ever seen

 

[Soloshchenko]

Nice project. Good luck with the finish.

 

[tfarny]

Wow, really really looking forward to seeing this one turn out.

 

[vanhagar]

Man, That's gonna bee so sweet. If you can produce the finish like that mandolin, I wanna know how you did it  :icon_biggrin: Can't wait to see that finished!!!

 

[SlingBass]

If you can approximate the finish on that Ellis - you'll have quite a looker! I like the vintage-style clay position markers on your neck   :icon_thumright:

 

[Mor Paul]

If you can approximate the finish on that Ellis - you'll have quite a looker! I like the vintage-style clay position markers on your neck  :icon_thumright:

+1
Nice tele! I hope you nail that finish! And how did you get the markers like that?

 

[nathan a]

Ready and waiting! And I mean, if you run out of room for all those guitars, it'd be okay if you need to send this one to me. Yum.

 

[blue313]

Wow!  This has serious potential.  A big +1 to eagerly awaiting the updates!

 

[SrDeMaFp]

Wow, really really looking forward to seeing this one turn out.

Hell yeah, this is gonna be sweet!

 

[DangerousR6]

Nice thinline, should be interesting. But something I've never understood about some acoustic guitar makers and mandolin makers. Why the hell put the better looking figured woods on the back of the instrument makes no sense.... :dontknow:

 

[RLW]

On mandolins, the top (like violins, viola, cellos...) is traditionally spruce.

 

[Patrick from Davis]

Yeah, the body is supposed to be light and rigid, the top is supposed to be light and a spring.  The lightness is so that you do not waste string energy moving heavy wood, rigid transfers the energy.  The top being spruce is like a spring so it vibrates back and forth when the strings are hit.  If the body is too rigid it becomes tinny and the bass notes are de-emphasized.  The arched top/back idea is to balance the tone by carving some parts thinner than others.  More or less.  For normal acoustics the wood is flat so the type of makes more of a contribution.  This is why rosewood acoustics are so popular, a good balance of warm and loud.  There are a bunch of formulas to make great sounding acoustics based on wood selection.  I do know that the builders have a boatload to do with how it turns out.  These are two of my favorite guitars, and they are made out of "substandard" materials.

Oh yeah, that tele looks like the start of something really nice.
Patrick

The Taylor Pallet Guitar

The Pine Benedetto Archtop guitar

 

[GoDrex]

I'm sure that Taylor is amazing - but why would anyone want an inlay of a forklift on their guitar?? That's one of the strangest things I've seen.

 

[DangerousR6]

I'm sure that Taylor is amazing - but why would anyone want an inlay of a forklift on their guitar?? That's one of the strangest things I've seen.

Exactly.......

  with the forklift....... :icon_scratch:

 

[m4rk0]

hahahahaha, I had to look 5 times to make sure that I was actualy seeing what I thought I was seeing  :toothy12: