You guys should check this out...

[Twelvebar]

just in case ome of you are interested, Ceri is finished the project now.

 

[Cagey]

Helluva thread, eh? Nice end result, too.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Started with it top-routed, ended it with it rear-routed.  It probably would've been less time and energy to build one from scratch then to repair one in that manner.  Oh well, there wouldn't have been a thread otherwise.

 

[Patrick]

talk about DIY
geez this guy goes all out

 

[Dan025]

i like how in the end the guitar is a rear route. after plaining it down and pocketing it out to fill it all you'd think he could have just started with a fresh piece of wood. maybe 50% of the original body is left in there.

 

[DesmoDog]

I dind't read the whole thread (did anyone?)  but did they ever explain why it was lit on fire to begin with?

 

[mullyman]

Damn, I can't get enough of this. Look, I don't do these kinds of repair and wouldn't know where to begin if I wanted to, but I still enjoy reading this kind of stuff. I don't know about you guys but I'm basically skipping over all the comments from other members and just reading his updates. It really is like a soap opera. I'm giddy waiting to see how it ends.
MULLY

 

[Cagey]

I dind't read the whole thread (did anyone?)  but did they ever explain why it was lit on fire to begin with?

I read the whole thread, but I don't recall reading any explanation for that. But, I too mainly read the build entries and skipped over the largely repetitive fawning posts.

 

[Patrick]

apparently there was some long thread about why nikininja set the guitar on fire and sent it to Ceri to have it rebuilt

i just looked for the posts that had more than 2 photos and read those and found that this guy is a genius. he made everything that he used to make the guitar which i found to be pretty dang cool

 

[Jeremiah]

I got the impression that it was an attempt to replicate the 'burnt' appearance of one of Hendrix's guitars, but the burning was a little too successful.

 

[mullyman]

Well, I sat here at my desk for the last 3 or 4 hours easily going through that. What a great time that was. The guitar turned out really nice too. Not as shiny as I was thinking it was going to be but I guess once you have the glare of a Warmoth finish nothing else quite compares. Fantastic thread though and was tons of fun to go through.
MULLY

 

[Bob Rayne]

i like how in the end the guitar is a rear route. after plaining it down and pocketing it out to fill it all you'd think he could have just started with a fresh piece of wood. maybe 50% of the original body is left in there.

It still has 50% of the Tone char left

 

[Dan025]

ah yes the tone char,  :doh: can't leave that out, thats what gives it all the mojo.