New project underway.
Been thinking about replacing the plywood body on the Maestro LPJ gold '57 clone.
The neck on that guitar is so sweet, I think it needs a decent hardwood body.
Shopping for replacement bodies led to buying another Maestro to part out.
That plan didn't work, as I wound up making the pelham blue special instead of scavenging the body.
So I ordered this:
3 piece ash 21" x 15" x 1-3/4"
Front & back (different lighting) - not sure if there's really a good or bad side.
Grain doesn't matter because it's getting painted a solid color (gold again).
I went with a 3 piece instead of a 2 piece (same price) because it's more stable for temperature and humidity changes (in theory).
Also not having a glue seam running down the center of the neck pocket, pickup routs and bridge studs seemed like a good idea.
Wood slab is from Exotic Wood Zone in St. Louis.
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Nice selection, decent pricing, and shipped quick.
Available in 2" thick if you want to tackle a carve top, but I opted for a finished 1-3/4" for the Jr.
Here's a shot with a template from the special for scale.
Plenty of extra to work with.
I also got the paint from the same place as the pelham blue I used on the special.
Only place I could find with the authentic pelham blue was Ohio Valley Nitro, so I decided to use them again for the gold.
Very happy with the quality - IMHO better than Stew Mac rattle cans.
Still need to make some new templates, the ones from the special were more for pickup and control cavity locations.
I might just slice the old ply body down the center and get a ready made front & back set of templates...
Been thinking about replacing the plywood body on the Maestro LPJ gold '57 clone.
The neck on that guitar is so sweet, I think it needs a decent hardwood body.
Shopping for replacement bodies led to buying another Maestro to part out.
That plan didn't work, as I wound up making the pelham blue special instead of scavenging the body.
So I ordered this:
3 piece ash 21" x 15" x 1-3/4"
Front & back (different lighting) - not sure if there's really a good or bad side.
Grain doesn't matter because it's getting painted a solid color (gold again).
I went with a 3 piece instead of a 2 piece (same price) because it's more stable for temperature and humidity changes (in theory).
Also not having a glue seam running down the center of the neck pocket, pickup routs and bridge studs seemed like a good idea.
Wood slab is from Exotic Wood Zone in St. Louis.
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Available in 2" thick if you want to tackle a carve top, but I opted for a finished 1-3/4" for the Jr.
Here's a shot with a template from the special for scale.
Plenty of extra to work with.
I also got the paint from the same place as the pelham blue I used on the special.
Only place I could find with the authentic pelham blue was Ohio Valley Nitro, so I decided to use them again for the gold.
ohiovalleynitro.com
www.ohiovalleynitro.com
Still need to make some new templates, the ones from the special were more for pickup and control cavity locations.
I might just slice the old ply body down the center and get a ready made front & back set of templates...
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