My dad is a master woodworker...he's done a ton of different projects over the years and has kinda been known locally for the things he's created.
He's getting up there in years. In fact, he's started giving me some of his tools and talked about getting rid of others.
I talked with him a while back about doing one last project. Kind of a father-son thing...I wanted him to make me a Telecaster body, with which I would do an all-out build...something one-of-a-kind like nobody else would ever have. Hopefully, when my grandson (his great-grandson) got old enough, he would take an interest in guitars (I already bought him a Squier Mini) and I could pass it down to him.
I told him to go all out. Build something crazy, off-the-wall, different. My dad, being a type A personality, had a little trouble with that at first, but eventually he ran with it. He asked me to go get him a slab of maple and cherry from the local mill, which I did. Fortunately, I found some stuff that had been air-drying for going on a decade, so he was good to start working with it immediately.I told him I didn't want to see it until he was done.
He called me a few times asking about specs and measurements and such, but he didn't violate the terms, lol. He kept it under wraps the entire time until he came to visit today.
Holy cow. I figured it would be good, but this is crazy.
Alternating, staggered rows of maple and cherry, divided with walnut inlay. CRAZY.
Weighs about 20 lbs, lol...But, it's BEAUTIFUL.
I'm going to get a half Thinline pickguard for this thing so as to cover as little of the woodwork as possible. I can't wait to finish it. Need to start ordering parts!
I haven't even finished my other Tele yet...lol...