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Ahpook

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8. Very cool

Reply to BluesRunTheGame (Original post)

Mon Jul 13, 2020, 10:59 PM

Jul 2020

I think quite a few people have gained creative minds during this lockdown?

A friend and I morphed a Baja Telecaster into a double humbucker, front and back binding jam machine

I'd load some photos, but not sure how. Seems tricky on here? I've loaded them easily to luthier sites to discuss the build.

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This guy built a guitar out of a shelf during lockdown! [View all] BluesRunTheGame Jul 2020 OP

I used to know a luthier. That guy has some Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #1

Me, Too! ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #30

Thanks!!! I find the best stuff on DU!!!! nt LAS14 Jul 2020 #2

I sent this to my Son, a retired Engineer True Blue American Aug 2020 #31

Bookmarkimg for later. niyad Jul 2020 #3

Watch later. Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #4

Yeah but does it Djent? Shermann Jul 2020 #5

Nice. Even carved and fretted the neck. Hoyt Jul 2020 #6

A real pro. JDC Jul 2020 #7

Very cool Ahpook Jul 2020 #8

If you have them on another site, you... reACTIONary Jul 2020 #15

I would love to send your pictures on. True Blue American Aug 2020 #32

Thanks. LudwigPastorius Jul 2020 #9

That's an impressive set of tools and... NNadir Jul 2020 #10

Says he is Flemish and, also, builds furniture under the THCIKS logo. Tikki Jul 2020 #11

WOW! A Keeper!!! calimary Jul 2020 #12

They should name an asteroid after this guy. tclambert Jul 2020 #13

people have time again. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #14

That must have been some shelf! BlueIdaho Jul 2020 #16

Not a Martin D-28, but obviously a quality piece of work.. (nt) Paladin Jul 2020 #17

Yes. Impressive, but that's a tremendous amount of work... Dave Starsky Jul 2020 #18

As a guitarist I think this is awesome 1plus1equals1 Jul 2020 #19

A friend of mine used to build guitars for a living DFW Jul 2020 #20

Those are Bozos! musette_sf Jul 2020 #25

They are indeed. That was my friend's name DFW Jul 2020 #26

You are fortunate to own these! musette_sf Jul 2020 #27

Very cool ornotna Jul 2020 #21

That's some impressive work! BobTheSubgenius Jul 2020 #22

I suspect it's not his first guitar. JohnnyRingo Jul 2020 #23

That's just a come on. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #33

out of shelf and an whole lot of tools! Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #24

Next video: How to Build a Bookshelf colorado_ufo Jul 2020 #28

Brian May of Queen built his guitar at age 16 tavernier Jul 2020 #29