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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:31 pm 
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I mentioned this build in another thread, and Bryan asked for the story and pics. Rather than take Steve's thread way off topic, I figured I'd put it here in its own place.

I've got a friend who knows Matt Holliday really well. They got to talking one day and figured out they both had the same favorite band, Needtobreathe. Matt actually knows the guys, so they hatched a plan to get them to Stillwater for a charity gig. Several months and tons of meetings later, the gig was set.

My friend asked me if I would be willing to build a couple guitars for the event: one for NTB as a thank-you for doing the show, and one to raffle off to raise money. He and I talked about what we should do for the raffle guitar, and one of us mentioned a baseball-themed guitar since Matt was a big part of the evening. Then without thinking it through (I do that to myself sometimes), I said it would be cool to build the guitar out of some of Matt's bats. Well, my friend thought it was a fantastic idea, and next thing I knew, I had 12 Matt Holliday sig baseball bats in my garage. Crap. Now I had to figure out how to turn them into a guitar.

I love doing themed guitars because I enjoy the creative challenge of making the theme apparent without the guitar being cheesy. So this is what I came up with. I inlaid Matt's number 7 on the fretboard and finished the neck to look like an old, pine-tarred bat. I also hand-stitched a white leather strap to look like a baseball. Matt was so enamored with it that he's the one who bought it.

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Here's a shot of Bo from Needtobreathe playing it on one of their last songs of the night.

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And a quick video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-CVPHt6054

If you want to see the build thread, here's a link: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-de ... -tele.html


And a shot of me with Matt Holliday

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And here's the guitar I built for NTB. Since they're from the Carolinas, I wanted to give them a little bit of home. The body is made from wormy chestnut that was salvaged from a 100+ year old barn in SC. They're also big University of Alabama football fans, so I made custom red fret markers.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:38 pm 
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That is so cool, good job Roger!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:56 pm 
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That looks great and a cool story too!

I really like the texture the bat profiles give the top and that neck looks awesome. Well done!

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As a baseball nut, that is the coolest git I've seen in ages! I love it.



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Great post!
The guitars, pictures and info.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 11:57 pm 
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That's cool.

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That's really cool. Did you varnish the back of the neck to look like tar or is it from one of the bats?



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Sweet use go the bats. I like it.

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Very nicely done Rog!

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PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 6:03 pm 
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tilze08 wrote:
That's really cool. Did you varnish the back of the neck to look like tar or is it from one of the bats?

Thanks. I used amber shellac and tobacco brown dye.


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Hello guys please help me out. I have an acoustic guitar which had broken due to fall of lecture stand it. It got a big hole in his body. How to plug that hole?

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