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Total cost for this guitar will be around $65. I just remembered I did buy the tuners, got some used Schallers for $50 a while back.

This is a baritone guitar, 27.5 scale. I've since routed for a third humbucker, more pictures to follow. Top, neck and fretboard were found on pallets. Body was found by someones trash. Inlay is vertebrae from a beaver skeleton that I found at a nearby lake.

Pine body, quilted cherry fretboard, flamed maple top, maple neck.
Pickups, bridge and some other parts will be from a B.C. Rich guitar my cousin gave me. Extra pickup from another friend with extras that he said he'd never use. Lots of fun so far!

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did you have to treat the bone in any way before inlaying it?

I have this neighbor I don't like very much, and I was thinking...
never mind :O)

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somebody's dog is going to pull that guitar into a corner some afternoon some where and crunch away at the neck ! :)
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 Post subject: Re: Angel Fish
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No treatment really, other than soaking the bones in hydrogen peroxide when I first brought the skeleton home. Helps get any gunk off and whitens it up nice.

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Time for a bright orange sunburst!

I did this by hand. Don't own a spray gun.

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I've started finishing. Get it?

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I love the smell of polymerized linseed oil.

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Looks great.

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Chris Pile wrote:
Looks great.


Thanks. It looks like a blazing fire when you move it around.

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Orange you glad no one is making jokes about the color ? laughing6-hehe

Seriously looks good [:Y:] Cant wait to hear it making Blues riffs

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Almost finished!

Just need to fine tune some things and make a cavity cover:

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I made this little bridge stop piece to set the strings at a good angle for the bridge. Polishing it up was fun, got it nice n shiny:

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The beaver spine inlay:

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The top is firey!

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And here's some notes on my wiring setup:

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It sounds great. I'll make a video as soon as I get around to making a video. Lots of versatility, many cool sounds

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Sweet!

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Well there's not a back cavity cover on it but I'm done. I'm moving next month so I need to get all my stuff together and get rid of junk we don't need. Guitars must wait until my house is built.

If somebody really wants me to, I can make a youtube vid... But they have to really want it.

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