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cadam5150
 Post subject: From Bench to Guitar
PostPosted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 5:46 am 
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Hi People,

Guitaring Passionately was fortunate to receive a request to turn a special set of woods that were once outdoor benches in a Telecaster. Here is the blog post about it: http://cadam7777777.blogspot.sg/2013/12/from-bench-to-guitar.html

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Chris Pile
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Very rustic!

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Dave Rickard
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I like it, looks like it needs to be playing the blues.

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Pretty sweet.

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Nice Tele!
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Colin North
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Sweet!

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Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.
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I like it. I have a similiar 'Strat' made from old barn planks and it has the same patina.
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great looking tele:)

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I like it a lot, and I am not usually all that big on solid body guitars. Nice work.
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Very cool. l love the color of the neck. It looks like the body is chambered, how does it sound?
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Nifty.
I might like it if the plastic pick guard was not installed.

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Thanks for all your kind words. It was indeed very enjoyable to build and even more meaningful when the finished product was presented to the eventual owner. Actually this person didn't know about it until his birthday. This special Telecaster was a build project commissioned by the owner's elder brother. This big brother requested to use an old bench in their house and transform it into an electrical guitar, thus prolonging the bench's life span and also breathing life into it once more. Then bench Now Guitar.

On his birthday (the younger brother), I was asked to perform a tune on this guitar. That got him curious about the guitar body wood. And I told the entire story before his family members… needless to say it was a touching moment for the big brother and the younger one. I felt so honored to be part of this.

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Cool. I love the weathered wood look. I'm glad they didn't fill up the cracks with finish
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