Copper tele part 1

Thought I'd try something different this time

[@EntropiaGuitars]

Mate, you’re mental and I’m all here for it 😂 Loved the safety sketchers when grinding too 😂😂 This is going to be a great build!

[@Eeklex]

If that old kettle could talk, it would probably hiccup! 😂. Have fun!

[@dastardlydave1455]

That is some crazy ideas!! I want to see how your vision for this one turns out.

[@ghosthawk65]

Intriguing choice. I look forward to how it develops.

[@Doug-Niven]

Bonkers but awesome. I’m going to binge the rest right now

[@JagStar]

I’m in for the bonkerness! This is going to be cool!

[@daleskidmore1685]

Off the wall idea, but there have been a few people making metal guitars over the years; I think they look great.

[@jonahguitarguy]

This "is" bonkers but it's gonna be fun!

[@calbrockocat8728]

This is going to be fun! Watching you work those pieces of copper shall be a hoot! It's going to be very heavy. Any chambering going to go on?

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

It's hollow body buddy, just a centre block

[@guitarbuilderscollective]

Going for back to back first finished for the cup? You should put the truss rod in them radius the neck and have a copper fretboard Or radius through the copper that would Look crazy

[@davespeer]

Hahaha, ya dang mad scientist! "I don't know if this is gonna work and i'm gonna do it anyway" (paraphrasing) I'm here for it! This is gonna turn out awesome, I just know it.

[@dougheckler2398]

IAw heck, turn it into a still!

[@micksguitarsarecool]

this is the content we want to see! looking great old man, how about an F hole?

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

No jumping the gun now, I can't reveal all yet lol

[@barrychristian4050]

Nothing wrong with a bit of total bonkerness lol, are you going to ebonise the oak fretboard or leave it natural?

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

Natural, I've got loads of ebony boards stashed but wanted something different lol

[@barrychristian4050]

@@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989 cool, I've got an oak fretboard for my current build and been experimenting with ebonising it and toying with the idea of a stain burst

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

@@barrychristian4050 I used the ebonising on the single coil build, all cherry. Worked well. But I think the oak will contrast the mahogany nicely.

[@barrychristian4050]

@@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989 I think It will too and I've not seen many people use it as it's mainly "posh tone woods" that everyone uses lol

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

@barrychristian4050 my stance is the harder a wood the less vibration it will absorb and that's it as far as electric guitars go. I like something hard and stable for a neck but I'll generally use anything that looks nice lol

[@saulgoodeguitars]

Original comment didn’t get past KZbin, you crazy old man, I guess that will do Copper fretboard gets a vote here too Don’t care how you do it 🤣

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

I'll wait till you show me how it's done 🤣

[@saulgoodeguitars]

@@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989 isn’t that the way it always goes 🤣

[@pgmaillot]

Love it! You *have to* use a through neck with copper as this is soft metal. My beloved James Trussart guitar is a hollow body telecaster (so-called "RustyCaster") made with two sides of embossed steel plates, welded in the middle, thrown in salted water and acid after being sandwiched between two alligator skins... The resulting rust is chemically stopped and that gives you absolutely unique instruments! Because it's made out of steel, this is using a standard tele neck (made of Koa + Rosewood), and there's just a rather small (8cm wide) piece or wood glued between the top/bottom, just under the bridge. That guitar rocks! So this using copper thing is a great idea! Let's see what rumbling sound you'll get out of it! (That type of body material does affect the sound). Where do you get such nice chunks of wood? That was hard going through the band saw.... Great start anyways!

[@nsjguitarsakascotsman6989]

A friend had a stock of really old Brazilian mahogany and a big board of Ash. I bought them lol.

[@Doug_Seidlitz]

The "Hold my beer" build. Love it