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my BFG

blr6
March 23rd, 2012, 07:12 PM
I am making this guitar with the neatest wood for the front that I found on ebay, burl maple, I call this BFG Bigsby Fender Gretsch, I tried to put all three styles together, and made unique F holes as well, I am making a glue neck as well and I am Video taping as I go for youtube

telespank
March 23rd, 2012, 07:27 PM
Love those f holes..

fender62custom
March 23rd, 2012, 07:36 PM
''LOOKS GREAT BIR6''...subscribed....have you decided which neck style/materials, inlays,radius,electronics etc..love the burl...once had a US Spector 5xl Bass with the burl maple top..looking forward to more photos...keep up the good work!!!!! cheers

HypotenusLuvTriangle
March 23rd, 2012, 08:21 PM
Very interesting. Indeed.

blr6
March 24th, 2012, 10:36 AM
progress in the works

ampe
March 24th, 2012, 10:53 AM
i love the f-holes
but i guess i prefer a traditional tele body

fender62custom
March 24th, 2012, 02:40 PM
LOOKING GOOD Bir6,..good stuff!!!!!

blr6
March 26th, 2012, 10:35 PM
just working away

blr6
March 28th, 2012, 08:43 AM
Made this from door eyelet from lowes 5.00 each

calvin lee
March 28th, 2012, 01:37 PM
it's ugly as hell, and i absolutely love it.

f.y.i. in the videogame community BFG stands for "big ****ing gun".

or, if you read children's books, "big friendly giant".

blr6
April 7th, 2012, 05:43 PM
I just finished this, I really like the way it turned out, I will post a video of the whole progress soon

catfish72
April 7th, 2012, 06:50 PM
It looks insane (in a good way). It also looks like an abstract Mickey Mouse. :D

Cool axe, well done. :)

nadles
April 7th, 2012, 07:38 PM
Nice work - I love the f holes.

Tinman46
April 7th, 2012, 08:09 PM
It's got a bit of a steampunk vibe going on. One of kind for sure. Can't wait for the video. Perhaps with a performance or sound clip?

For some reason I picture it being played through a steampunk amp

blr6
April 8th, 2012, 02:41 PM
so I decide this morning to make PU bezzels and a pick guard, I had plexi glass laying around and wanted to try something, It came out great and it took me 4 hours to do 2 bezzels and a pick guard, using my dremmel and jiggsaw and round drill sander, I frosted it with 120 grit sandpaper on the pick guard I did both sides and on the bezzels front only, 2 sides make it a darker frost

fender62custom
April 8th, 2012, 04:04 PM
''COOL''...NICE TOUCH...very different...enjoy...would love to hear what it sounds like!! cheers

blr6
April 9th, 2012, 10:29 PM
the video on the build and me playing the guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99anRYkbL0

dgshooter
April 10th, 2012, 06:29 AM
That's cool. Very Jetson's.