Rat rod telecaster
Ok, technically not a CBG but Cigar Box Nation is directly to blame for this instrument being built so I am sharing it here. Presenting: "Conviction" A tribute to the venerable Fender a Telecaster, built in a rat rod style with vintage flair and lots of power under the hood thanks to a pair of shiny Chrome played CB Gitty Snake Oil humbucking pickups. Back in 1957 Ontario was pressing license plates in prisons and hadn't yet repealed the death penalty. A blues riff on this instrument carries…
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Hey Pick. I haven't heard of Cuban Chrome - I don't currently have Discovery doh! Another show I can't get enough of is American Pickers and those guys like Rat Rods too.
Mr Junk: Yes that motor was sweet ! Don't forget Season 2- Ep 2 is on tonight :-)
Thanks Mr Pick and Mr blue, I love Sin City Motors as well, great show, fav build was quityabitchin they made for Steves brother
lol blue , funny you should say that . i watch those shows and see the creative process , the hunt for parts / ideas , and the reveal , and reactions , and i relate to it because it is so similar to what i / we do here .
cuban chrome is another show that incites resourcefulness . amazing stuff on there ,- boat motors and house locks on cars . made tools etc etc ...
Jim and Pick : Loving both of them thar examples !
I betcha Brian Setzer would dig the Jim's Glitch and Steve Darnell from Welderup would go for Pick's drive-in Rat :-D
cheers blind l ;-)
jim j, i always liked that one of yours ;-)
Howdy guys, only built one Rat so far but have another in the pipeline. Love old school looking guitars and there's some great pics in this group. Heres a guick video of the Rat
https://youtu.be/wwLG1OdCv60
Marko, very nice pics!!
MR. PICK, YOUR OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!
rat rod date night by swamp witch guitars.
ideo here http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/rat-rod-date-night-swamp-witch-...
RAT ROD DATE NIGHT .
AT THE DRIVE IN .
INSTALLED KEYCHAIN DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME , SET TO SLIDESHOW , WITH OLD BLACK AND WHITE MOVIE CLIPS OF “ THE DEVIL ON WHEELS “ LOADED . PLAYS LIKE A REAL MOVIE .
SIDE MOUNTED MINI HUMBUCKER MIMICS THE REAR VIEW MIRROR . ;-)
REAL DASH AND GAUGES ,
DRAWER KNOBS ,
STEERING WHEEL OFF A FANCY TIE RACK . ;-)
2 STRINGER ,
TONS OF FUN !
Blind, it's not a HDR photo. I use 3 flashes while shooting and some photoshop for post post process. Mostly basic techs: tones, curves, vibrance, gradient maps... things like that. ... smoke is added while post process. If you like my photos theres lots more at my flickr stream