The Ratocaster. All recycled materials except pick up and strings. The solid wood body is a type of mahogany salvaged about 20 years ago from a project to replace the treads on a bridge over a local railway station. Stored outside ever since. Other materials are a brass drawer pull handle, an old bicycle spanner with nut and bolt welded on, a piece of rusted enamel advertising sign, old wing nut knobs, an old pipe tobacco tin tobacco tin lid and a guitar neck from an old guitar. All items apart from the neck are in excess of 50 years old. The strap is constructed from an offcut of webbing from a ratchet strap used to secure loads to trucks and utilising fittings from a car seat belt for fixings and method of adjustment
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Great job!
It's like.. Found a guitar in a barn? No. Made a guitar from the barn. :) very cool.
Love the style, great job.
As crusty good as it gets. Beautiful job pulling all the history together. WOW!
thats the ticket.,.