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TEA-N-TEA BUILD UNVAIL- TA-DA!

Here she is , my newest build .. I call her “ tea-n -tea “ . due to the 2 tea boxes and her explosive sound..
Have a look and a listen .( i'm just putting her through the paces for you to show her range . - it may sound like i'm clicking pedals , but i'm not .. ,i'm just switching the pickup options . . these vintage pickups are awsome )
How cool is this thing ? a detachable potato masher for a lap rest .. with a bracelet cuff attached ,
Turn it sideways and it sits, and looks like a gun ;-) the yardstick fretboard is cool and vintage , and with the booze flask spout makes the neck look like a chimney or smoke stack when standing up . the curved wood holding the electronics is a berry picking basket handle . , the pole the turners are on is the arm for a window scraper .
The wrap around string design was a pain in the butt ,, but looks cool . she is set up for 3 strings , but I broke one just before this video . lol . this thing roars ,, believe it or not , that’s only an extra light #2 and 3 strings on there . the vintage pick ups give a wide range from bass to treb .. these pick ups are awesome .. the best I have ever heard . I also reversed the pickups to get a better sound and put the neck pick up in the back .
She looks small , but she’s a 24 scale . her bridge starts right at the end of the guitar .
The tac fret markers on the neck is also a cool design .. and allowable because she’s a slider .but the raised narrow yard stick fret board allows for fingering also.
Call her 'steam punk" if you want .. but that was not really what I was going for , it just developed into this and took on a life of its own ;-)
Hope you like her ;-)
I absolutely love this thing . I can’t put it down ;-)

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Comment by the anonymous pick on September 1, 2011 at 8:48am: not meant for fingering , but you can get away with a bit , mostly on the lower end .

Comment by Hayden A Butler on September 1, 2011 at 8:40am: Awesome sound - is it just slide or can it be played with fingers?

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 29, 2011 at 9:43pm: thanx mike , ;-)

Comment by Mike Bingham on August 29, 2011 at 11:36am: Nice build. HUGE sound. Looks like a crowd pleaser!

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 28, 2011 at 1:25am: forgot to mention ,, the stain on it was the vinagar and steel whool thing ,, just let it soak for 3 hrs not over night as suggested . gave it a nice barn board look .. the neck was almost "white" before , and the boxes were new pine .

i never stained the base it was scrap wood .

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 27, 2011 at 5:12pm: lol - the wrap around strings was a pain , and caused shorter scale due to average string length etc ,,, which varies from company to company , so that was my main concern and caused alot of other issues such as bridge placement and the last fret to actually be right over the pick up almost . to allow space between the boxes for the tuners and still have a 24 scale . . etc..

i think its my last wrap around build ;-) lol.

thanx for the comments ;-)

Comment by swampapple slim on August 27, 2011 at 2:27pm: nice rig makes my brain hurt and no ideas were mine bet that got 2000 hrs figerin ,no joke it is cool

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 27, 2011 at 12:22pm: thanx bemuzic ;-) that put a smile on my face ;-)

Comment by bemuzic on August 27, 2011 at 11:23am: WOW amazing design and look AND sound!!!!

Comment by the anonymous pick on August 27, 2011 at 1:11am: lol . if ya read the description .. i broke one just before the vid ;-)

just my luck ;-)