Earlier in the year my wife and I hit Dublin to see Brian Adams (amazing gig as usual!). I did the usual music shop rounds but this time I was specifically focused on meeting Owen in Some Neck Guitars. Cracking shop, great stock and fun to spend time in.
After letting the guys see one of my own builds, Owen hands me this...
https://i.imgur.com/TAMCe2b.jpgA 69 tele refinished in charcoal frost (I think?!). Interesting piece. Even more so when I stripped it down to find that it had been given the Bloomfield treatment at some point and rather oddly repaired.
https://i.imgur.com/aMrLa0C.jpgTook me a while to realise that the upper bout was restored at least one inch longer than it should have been. It certainly makes it interesting and I was happy to leave it alone. Imagine how much extra tele thump that extra inch has in it
Owen wanted a heavily aged paisley finish and that’s exactly what I did. It’s okay, I know it’s not going to be everyone’s cuppa but hey... I forgive you
The paisleys take a while to do but man they are a lot of fun.
https://i.imgur.com/Xh8q5jE.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/exzHFi5.jpgIll attempt to get some full mock up shots before I heads off to Dublin but this will have to do in the meantime...
https://i.imgur.com/GWRzRB7.jpgHope you enjoyed that, I sure did!
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I like that you left the repair too, these things should have stories
Thank you, yes I was happy to leave it as is. I know the rest of the work done divides opinion but given the brief and the age of the guitar I think it looks great
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Hey, whatever floats your boat man
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https://i.imgur.com/OOy2pD3.jpg
I must do another paisley for my stock!
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I really like this guitar. The maple board neck is right too, it wouldn’t work as well with rosewood.
How do you do the paisley? I gather getting hold of that stuff is like trying to buy genuine unicorn teeth.
Yeah the paisley is expensive to buy and doesn’t go too far but it looks amazing. Quite simply paper and a lot of lacquer to seal it in. Unlike the plastic coated AllParts bodies.
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The body shape looks like some sort of bastard offspring of a Hayman and an Ovation Viper...
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