Scavenger Music reclaimed timber specialist.

Teyeplayer

Scavenger said:

The neck installed on it's body, apart from the volume and tone knobs all the timber is reclaimed from old pianos and likely to be at least 100 years old. 

Wow, I love that! 

chromatuna

That Tele looks lovely and well done for using reclaimed wood 

Teyeplayer

Definitely a guitar that shouts ‘gig me’!

normula1

That's really rather wonderful.

Scavenger

I've been stripping. I suspected that there might be something interesting lurking under the layers of dark French polish.


I'm hoping to use this as the front of a thinline I'm working on.

normula1

Have a wow

guitarjack66

Scavenger said:

The neck installed on it's body, apart from the volume and tone knobs all the timber is reclaimed from old pianos and likely to be at least 100 years old. 

That looks fantastic! And the guitar is great too.

Dave_Mc

^ LOL I thought I was the only one who was admiring the bench too  

The guitar's excellent as well, of course  

Scavenger

Some benches have a higher purpose.

Scavenger

You could be forgiven for thinking that I only do teles but I do have a Les Paul and a Precision Bass in production too.
The body is oak at the front , poplar with veneer at the back .Those black dots are wormholes that were under the veneer of the piano and partially filled with the glue used to stick it on so they were there when the donor piano was made. 
the neck and fretboard are beech, the fretboard is also from a piano but the neck is part of a bed and a relative junior comparted to most of the wood i use at a mere 20 years old. 

normula1

Lovely stuff

Scavenger

I've run out of switches but it's all done bar the wiring.

JayGee

Scavenger said:

I've been stripping. I suspected that there might be something interesting lurking under the layers of dark French polish.


I'm hoping to use this as the front of a thinline I'm working on.

Really, really, really looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Scavenger

Me too! I'm still working through a few jobs that have priority and deciding exactly how to use it to best effect. I don't want to hide it behind hardware/strings/scratchplate etc 

Scavenger said:

I've been stripping. I suspected that there might be something interesting lurking under the layers of dark French polish.


I'm hoping to use this as the front of a thinline I'm working on.

Really, really, really looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Stuckfast

Loving this! And £550 for a handmade guitar is superb value. What's the waiting list like for a Precision Bass?

It occurs to me there might be a market for you in special commissions. I'd guess there are loads of people who have inherited broken pianos or furniture that has sentimental value but no practical use, and would like to have it turned into a guitar.

Scavenger

Stuckfast said:

Loving this! And £550 for a handmade guitar is superb value. What's the waiting list like for a Precision Bass?

It occurs to me there might be a market for you in special commissions. I'd guess there are loads of people who have inherited broken pianos or furniture that has sentimental value but no practical use, and would like to have it turned into a guitar.

I'm about to disappear for a couple of weeks but it should be about  2-3 months at the moment for any regular solid body guitar/bass at the moment.
Sadly it usually takes more than one piano to provide the different timbers and thicknesses required to make a guitar.

Scavenger

I've been in Yorkshire visiting my brother who is a far more accomplished guitarist than myself. I was very pleased that by the end of our stay I struggled to prize the guitar out of his hands. I'll be uploading a couple more videos to youtube over the next few days.

or:
https://www.facebook.com/dominic.allan.14/videos/281765977096105

Greatape

Like a homegrown Rick Kelly! Pleased to see the reuse of old timber.