Another Teisco / Duosonic Mashup.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:33 pm

Here's a mockup of what I'm doing with the Teisco Zenon loaded pickguard I bought over at offset and a Warmoth 24" scale neck I got in a trade. I'm using the pickups/switches in a custom aged white pickguard. What a pain that template was to make. I need to get new pots and some misc screws to finish wiring up the pickguard. The body is made of poplar and I'm planning a relic'ed black finish. With all the routes the body is pretty light.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Nov 20, 2016 11:58 pm

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:21 pm

Genius!

sholkham · Post by **sholkham** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:34 pm

Wow! great as usual

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Nov 22, 2016 7:43 pm

I'd have gone for relic'd white but black will look sweet too. Great work as always

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:11 am

Thanks! I've been in a "paint it black phase" lately but vintage white would look nice as well.
Here's a couple pics under the hood. It's like the Grand Canyon under there but those pickups are really tall.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Nov 23, 2016 8:41 pm

That looks bloody lovely. Another top project!!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:16 pm

Thanks!
All assembled. Now to take it apart and prep for paint.

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:54 am

That looks awesome! Good work me Mon!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Dec 18, 2016 8:56 pm

Neck is finished. Or, refinished in this case. The body needs a few more weeks.

Before:

Chipped tuner holes.

After:

Here's what's left of the little turtle man.

Closeup of the chipped tuner hole. Not completely hidden but filled and finished. Just looks like odd grain pattern from a distance.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:22 pm

All finished. I love the sound of these old pickups. With a little overdrive I can get a full nasty fuzz sound or if I switch to the two back pickups I can get a thinner, out of phase, 60's garage punk sound and a lot of combos in between.
The black, slightly matte finish works well for my personal taste. A pretty nice addition to my funky little collection.

Post by **Doog** » Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:25 pm

Love it!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:54 pm

Doog wrote:Love it!

Thanks!

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:05 pm

WANT!!! I love that thing!! Ace job

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:21 am

holy shit that thing RULES

Post by **Doog** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:38 am

Cooter, you seriously do THE best and coolest builds. You need to get a custom shop going on, for reals.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:13 am

Thanks guys.

Hey Shad, I even got the color right on this one.

Doog, you're too kind. If you want to see some truly cool work check out the builds that "Harvester" does over at offset. The guy is a god.
If I ever win the lottery I want to fly over and have him build me a guitar just so I can watch him work. That is if he doesn't swear out a restraining order.

http://www.harvesterguitars.com/

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:43 pm

Another masterpiece!

Do you make your own decals or outsource them?

Thanks,

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri Dec 30, 2016 11:34 am

speedfish wrote:Another masterpiece!

Do you make your own decals or outsource them?

Thanks,

Thanks. I got these decals from geocha over at reranch. He has an ongoing thread in the classifieds.

markarkark · Post by **markarkark** » Sun Jan 01, 2017 7:13 pm

Lovely job! The jumbo switches are a nice touch.