Custom made DuoSonic, Musicmaster, Swinger and Bronco Bodies

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:32 pm

Workshop is open again for custom made DuoSonic, Musicmaster, Swinger and Bronco bodies.

Poplar body. $100 plus $25 shipping in the lower 48 for any of the body styles mentioned above.
Add $25 for Alder.

Jaguar/Jazzmaster poplar body. $115 plus $25 shipping in the lower 48.

Price includes a 3 ply black or 3 ply white pickguard.

Mint pickguard add $5
Brown Tort or White Pearloid pickguard add $10

Thanks,
Richard

Here's some examples of bodies I've made.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:02 pm

Nice work!
Good prices too

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:08 pm

I can vouch for Cooterfinger's mad skillz. Makes me want to start another project...

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:25 pm

Thanks for the kind words guys.
I hope to stay busy making lots of sawdust this summer.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:35 pm

Are these the only bodies/guards you are producing Richard?
I really want to build a Fender Performer at some point but dont have the working area or patience to start from scratch tbh.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:21 pm

Fran, these are the ones I'm set up to knock out fairly easily but I'm always ready to try
something different. I'd be up for it when you get ready.
I don't remember seeing any pdfs for a Performer on the internet.
Do you have any drawings?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:15 pm

I dont mate. There was a French guy on fender.com that owned several Performers that said he would send me a tracing, but i will have a look online for a template as well.
Be a while yet though

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:05 pm

No sweat, if you do come across a pdf or tracing just pass it along and I'll
go ahead and work on a template for one. I've got plenty of template
material to mess around with. That way I can work out all the bugs before
you get ready for yours.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:23 am

This is awesome! I should have gotten those templates at OSG. The guy was selling MARAUDERS! I was afraid it would drive me MAD! I ain't lyin. He even has a XII for $40. You can't think that wouldn't turn some heads.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri May 11, 2012 4:13 pm

I'd like to have a set of those Marauder templates.

BTW, I'm doing pickguards as well if anyone is needing something custom for a project.

Just posted two DuoSonic bodies in the classified.

Thanks!

George · Post by **George** » Sat May 26, 2012 8:44 am

Would you be able to stuff three pickups into a Stang pickguard like the Jaguarillo?

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sat May 26, 2012 12:17 pm

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue May 29, 2012 7:02 pm

Here's a Swinger I just finished up. This one is sold already but I'd be happy to make another
if anyone is interested. If you want to use a Squier mini strat neck to build your Swinger
I can make a custom pickguard for that as well.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:21 pm

Here's what I call a Perlmutter DuoSonic. Hotrod ordered one like this and it turned out really nice
so I made a proper template. It's a DuoSonic II body with added contours an a 3 way toggle switch
in the lower horn.

Phil O'Keefe · Post by **Phil O'Keefe** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:45 pm

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I'm pretty sure this one is the body I purchased - turned it into my "relic" shell pink Musicmaster.

He does quality work on the bodies - I would definitely buy from cooterfinger again!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:34 am

i got Ryyyssss bronco in my basement being frankensteined together.

amazing quality body. might as well have been made in 1972 in california

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:04 pm

Phil O'Keefe wrote:
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I'm pretty sure this one is the body I purchased - turned it into my "relic" shell pink Musicmaster.

He does quality work on the bodies - I would definitely buy from cooterfinger again!

Yep, That's the one. Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.

robroe wrote:i got Ryyyssss bronco in my basement being frankensteined together.

amazing quality body. might as well have been made in 1972 in california

That one wasn't mine. I think it was a robertOG body but I'm not sure. Dots could tell you for sure.
Oddly enough, my Bronco template was made from a 1972 Bronco.

Yep, just found this.

dots wrote:if we choose to go the home grown route, i have a bronco body and pickguard rob_og made a few years ago that i will probably never get to. it needs work, but it would be a great homegrown project for whoever is interested in getting on it.

xrleroyx · Post by **xrleroyx** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:13 pm

ALmost grabbed one of these on OSG. Cool stuff man!

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:41 pm

Thanks. Let me know if you ever need anything.

I just finished this lefty Mustang. I reminds me of a big chunk
of white chocolate for some reason.

xrleroyx · Post by **xrleroyx** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:42 pm

cooterfinger wrote:Thanks. Let me know if you ever need anything.

I just finished this lefty Mustang. I reminds me of a big chunk
of white chocolate for some reason.

Send it to Vanilla Ice.

I might, do you do custom orders? I'd like to try my hand at refinishing at some point.