Custom Airline Style Guitar Finished Pg. 3

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:38 am

I have an idea for a JB Hutto style guitar. I am not a fan of fiberglass, so I asked Cooterfinger if he could make me a body out of poplar. I don't want the little knobs, but I wanted to keep the upper toggle (I want to use a tele switch) and master volume. I want all the things pickguard mounted, so the guard will be slightly different. This is the basic idea. (Except I am painting it white with a black pickguard.)

Airline by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Here is the neck he worked on that I am going to use for it.

airline style neck 007_zps2qdhmbkk by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

DSCF4498_zpszxuh6ufb by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

DSCF4499_zpsv09yqs87 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Also going to have a TOM and a Bigsby tremolo on it. Should be cool. I am going to put a set of HB size P90's in it.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 12:52 am

Very cool.

if hack white didn't crush the resale value of those vintage ones I'd be all over an og one. Can't wait to see it when it's done.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:18 am

Just picked up white pickup rings and a set of old Greco humbucker sized single coil pickups.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:04 pm

Tremolo and Gotoh bridge.

20150617_145618 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:07 pm

Pics of the possibly Greco pickups. Both read the same resistance.

1 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

3 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:13 pm

Designed a decal. Think it will be classy. I will do some black like this and some silver and decide once I am at that point.

Airline-Logo by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 3:02 am

Nothing says classy like cooterfinger.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:37 am

Yesssssss

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:55 am

JEFF wrote:Nothing says classy like cooterfinger.

Yeah, I asked him if he was sure he wanted to do that because it'll probably cut the resale value in half.

zastruga · Post by **zastruga** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 7:46 pm

This is great! Love these old styles, but playability of those old guitars is always questionable.

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:07 pm

fookin rad! cant wait to see finished jobbie!!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:47 pm

Thanks! This isn't the first of this type of job for me. I like asking cooterfinger to make me bodies like old ones that look cool, but tend to have issues. My hope is my changes make it look similar to the originals, but play more like something modern.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 2:04 am

nice project...awaiting the finished version

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 9:12 pm

Progress! Looking good.

1 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

3 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

4 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

5 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 5:16 pm

Cooterfinger is a building machine.

Just needs the guard and tele switch pickguard part to be ready to rout for switches and such.

1 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

With my bridge and bigsby.

3 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 1:27 pm

Poplar's a good choice...light, soft. (Your piece has unusually nice grain & color...I refin'd my Mustang and the Poplar was butt ugly.)

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:30 pm

It looks great. Any idea how heavy it's going to be? I can't wait to see this finished.

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:45 pm

I finished up the body routes yesterday and it's actually a pretty light body.
I'm looking forward to seeing it finished too.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 3:33 pm

Wow super impressed. It looks better each time I see it. Now I just need to do my best work painting it. LOL Cooterfinger did a fantastic job. I love how the pickguard ended up looking. The switch piece also looks great. Should turn out awesome. Very classy.

3 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

1 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 4:18 am

Body and neck arrived today!

20150713_185119 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150713_185114 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I stained the back of the neck a bit to give it a tint.

(Before)

20150713_191515 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

(After)

20150713_192418 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Then I sprayed some white on the body to kind of act as a primer and sealer. I will sand it some more tomorrow and add some more coats.

20150713_200856 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150713_200847 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr