Chowderboots!

I remember a while ago you posted this photoshopped picture here:



Out of curiosity, where is that body from? Or was the entire body just created in photoshop? The reason I ask is that my friend and I have begun planning to build him a good guitar and I showed him that picture and he practically fell in love. Any info on the guitar (other than the tele parts) would be much appreciated, thanks!

Yvarg wrote:

I remember a while ago you posted this photoshopped picture here:



Out of curiosity, where is that body from? Or was the entire body just created in photoshop? The reason I ask is that my friend and I have begun planning to build him a good guitar and I showed him that picture and he practically fell in love. Any info on the guitar (other than the tele parts) would be much appreciated, thanks!

Just look at the name of the picture. Its a Jackson Kelly

It's a Tele-Kelly!

Ah, see I don't generally pay much attention to all these crazy, pointy guitars. I thought maybe there was one that was originally semi-hollow.

ahh ... the elusive mystrious functionless f hole!

sounds dirty!

i've seen many basses in the last few years that are solid body with a f hole shape routed into it. what the heck is that!?!?!?

like homer simpson's "speed holes". makes it go faster.

if you really wanted a kelly with an f hole in it, i'm sure you could do that pretty nice during a finish refurb job with a decent router and template.

point is ... just cause theres an f hole, doesnt mean that its a hollowbody.

when i first started playing, hollowbody basses were a no no and frowned upon. except for the feedback issue ... i was never really sure why and just never bought one. i played one a few years back, slimline acoustic, fretless with tapewound strings, ddario pickups i think maybe, with onboard preamp / eq. it was really sweet sounding!

another nugget.

as i look into the future of building a warmoth explorer ... warmoth is offering the explorer body, hollow (?), not a hollowbody or an acoustic, but hollow none the less to adress the weight issue. dont know if this is what i want or not ... quality? sound? but as warmoth wont do a kahler rout, i dont think this is what i want. i start routering and i go right into a hollow pocket ... doh!

ah ... they call it "chambered". cheggidoot ........

http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/VintageShapes/ChamberedExplorerBass.aspx