Posted by George McLeod on October 20, 2017 at 3:27pm
“Bat Out Of Hell”This build was inspired by James Ryman’s deviant art painting and sculpture “Play Dead”. It is an electric 25” scale 4 string tenor hollow body flying V cut-away with a bat-wing scalloped bottom and top and bat shaped headstock. It is constructed of solid maple with a through body neck and book matched/sequence matched flame maple veneer on the front, back and headstock. I made the box corners using sheet copper, a Veritas metal bender and a soldering iron. The finish is hand-rubbed artist oil paints and 14 coats of high gloss wiping varnish.I purchased the majority of hardware from CB Gitty Crafter Supply as follows:Skull tunersBone nutPeruvian walnut fretboardSkull shaped sound hole coversFour pole rod piezo (routed into a bone bridge)Skull volume knob (on a Cherub G6 G-Tone preamp)The tailpiece is a cast iron hinge from Lee Valley.Given the pre-amp, this monster is a real player capable of breaking glass.
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Gorgeous wood, and good work matching it up!