Testing the BeetleKill Jr.

BeetleKill Electric Jr. Guitar

Designed a smaller guitar for my kid's school spring fundraiser to be auctioned this year.

Cutting out the main body, which is made up of mahogany and beetle kill ponderosa pine

Joining the beetle kill drop top

Rosewood and mahogany for the neck

Routing all of the body cavities

The fox is the school's logo and it has been inlayed with aluminum

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Ocean Turquoise

Ocean Turquoise was first seen on the 1965 Mercury and used by Fender as a custom color originally from 1965 to 1971(from Reranch Guitar Supplies). With the color on it is time to add many clear coats of lacquer.

Sprayed on some primer in preparation for the Turquoise Metallic Green. I will keep adding coats until it is thick enough to sand level.

Recurve

Using a scraper to carve in a recurve. This gives the body a little extra something, and once the solid metallic green color is applied the finish should have some depth.

Metallic Green Project

This guitar features a bolt-on maple neck, rose fretboard and alder body. Pretty standard no frills guitar. Going to finish with metallic green from Reranch Finishing Supplies.