Doing Things Wrong

Body - Radiata

Radiata is a relatively hard and strong pine that is eminently suited for guitar bodies and even necks. Expect to see a lot more use of it in the future.


This one was a testbed for the Radiata glue-up body construction. I had lots of Strat hardware lying around from all the bass projects, so I decided to use some of it. As usual for my guitars, this has a fixed steel truss rod. This is the last of my Audiovoxes, and probably my favorite.


Sort of like a Kubicki, but not really.


I was so pleased with the bass that I thought I'd try a guitar. This is a little more complicated, as there are six tuners rather than four, but it worked out well. The battery is for an Artec tone control that I wanted to try. More later ...


Danelectro Silvertone 1443 Bass
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 1
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 2
Fender Jazzmaster Bass 3
Gibson Reverse Fenderbird Bass
Harmony H617 Bobkat
Danelectro Silvertone 1450 Guitar
Harmony Silvertone 1478
Danelectro '67 Hornet Guitar

These all share the same 'melted' body style pioneered by the Fender Jazzmaster in 1958.

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