My Big Idea - Part 73.6.n.256.1023

Big Brian's Teardrop, apparently

I said before that Simon, the rather cool geezer at Fusion Guitars, had made a Telemaster body which I snapped up and am destined to turn into The Porn Shop One when I get around to it.

And I may even have hinted about other things, I can't remember.

Anyway, I have had a couple of chats with the chap and I am really pleased and stunned that he is going to make me a body that I think will be a groovily cool basis for a Jooky guitar.

This is a big step in some ways as it takes a little of the chaos out of it all, but there we are.

Sooo, what Simon is making for me is a body that has the shape of an old Vox teardrop - one of my all time faves - but is routed more along the lines of a Les Paul Junior, i.e. it will have a wraparound bridge and a single dogear P90, with a single volume knob.   It will be set-up for a nice Strat neck and will maybe made of either ash or mahogany or, err,  some other wood.

OK, I haven't decided that bit yet.
Which is maybe fundamental, but there we are.

It'll take a while anyway, as there is no real panic, but it's nice to have it as a "coming one day soon..."

Either way, it is a bit of a dream guitar for me - I've always wanted a Vox Teardrop, but whenever I've tried them the pickups have left me a wee bit cold, so it's the best of both universes with a (hopefully) better atmos.