I Started Something... WIP Barry Island 668 Stylee

Well, I completely changed my mind as far as The 668 One goes, so it is no longer a black Strat, instead it is a sparkly pearly red Tele with a Strat tremolo. I'm not quite sure how I justify this as a Wilko Johnson tribute, but I'm sure I'll work it out.

So anyway, I've been doing a few layers of paint and glittery stuff and it looks rather like an ice cream has melted on it, which I like if nobody else does.

Of course (apart from the odd bit of paisley) this is the first proper bright red guitar I've done, mainly because they have an unfortunate way of reminding me of Bontempi toy guitars. Red Strats yeurrch.But this is different (you can't see the proper sparkly-ness in the foto, but baby the stars shine bright.

From here it will have a zingy Wilko tremolo, the I-can't-wait-to-hear-it Mojo Kay Speedbump pickup, Mojo Esquire wiring, a quite gorgeous maple/rosewood CBS style Strat neck, cool Esquire 'plate, ye olde Klusons and there we are.

All a bit boring, I guess, but as I have had a switch of decision making and the decision I have decided is that instead of the Jazzmaster Baritone, The 668 One is going to be my Barry Island in the stream.

And so, I think I can safely say that if the legend that is Mr Wilko Johnson had decided that he quite fancied a Jookified Baritone Tele with an old fashioned dirt buster of a pickup, and a wang bar to err, play  in Las Vegas, well, this might just have been it.

Unlikely, I know, but there we are.

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To Liberia, With Love

Well, still not a great deal going on around here due to dodgy mincers, but I have enjoyed playing my wee Musicmasterish Bronco-esque Baritone, which as experiments go has turned out quite well, I must admit.

So I've gotten to be thinking that next I should make a real one, and as I have a rather dishy one-piece swamp ash Jazzmaster body going begging, that looks like a good place to start.

I mean, I know a Jaguar/Bass VI is more traditional, but there is no point being awkward if you aren't going to show it, now is there?

So the plan is that the body will get a nifty finish (I'm hedging as I haven't decided what yet), a big long  neck, some tuners, a tremolo and probably some pickups. It is that level of for-thought and planning without which nothing would get done around here at all, of course.

In fact I want this to be quite a low down dirty thing, so some of Marc Mojo's Mosrite specials will definitely get used I think.

And that will henceforth and forthwith be known as The Liberian One, coming one day, soon and probably whenever.

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