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WezV

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Guitars are like buses ...
« on: May 06, 2012, 09:09:27 PM »
.... you take ages to finish anything - then two come together at the same time!!!

Been a bit difficult to get anything done for the last year or so due to 2 changes in career and a new baby being born

It has literally been over a year since i finished my last guitar build (although i have done a few resto's in that time) - i was starting to feel a bit like PhillyQ - now i have 2 fender style hybrids  entering their final lap at roughly the same time



The Wezo-Sonic
This one is a mix of  the different duo-sonic designs.  So its the mustang/duo-sonic2 offset body shape with a pick guard modelled after the duo-sonic1, control layout spaced out a bit more for strat style volume swellability - but its all ended up a bit more like a late 70's Music Master - although i would say its a fair bit cooler than that ;)

Stratele

i have been waiting to use this bit of english walnut for a while - there was some debate about covering it with a black scratchplate, but i think it works better than it would without.   Its mostly a strat body shape, about 1/4" shorter and with tele upper bout.  Allparts strat neck veneered with walnut on the headstock and recarved to a V into C profile - cut down tele bridge, TSS pickup and custom control layout


and an awesome oil and wax finish!!!

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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2012, 09:18:45 PM »
Awesome work Wez!

I love the Stratele!  :D

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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2012, 10:06:27 PM »
Awesome work Wez!

I love the Stratele!  :D
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2012, 10:40:55 PM »
Very nice work

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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2012, 11:19:02 PM »
The Wezo-Sonic
This one is a mix of  the different duo-sonic designs.  So its the mustang/duo-sonic2 offset body shape with a pick guard modelled after the duo-sonic1, control layout spaced out a bit more for strat style volume swellability - but its all ended up a bit more like a late 70's Music Master - although i would say its a fair bit cooler than that ;)

i wonder who would like something like that... ;)
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2012, 12:26:13 AM »
Especially the strattele is a beauty! I would want that one!
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2012, 08:55:05 AM »
Very nice guitars, I like both.  8)

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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2012, 09:24:48 AM »
I like 'em both too - "wonky" Fender-style designs (was it AndyR who started that description?) are really appealing to me at the moment, there are so many possibilities and an awful lot of them work.  :D

Love the oil finish, love the brass-saddle bridges!
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2012, 01:58:47 PM »
wonky :lol: i think they might be called 'offset body' ;) anyway, i like those shapes alot too. they have a more fresh and modern look i think
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2012, 02:06:21 PM »
Love the Stratele.  That walnut is awesome.
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2012, 02:18:38 PM »
Great job Wez. I particularly like the Stratele.
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2012, 02:39:31 PM »
wonky :lol: i think they might be called 'offset body' ;) anyway, i like those shapes alot too. they have a more fresh and modern look i think

Yeah, I think Andy was referring specifically to the offset shapes - I'm using it to mean anything other than a straight-up Strat or Tele!  :lol:
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2012, 04:04:23 PM »
Awesome work Wez!

I love the Stratele!  :D

+1 :)

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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2012, 04:36:12 PM »
Awesome love both. Though especially the Stratele, but then I would think that ;)
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Re: Guitars are like buses ...
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2012, 06:04:19 PM »
Yeah, it's the offest shapes I dubbed "wonky" the other day :lol: (outside of Fenders, for some reason I see a Firebird as wonky but not an Explorer - I think it's because I can "see" the implied symmetry in the missing bits on an Explorer).

Anyway, these two are mighty fine. And I actually prefer the Wezo-Sonic :lol: (The walnut, though pretty, doesn't quite grab me)

Congrats on getting going again :D
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