Hey, what’s going on? I hope the wife and kid are doing well as well as the father. I had a question for you about a special guitar project I dreampt up. Long story short, could you take the guts/electronics out of a Line6 Variax guitar and put them into an RG style body? Would it be possible, and beyond that, plausible? Several reasons, too many to list. Wanted to find out if it could be done, and you’re the first person I thought of. If it is possible, how much would it cost to prepare a body, do the routing and painting if I supplied the neck and the Variax to be raped and pillaged?
I was Googling for some advice on putting a replacement, 11-hole pickguard on to my Strat, which has a beaten-up eight-hole one on at present. I have to fill in the holes and re-drill, but I’m wondering what to fill the holes with. Polyfilla? Epoxy? Superglue? Peanut butter? Anyway, the reason I’m writing is that I stumbled on your blog archive by accident, and saw that, like me, you had a mahogany Tele. I’m not a proper guitar maker, so mine is a conversion. It was originally a cream enamelled 1970s or early 80s CMI Tele copy. I took off the enamel, revealing some beautifully figured mahog underneath, and finished it with god knows how many coats of Rustins button polish, a Shellac, French-polishing kind of finish. I replaced the pickups with Bill Lawrence (neck) and S. Duncan vintage units, and the hardware with misc brass bits. The latter have now gone all manky and corroded, but I think they look great, and the guitar, 25 years later, looks, plays and sounds like a gorgeous beast. Albert Lee? Roy Buchanan? Jim Campilongo? No sweat (except I can’t play like them). It’s late and I’m knackered, but if you’re interested, I’ll take a picture and send it you. All the best, Pete, Belfast.
April 26th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Holy shit dude…that looks amazing…good work there…I’ll have to get you to make my next one…
July 30th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Ryan,
Hey, what’s going on? I hope the wife and kid are doing well as well as the father. I had a question for you about a special guitar project I dreampt up. Long story short, could you take the guts/electronics out of a Line6 Variax guitar and put them into an RG style body? Would it be possible, and beyond that, plausible? Several reasons, too many to list. Wanted to find out if it could be done, and you’re the first person I thought of. If it is possible, how much would it cost to prepare a body, do the routing and painting if I supplied the neck and the Variax to be raped and pillaged?
Hope all is well. Let me know.
Brian
August 10th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Everyone is good here. The baby is trying help me type. He’s not very helpful.
As for the guitar — I’m gonna say - PROBABLY.
I haven’t messed with a Variax yet, but I’m sure we could work it out. Don’t really know a price until I see what all is involved.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I was Googling for some advice on putting a replacement, 11-hole pickguard on to my Strat, which has a beaten-up eight-hole one on at present. I have to fill in the holes and re-drill, but I’m wondering what to fill the holes with. Polyfilla? Epoxy? Superglue? Peanut butter? Anyway, the reason I’m writing is that I stumbled on your blog archive by accident, and saw that, like me, you had a mahogany Tele. I’m not a proper guitar maker, so mine is a conversion. It was originally a cream enamelled 1970s or early 80s CMI Tele copy. I took off the enamel, revealing some beautifully figured mahog underneath, and finished it with god knows how many coats of Rustins button polish, a Shellac, French-polishing kind of finish. I replaced the pickups with Bill Lawrence (neck) and S. Duncan vintage units, and the hardware with misc brass bits. The latter have now gone all manky and corroded, but I think they look great, and the guitar, 25 years later, looks, plays and sounds like a gorgeous beast. Albert Lee? Roy Buchanan? Jim Campilongo? No sweat (except I can’t play like them). It’s late and I’m knackered, but if you’re interested, I’ll take a picture and send it you. All the best, Pete, Belfast.