So, my friend Shane and I get bored very easily, and Shane has a garage filled with power tools, so we decided to build a guitar. We both really love Telecasters, and we have odd senses of humor, so we set out on building something equally odd.
We started by making a body blank out of Alder, and, by tracing my friend's Squier Tele, we thus had what resembled a telecaster.
Then, we decided, because this project seemed too easy and straight-forward, to make it a semi-hollow. After routing out two huge cavities in the back(to later be covered by a sheet of painted ply), we routed out a "f hole", except, instead of using some script-y font, we used Times New Roman. At this point, we decided to name the guitar the "Sarcaster".
We eventually decided on a paint, and drove on down to the auto paint mixing place. We got a kick out of seeing the label, and it not saying "Cadillac".
Being lazy, we decided to use one mini-humbucker.
The first coat of color went on looking pretty drab...
But, by it's completion, it definitely looked juuuust right.
Here's some far better pictures of the final product. All I can really say is that it's so damn amazing. It needs a new strap, or else it looks like the epitome of a ska guitar. That was the only one lying around my house.