Paul Rhoney » WRHP http://paulrhoney.com All content copyright Paul K. Rhoney 2010. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:44:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Starblaster Prototype http://paulrhoney.com/2010/03/the-starblaster-prototype/ http://paulrhoney.com/2010/03/the-starblaster-prototype/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:37:40 +0000 Paul Rhoney http://paulrhoney.com/?p=78 At some point in time I decided that I was never going to be able to faithfully reproduce a Fender Starcaster, without having a real one in my hands to clone.  So I threw that whole idea to the wind and started tweaking my drawings until I came up with something new that I liked.  That idea became what I now call the Starblaster.

I was pretty motivated to get this design started, because I managed to score an original Fender Wide Range Humbucker for a steal.

I decided to keep the prototype simple.  Solid body, single volume and tone, rear-rout the electronics and just fake the ƒ-holes.  The body blank that I started with had this amazing knot on the back, that I cut as much away as I could with the tummy cut.

Consequently, the finished body has insane contours.


Like so many of my other guitars, this one awaits unfinished while I catch up on my commissions.  But I’ll update this post when some more progress happens on this one.

Starcaster® and Wide Range Humbucker® are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

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IMG_3672 IMG_3673 IMG_3674 IMG_3675 IMG_3676 IMG_3693 IMG_7899 IMG_7900 IMG_7901 IMG_7902 Kind of looks like someone's back, huh? IMG_7904 IMG_8042 IMG_8044 IMG_8045 IMG_8046 IMG_8047 IMG_8048 IMG_8845 IMG_8846 IMG_8847 IMG_8848 IMG_8849 IMG_8850 IMG_8851 IMG_8852

The JMDLX is essentially a cross between a Jazzmaster and a Telecaster Deluxe. I was asked with help designing the pickguard and it became so popular that I’ve since made three of these.

Jazzmaster® and Telecaster Deluxe® are trademarks of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

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