#deebeecaster

Well, Christmas 2017 is a wrap (pun most definitely intended!) folks. Hope you all had a good day. On the plus side, this guy made it to Boxing Day before his (vodka-induced) “hibernation”. And when he passed out he was playing #DeeBeeCaster #1, my parstcaster with @maverick_guitar body and #StewMac neck, so I don’t even mind that the #guitar hit the floor...it is as tough as nails! Not like some milquetoast #Gibson whose headstock breaks if you so much as *look* at it the wrong way! 🤣 Now I just have to drag him into a corner and wait for Spring to come... #xmas2017 #polarbear #drunkenpolarbear #fender #telecaster #tele #teletuesday #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography

If you can't afford them...build them! Here are 2 of my 3 #DeeBeeCaster™ #partscaster #Tele-style builds, using @maverick_guitar bodies, and either #Allparts or #StewMac necks. Maverick bodies are very affordable, as are StewMac necks, so it helps keep the cost down. The #candyapplered #guitar on the right was my first attempt at #guitarbuilding, and suffice it to say I made some grave errors! Now let's never speak if it again! 😁 But by the time I got to the #thinline in #Surfgreen (build #3) I was getting better at it, so it is actually a nice playing and sounding guitar! #telecaster #teletuesday #fender #replica #guitarbuild #diy #build #guitarphotography

Twin #Teles. 2015 #Fender #CustomShop '63 #Telecaster #Journeyman #Relic and 2014 #DeeBeeCaster ™ #Thinline with #surfgreen @maverick_guitar body and #Allparts neck. The only one of the three DeeBeeCasters™ I built that I am actually happy with. The Custom Shop #Tele I loved at first sight! Didn't even have to look twice... 😉 #teletuesday #fenderguitars #fendertelecaster #fendercustomshop #guitar #guitars #guitarcollection #guitarphotography

My homemade DeeBeeCaster!  This was the first one I built, and I made ALL the mistakes on this one...from drilling holes in the wrong places, or off center, to sanding through the lacquer on the #headstock and damaging the decal, to misaligning the #pickguard and tuners and plugging holes and redrilling, to putting the #neck on crooked so the high E string was no longer above the #fretboard after about fret 15!

2014 Surf Green DeeBeeCaster™ Thinline.  Body by Maverick Guitar Parts of Toronto, Canada.  Pickups by Lollar.  Neck by StewMac.

The new #DeeBeeCaster® is back online. I will spare you the gruesome details of how I had to wire it from scratch THREE TIMES, but I finally deduced that one or more of my components was faulty, but I have no way to test pots or caps or switches, so instead I ended up using all new components. And (thank Jebus!) It works again. In fact it's pretty awesome! #guitar #telecaster #replica #homemade #build #maverick #mycollection #toronto #thankgodthatisOVER!

I'm still obsessing over my new #DeeBeeCaster®. It plays and feels great...and weighs in at a respectable 7 lbs 5.5 oz. I can't promise I will soon post pics of something OTHER THAN this #guitar, but I can promise I will TRY to promise... :D #partscaster #homemade #maverick #guitar #parts #fender #telecaster #replica #mycollection #toronto.