Prairie Custom Guitars
Custom Made Tele® Style Guitars
The OSBcaster
Well I was kind of at a standstill today
Waiting for finish to dry,waiting for parts etc
Decided to have a little fun,do an experiment
I had a couple pieces of fir left from the Fircaster projects
Unfortunately it was to thin after I planed it to use for a regular build
I decided to cap it with a piece of OSB (Oriented strand board)
Maybe it was the lacquer fumes 
Well as cool as this looks I don't really like the transition from the front to the back
So,lets try something else
Thats better 
Because OSB has very little screw holding strength
I laminated a piece of ash in the middle for strength
Back to the Original
Back by popular demand from the guys at TDPRI,the original OSBcaster is getting some new attention.Great ideas from the guys there.Can't believe it is such a hit.
As I said before,I don't like the transition between the top and the back.
To drastic.Well I think we have it licked
Got this idea from a guy on the forum.He suggested to burn the edges like a treasure map.Well why not so one step farther.A true burnt burst 
Out with the torch
Hey,I like it
Needs a touch on the back too 
A couple pics in natural light
Well with all the interest with this over at TDPRI
I guess I will have to finish this
Well it is going to need some major filling to smooth out the surface
Did a touch up on the burst
Out with the grain filler
Wow this thing sucked it up like a sponge
Will take a few coats
It was suggested that a matching headstock would be cool
Well I will give it a try on an old neck to see if it is possible
I took a piece of OSB and give it a good drink of CA glue
Then I sliced off a slab.
Glued it on and hit it with the torch.
I think it will work.
We will have to make it thinner on the real neck but I think
it is definitely doable
More filler yesterday
Did some sanding and it is actually starting to get smooth
Just a few updates
Lots of sealer and sanding
Spray it on,sand it off,you get the idea
Shes coming
We have made some headway on this
I used up all the sealer I had on this and the other OSB build
so it is time to start with the Water base Lacquer
This is the first time I have used it so it is a good test
to see how it performs.
Let's see where we are sitting for weight
Well it's no thinline
I have had some good ideas from the guys at TDPRI
for what to use as a pickguard.One idea was
tar paper to fit the theme of the build.I found a chunk,cut it out
and hit it with some lacquer to see how it would look
Here it is with a couple coats.Going to have to stiffen it up somehow
if I decide to use it
Here it is with it's first 3 coats of lacquer
Well I am not going to go into what happened but
We are back to square one.
I decided to do the burn and then add a bit of amber to the
center and a touch of Burnt Sienna tinted lacquer
I was thinking on leaving it like this but with some heavy prodding from a friend,Thanks SP,we carried on
Have to admit,he was right,AGAIN
Did a little touching up on the burst
Needed to darken up the black in a couple spots
And while I had the dye out,added some transition color to the back
Just need some clear now
Well better update this one
I received in the mail the other day a pretty cool part
One of the guys a TDPRI has what he calls a string ferrule block
He has kindly donated one for this build
Also an extra thick SS neckplate
Thanks Taipan(wheres that link!!!)
I made myself a template and routed the back for the block
I also bought an extra,not sure which guitar I am using it
on yet.It was intended for the OSBcaster Redux,we will see
Decided while I wait for more lacquer,I would knock off
some high spots with a bit of wet sanding
There are going to be some holes that just wont get filled on the front
Hey,character right????
