Prairie Custom Guitars

This build will be a T-Style made of pine

For some reason,pine is really hard to get here in Canada

Even harder here on the prairies.

However I got some sent to me from Eastern Canada so we are set

I received the pine during the holidays so it sat in the corner waiting 

Now this was bought as kiln dried,but a few problems showed up

Needless to say I was quite disappointed when I went to use it

As was the person that sent it to me

He was assured it was kiln dried.Maybe it just didn't like the 10 day

postage ride in -35* weather,oh well

  Anyway I decided to see what I could do with it

There was no way to salvage a 2 piece blank so I decided to make a 3 piece

I offset the grain to make it more stable and glued it up

WOW THIS STUFF IS SOFT

After working with ash,alder and mahogany,this stuff is like butter

Anyway I skipped all the routing pics,lots of them on the other pages

And I ended up with this

Because this stuff is so soft,and I was shooting sealer on  some other bodies

I decided to give this a coat,just to help protect it for now

After a couple more coats of sealer it's time for some routing

Should look ok after the blond finish

Before I go any farther better get the rest of the holes drilled

Ferrule holes and output jack hole

After one more coat of sealer,it's time to turn this into a blond

They have more fun you know

First Attempt

Not too bad,just a little bumpy.Time to get a filter on my air line!

After it dried,a little sanding and another coat

Gettin close

One more should do it