Carved Flame American Flag "T" Body

Here ya go, the most outrageous T style project I've ever done. This thing is wild!!! Instead of doing one of my normal paint jobs I actually CARVED the FLAMES into the wood !!! LOOK CLOSE AT THE PICS. There's no comparison whatsoever to one of my painted bodies. This is a whole new level !!!

It took almost 2 days of meticulous hand carving, routing and sanding to sculpture the flames into the body. I've been wanting to do this project for a long time and finally took the time to do it. This is the 10th carve body I've done but only the FIRST American flag body. Pictures can only show you so much, it's so much more alive in person. Enjoy the pics, and DREAM !!!

The Hot Rod Flames over super sparkle silver metalflake really come alive under the lights! This paint looks a mile deep with it's multiple coats of clear Poly topcoat and transparent candy apple colors and really sparkles! It is color sanded flat and polished to an ultra high gloss that is mirror smooth and looks like polished glass. Pictures cannot do this paint job justice. Because of it's brilliance Metalflake is very hard to photograph. Please excuse the flash any subtle distortions in the pictures- these are just reflections. Neck and hardware in photo's are not included. This paint job is like the most custom chopper you have ever seen and is guaranteed to turn heads.

This is a NEW custom painted Alder body patterned from a vintage '69. The neck pocket is a standard 2-3/16 wide at the base so Tele replacement type necks and standard necks that are 2-3/16"at the heel should work fine. All routes, bridge and wiring holes are drilled. Buyer must drill holes for control plate. String ferrule holes are 5/16". Weight is 4 lbs. 10 oz. This BODY is MADE IN THE USA by ME and painted in the USA by Me. ( Sorry I keep repeating myself but people continue to ask me where I get the bodies ... I MAKE THEM ! ).

It is very time consuming to make and paint a body like this. There are nearly 40 hours making the body and painting it. Once I finished making the body I apply a sealer coat which is sanded once dry. Then I start with a silver base followed with layers of metalflake over the entire body. Several coats are applied then a thick clear coat over the top because alot will be sanded off to get it perfectly flat. After sanding the clear coat flat, the The flames are laid out, masked off and airbrushed in various candy apple colors. Once the design is set, it is painted by a clear coat and will sit several days. Once cured it is completely sanded and then given the final Polyester clear coat. Once it has cured it is completely sanded flat starting with a 600 grit wet sandpaper and and then progressively sanded with finer grits until I finally reace the stage of a 2500 grit wet sanding. After this it goes through several stages of polishing until it looks a mile deep and shines like polished glass.