Custom Home for a DeVille

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Custom Home for a DeVille

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Looks like Bg's been having all of the fun around here, so I thought I'd throw one of my monstrosities into the mix.

A while back I acquired an older USA Fender DeVille that was in pretty rough cosmetic shape. I'm not sure who the original owner was, but it looks like they gave her a pretty wild youth.
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But the interior was clean and it sounded great, so I decided to give it a new home.
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I'm a hand tool kind of guy, so the joints are all hand cut the old fashioned way with dovetail saw and chisel.
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With a fresh set of tubes, the input jacks replaced, and a thorough going-over by Clarry, it's like a whole new beast!
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Wow, great work. That looks stunning - quite the transformation. I am quite jealous of the skill sets that many of you possess on here

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Mmmmm those hand cut dovetails!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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That's lovely.... Nice work!

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I'm just happy to cover my mistakes with tolex or tweed ;)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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wow! that looks awesome!! great job!!

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Any shots of the back? looks like a complete separate panel?
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Hey, thanks for the kind words, dudes!
Bg wrote:I'm just happy to cover my mistakes with tolex or tweed ;)
Ha, right... I'm not seeing too many major mishaps in your work, man!
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Bg wrote:Any shots of the back? looks like a complete separate panel?
Here's the back... nothing too special, except for some cool figure in the cypress. It's just a panel with shielding tape that bolts on to the chassis. The velcro is for a master volume box I made that sits in the effects loop.
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Incidentally, the colour in that last photo is closer to reality... the others make it look a bit pinker than it actually is.
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Sweet detail on those dovetails I'll echo. My OCD wanting hard to see some generous edging radius though :)
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It looks cool with the natural wood finish, but being a DeVille surely it needs a Dalmation fur covering?
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that looks the biz mate

when i served my apprenticeship many moons and beers ago we spent the first week learning how to plane a piece of roughsawn 3b2 square
then we moved onto making window frames and welsh dressers ext
dovetail joints are the most satisfying bit of carpentry out there and thoroughly enjoyed it
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calling card wrote:Sweet detail on those dovetails I'll echo. My OCD wanting hard to see some generous edging radius though :)
Yeah, I agree. On handmade boxes, cabinetry, etc. a planed chamfer is traditional, but it looks a bit out of place on an amp. I'm making a similar 1x12 cabinet and I think I'll dig out the ol' roundover bit for that one.
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