BellyJelly Electric Guitars - The OddBoy Series

What is an OddBoy?

An OddBoy is the combined features from all of my favorite guitars. The electrics are inspired by Strat's, Tele's, and Les Paul's. The curves in the body are all inspired and traced from my favorite guitars. All in all there's about 5 different guitars rolled into the design.

The result is a very versitile guitar that feels like it's already 25 years old. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that the guitars that inspired it are from the late 70's and early 80's. By far, the biggest challenge was getting the neck to feel right. It had to combine the profile from one neck, the frets from a second, and the radius from a third. I'm still in the process of perfecting that.

Specifications

As a guide line, I start with this. There's nothing sacred about this combination.
String Scale: 25 1/8"
Neck: Poplar/Maple rear, Pau Ferro/Ebony fretboard.
Body: Poplar.
Electronics: Two humbuckers and one modified single coil.

Photos and MP3's

 There's up to 18 different pickup configurations on an OddBoy. I used this to great extent on my control FREAK cd which also features bonus guitar building videos.

My favorite track from that CD is Thunderhead.

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