After selling the oil can guitar at the Portland Swap Meet, I figure it might make sense to build a Ford guitar, and maybe a Chevy one as well; much larger audience.
You're making a huge assumption that I can actually play... I can't; I prefer building and letting the talented guys play.
The parts I ordered should be here next week, so I started work on the body shape. It's 1-3/4" thick NW Alder, and after cutting it to rough shape on my bandsaw, I decided to use hand tools rather than my router to finish the edges; kind of satisfying. Then I smoothed the edges with an 1/8" round over bit.
Making more sawdust today. Mocked it up with a black pickup, but I'm gonna use a chrome one because......chrome! Gave the neck a couple coats of pure tung oil (No Phil!). I have a computer-cut paint mask from by buddy at the sign shop I retired from, and both blue dye and blue lacquer for the color; I'll do tests on some scrap to see how they look. I hope the transparent blue dye works; I think it would look great to see the wood grain through the color.
I planned to use a dye for the blue color, so I did an experiment on a scrap. One side raw wood, one side sealed, then a strip of paint mask across the top. Good color on the raw side, but leakage under the mask. No leakage on the sealed side, but poor color. So I think regular old blue lacquer will be the color choice for nice crisp lines: The neck plate came in today, so I mounted the neck and checked the string alignment with some fishing line; it looks fine:
I hadn't given it much thought yet, since I just finished it. I'd say $500 plus shipping, insurance & customs if required, which could be substantial to Iceland.
Five hundred's a darned good price for a nearly full-on handmade guitar. No matter who buys it or where it ends up getting shipped, that is a great deal on a one-off custom geee-tarrr!
If anyone's interested, the Blue Oval guitar is listed for sale at reverb.com: https://reverb.com/item/55630391-custom-ford-blue-oval-guitar