Yellow Submarine Guitar "The Blu Meanie"

I LOVED making this guitar.  My client is a big Yellow Sub fan, and wanted the inlays to reflect this.

I saw a blue guitar with crazy flame in a trans blue, blue neck, and full color inlays in my head.

The body is a stack of thick slabs of figured maple and African mahogany. I could have made three tops out of the maple, but wanted the top thick and juicy so the grain would waterfall over the sides.

The headstock shape and color is a subtle stylized ocean wave.

As far as the inlays, I drew up a sketch with the meanie, and  the sub in a quantum "2 places at once"

visual, and bubbles.  Renown  inlay artist Larry Robinson brought this to life with amazing hand-inlaid

plexiglass, shell and rear-painted plexi.  Stunning inlay work Larry, you're the greatest!  Lindy Fralin made the high-output humbuckers for a powerful, warm, and clear voice with no muddy mids.

"Come on Nowhere man...I'll take you somewhere"

please visit my website S.B. MacDonald Custom Instruments for more!

 

Comments

[Craig]

Very Nice work Scott. I just started taking guitar repair up as a hobby now that I have retired from the Navy.

Really like the site as well, just getting started exploring it.
Craig

[Cheap Guitars]

It is beautiful but I know the pictures don't do the guitar justice.

I can see the figure in the wood and the blue is sweet, but I bet in person you can really see the depth of the wood. You do amazing work Scott.

Cheers,
Kirk

[Chris]

Great work man, as a Beatles fan I really dig this