my Billie Joe replica guitar on ebay UK

[wilhelm_fink]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190480846937&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_562wt_1139

I thought some people here might be interested... thanks for looking.

[Stormy Haze]

That's awesome!

[oda]

yes please!

too bad i don't have any money

[Catsername]

Wow that's really good!!!

[fadi_7]

great one

[ANJI]

That looks awesome! Dont have the money though....

[euphoric-pareidolias]

it looks really cool, well done

too bad i have no money

[heyohbilliejoe]

OH MY GOSH. thats amazing!!!

theres no way the rents will get it for me though

might have to make an offer instead. do you have a 'lowest selling price'??

just out of interest to see if i can afford it

i NEED this guitar

[ThisIsNotNora]

That was the best replica I've ever seen! Maybe I should make a bid??

[Pres]

You did an amazing job i would bid but thats a lot of money that i dont have oh well who ever buys it will be very lucky

[basKTcase1000]

that is AWESOMEEE! =]

[EvanAsFuck]

Just wondering, how exactly did you do the mud/dirt/smudge marks on the bottom part of the body?

[in_your_face]

Omg!!! that's a cool one!

i'd love to buy that one.

[bollard_11]

Just want to point out that it wont sound great. If your buying it just for display purpose its perfect. But if your buying it for playing / gigging I would recommend doing it. Its only a knock off of a Strat. To me I would not pay that just for a few stickers, when you can get a Fender strat for the same price.

Still though great job designing it

[JonnieSniper]

Yeah I agree with the above comment

You can even get a decent fender squier stratocaster for £250 which is the one I have

and cost me £50 to get a seymour duncan JB pickup installed

so for £300 i got a pretty good sounding guitar and if you really want it to be like "blue" you can easily do it yourself

thats what i did, but made it more personal to me with my own stickers and initals

very good job at it though, looks very identical

if you wanted it even more identical to the real blue, should sand off the "starcaster" on the headstock

thats what Billie-Joe did to the "fernandez" on it

[pasalaska]

impressive job.

I hope your work pays off

[wilhelm_fink]

Thanks for the positive comments, it took a very long time to complete.

to bollard_11 theres a lot more to it than "just a few stickers" (which were actually very difficult to find by the way)... its also finding a decent guitar with a maple neck, taking it all apart, sanding off the old paint, having the new paint specially made, re-painting the body, cutting the pickguard for a suitable Duncan Designed humbucker pickup, finding and wiring in said humbucker, routing wood out of the pickup cavity so it fits properly, fitting the black bridge saddles, relicing all componants (paint/pickguard/neck/hardware) to a perfect match, accurately place all the stickers, put it all back together, re-string & give it a proper setup, the list goes on & on.... try building one this good yourself, then come back and quip "its just a few stickers".

Sorry for the rant.