Toronado Body

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Toronado Body

Post by thatfenderguy » Wed Feb 14, 2018 4:32 pm

Does anyone know where I might be able to acquire a Toronado body? Or possibly have a full scale one built?

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by rank » Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:10 pm

I had one built by one eyed jacks guitars. The body was sound but the pickguard didn't fit right.
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Embenny » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:17 pm

Our very own Deed_Poll announced in his thread that he is about to start offering slab-body toronados, channel-bound thinline toronados, and 24" (jaguar/mustang neck) toronados!

I've got two projects underway with him and can vouch that he is great to deal with. It might not suit you if you're in a hurry, as I don't know exactly when his design will be ready for production, but I'm sure he would tell you if you Pm'd him!
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by thatfenderguy » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:48 pm

mbene085 wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:17 pm
Our very own Deed_Poll announced in his thread that he is about to start offering slab-body toronados, channel-bound thinline toronados, and 24" (jaguar/mustang neck) toronados!

I've got two projects underway with him and can vouch that he is great to deal with. It might not suit you if you're in a hurry, as I don't know exactly when his design will be ready for production, but I'm sure he would tell you if you Pm'd him!
He’s actually in the process of building me a 25.5in Toronado body as we speak.

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Embenny » Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:02 pm

thatfenderguy wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:48 pm
mbene085 wrote:
Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:17 pm
Our very own Deed_Poll announced in his thread that he is about to start offering slab-body toronados, channel-bound thinline toronados, and 24" (jaguar/mustang neck) toronados!

I've got two projects underway with him and can vouch that he is great to deal with. It might not suit you if you're in a hurry, as I don't know exactly when his design will be ready for production, but I'm sure he would tell you if you Pm'd him!
He’s actually in the process of building me a 25.5in Toronado body as we speak.
Nice!
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Deed_Poll » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:50 pm

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by rank » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:09 pm

I can't wait for the reveal.
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Deed_Poll » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:34 pm

rank wrote:
Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:09 pm
I can't wait for the reveal.
Haha that's what I think to myself every time I start a cut!

So here it is off the machine. As always, replete with tooling marks, fingerprints etc. but of course they will be gone very soon!

I routed the body to accept either HBs or WRHBs with a simple pickguard swap. I expect most of these I make will be for one or the other, so it will probably save some time down the line :)

I can't wait to make a few more! Next one will be channel- bound back-capped, Thinline with arm contour and 1/2" roundover front & back... So from the front it will look exactly like a solid body Toronado only with an f-hole ;)

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You can see I have moved the neck pocket out from the body quite a lot to achieve the full scale. I think it would look a bit strange with a 21-fret neck, but at least fret access is improved as well :)

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Singlebladepickup » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:50 pm

looks awesome

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by julius2790 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:06 pm

Dan at this point I've realized I need a third job and one of all your guitar designs! Amazing stuff ;D

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Re: Toronado Body

Post by s_mcsleazy » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:14 pm

does the return of the toronado mean someone can post the picture of the guy who looks like me with the toro with jazzy trem?
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Deed_Poll » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:21 pm

julius2790 wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:06 pm
Dan at this point I've realized I need a third job and one of all your guitar designs! Amazing stuff ;D
Come and work for me between the hours of 1AM and 6AM and I'll pay you in guitar bodies :D
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by rank » Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:49 pm

s_mcsleazy wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:14 pm
does the return of the toronado mean someone can post the picture of the guy who looks like me with the toro with jazzy trem?
I'm working on one with a Jazzy trem but extremely slowly unfortunately. It doesn't look nearly as good as this one unfortunately...
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:18 pm

Deed_Poll wrote:
Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:21 pm
Come and work for me between the hours of 1AM and 6AM and I'll pay you in guitar bodies :D
Need a solderer/electronics wizard? ;) Seriously Dan, this looks amazing!!

It's hard to tell, but is it slightly wider than a JM, like traditional Toronados? I didn't know that, but I read somewhere that Toronados were a little bit wider (from the bass side to the treble side) than a JM.
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Re: Toronado Body

Post by kdanie » Wed Feb 21, 2018 5:45 pm

Scroll to the bottom of these drawings and you can see the Toronado outline overlayed with the tele & JM

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