Category: Relic Guitar

Rat Bait Telecaster Style Guitar

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Free UK delivery – Handcrafted Rat Bait guitar built in June 2024 from new and reclaimed parts – Full scale.

This Telecaster inspired guitar body is made from salvaged material, pieces scavenged from various places: Wood from a 1970s G Plan display cupboard, Exmoor Spruce and parts of a 1990s flatpack bookcase, all assembled, constructed and shaped by hand in a rat infested shed in North Devon. This barnwood style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. A handmade rustic body that has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

Built as a homage to 1960s / 70s Japanese Woolworths guitars but with modern hardware.

Body made from salvaged materials
Body routed to take a standard Tele neck pickup and standard Telecaster neck pickup
Three way switch
Chrome Neck Pickup – Vintage warm tone (new old stock)
Black scratchplate
Telecaster bridge pickup – vintage tone, old school twangy
22-fret maple neck from a new guitar with new 10mm Machine Heads
Nut Width: 1.656 In. (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5″

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Relic Telecaster Body – G Plan

Telecaster Body made from recycled materials – body weight 2.20kg. Body for sale only. For Scale Length: 25.5″. Available on eBay:

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This ‘Rat Bait’ body is made from bits of salvaged roofing timber, a piece of Exmoor Spruce, parts of a G Plan display cabinet and other bits of salvaged materials, constructed and assembled in a rat infested shed in North Devon.

The shape of the body is based on 1960s / 70s Japanese guitars but with a Telecaster layout.

The scratchplate, bridge and pickups are not included in the sale, they are for illustration purposes only.

This Tele style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup.

This handmade body has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

  • Body made from a salvaged materials
  • Approx. Thickness: 45mm
  • Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57mm
  • Approx. Weight: 2.20kg
  • Finished in beeswax

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Relic Stratocaster Body – Weight 2.38kg

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Relic Stratocaster Style Guitar Body – 2.38kg – 1990s – Part loaded

This Stratocaster style body is routed to take all types of pickup layouts.

This body was bought a few years ago and was sold to me as made by Hohner. The body has gone through several colour changes during its life, yellow, a small amount of blue, black, grey and white. The body has been hand sanded smooth and sealed so would require very little work to complete . There are several historical scratches in the body that have come from previous owners sanding back to repaint and playing etc. but as I previously said these have been sanded smooth. The material used to make it is unknown but is very heavy.

Approx. Thickness: 40mm
Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57.5mm
Approx. Weight: 2.38kg
Original tremolo unit
New springs
New tremolo arm
Jack socket and boat
Relic finish
Material unknown

Rat Bait Guitars Made in Devon in a rat infested shed

We have a selection of new and used guitar bodies in stock, prices starting from £25.00 upwards. We have Telecaster and Stratocaster type bodies, some already painted and some in raw wood.

The bodies we make are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources – old furniture, fence posts, salvaged timber from roof constructions, flooring etc. All constructed and shaped in our rat-infested shed in North Devon.

Barnwood Nashville Telecaster Style Guitar Body – UK Made

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Telecaster Body made from recycled materials – body weight 2kg. Body for sale only. For Scale Length: 25.5″

This ‘Rat Bait’ body is made from bits of salvaged roofing timber, a piece of Exmoor Spruce and parts of a bookcase, constructed and assembled in a rat infested shed in North Devon.

The shape of the body is based on 1960s / 70s Japanese guitars but with a Telecaster layout.

The scratchplate, bridge and pickups are not included in the sale, they are for illustration purposes only.

This Nashville style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup, single coil middle pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. Can be used as a Standard Telecaster body – neck and bridge pickup.

This handmade body has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

Body made from a salvaged materials
Approx. Thickness: 42mm
Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 56mm
Approx. Weight: 2kg
Finished in beeswax

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Nashville Telecaster Type Guitar -Recycled Wood

Rat Bait guitar built in June 2024 from new and reclaimed parts. Full scale. Free UK delivery.

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This Nashville Telecaster inspired guitar body is made from a Mahogany side table (probably English Mahogany), pieces of scavenged wood from various places, a slice of Exmoor Spruce and a bit of Oak from a 1940s dining table, all assembled, constructed and shaped by hand in a rat infested shed in North Devon. 

Unloaded body weight = 2kg (weight without neck, pickups, bridge etc.) 

This Barnwood Nashville style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup, single coil middle pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. A handmade body that has dents and scratches in places – finished in beeswax, giving it a warm colour.

  • Body made from salvaged timber
  • Body routed to take a standard Tele neck and bridge pickup and a middle single coil pickup
  • Three way switch
  • Neck Pickup – Vintage  warm tone
  • Middle single coil pickup. This gives an extra tone boost and acts as a second bridge pickup, cleaner and clearer
  • Tortoiseshell scratchplate
  • Black Telecaster bridge pickup – vintage tone
  • 22-fret maple neck (reclaimed from a new guitar)
    New 10mm Machine Heads
    Nut Width: 1.656 In. (42 mm)
    Scale Length: 25.5″

Reused and reshaped, these discarded bits of timber gems have been given a new life. This timber has been upcycled, repurposed and recycled.