Buren’s Very Light '52 Style Catalpa Tele Body (Clearfork, USA) in Ebony / Black Truoil Finish

Here’s a very light weight, vintage style ('52 specs) Catalpa Tele body in a just about solid Ebony / Black color – what appears to be white streaks in some of the photos is just reflection of light! Only in directly sunlight, you might spot some very light color transparency – see photos.

The body stems from Clearfork Design (Ohio, USA) who harvests their guitar wood from the Great Lakes region, and all their bodies are both naturally and kiln-dried to achieve dry and workable tone wood. This Northern Catalpa species of wood grows commonly in midwestern section of the USA. This wood is reputed to offer tone qualities similar to swamp ash, but is generally lighter and a bit softer - and it loves color!

I use various industry standard stain and sealer/oil on Catalpa wood. After application of a top-secret stain mix to achieve this also sprayed nitro look, this particular body was coated with Sealer and Truoil for a nice protective cover and satin sheen. No icky, sticky, thick and heavy poly nonsense!

This telecaster body weighs in at a very light 3 lbs and 10 oz. which typically equates to an assembled tele at around 6.5 Ibs. Suitable for standard tele replacement parts (for example Allparts, Best Guitar Parts, Mighty Might, Musikraft, MJT, USACG, Warmoth, WD.)

Looking for a different model, color or pickup configuration? Contact me about any model (Hardtail strat? Telemaster? Comfort carve? Other?), color of the rainbow or maybe humbucker(s), P-90(s), Nashville - or whatever else you might be interested in! Or you have an unfinished body and just need stain & finish help – text me! More info at my photo gallery: guitarsbyburen dot com.