Unfinished Body?

[Teletubby]

Sincy I have a lot of money left over after my summer job, I am thinking of making a custom guitar. I want to have a guitar with just bare wood, pure tone, no paint or finish to it. I dont want a dark wood, I would prefer a lighter colored wood. I was thinking of these:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_necks,_wood/Electric_guitar:_Bodies/1/Strat_Bodies/Pictures.html#details

Both and alder and ash look beautiful.

Is it a good idea to leave a guitar body unfinished?


WOWZA!!! Imagine that beautiful light wood, maybe with a quilted maple top, with this pickguard:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-STRAT-PICKGUARD-RED-PEARL-PICKGUARDS_W0QQitemZ230023238063QQcmdZViewItem#eba yphotohosting

THAT IS MY DREAM GUITAR...SERIOUSLY...

[bugman]

no it is not a good idea to leave the body unfinished.

this is as close as you can get:

http://home.insightbb.com/~jpaquay/oil_fin.txt

[Teletubby]

I think Ill just give it a laquer clear coat, possible right?

BTW, here are some images of what I hope it should look like, that I photo edited :D

http://xs305.xs.to/xs305/06354/woodstrat.JPG

[bugman]

yes, clear lacquer coat is possible. but an oil finish feels like natural wood in your hand.

[Teletubby]

I see, awesome. Thanks dude!