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So I'm looking for someone to build me a custom telecaster and this just looks too good to pass up ... the Ikea Butcher Block Telecaster, made from a £20 Ikea kitchen chopping block. Having spent the last month looking at £3000 flame-maple boutique telecasters that I'd be scared to take out of the case for fear of scratching the finish, I really like the idea of a gnarly piece of cheap wood knocked up into a guitar. And the guy's arrogance is outstanding, he won't even sell you a guitar unless he likes the way you play.

I like his take on "vintage" guitars too ...

"a vintage guitar is meaningless and is nothing more than a dirty, warped, dried up piece of unplayable garage-sale junk"
"Eric Clapton is nothing more than an average "meat and potatoes" player who has been playing the same blues licks for 40 years and his reissue guitar is absurdly meaningless and only worth the $25K if they throw in a new car with it."

FUCK YEAH