Bo Deadly relic is alive!

[GoldenVulture]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

It'll stay together until our next SDUGF get together,then all the parts can go into a semi hollow,spruce top,LP style body I'm making.

Cheers,PJ

After all that effort?

[BTMN]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Cool!!!

[kevlar3000]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Really fantastic!! Love to do a gig with that bad boy!

[crusty philtrum]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Sweet!

According to Ron Wood, Bo had a few effects stuffed in the body, with heavy strings, very high action, and the thing was heavy as all get out. How's yours?

He also said that in later yrs, Bo used an Australian made gtr, which was much lighter. I don't know who in Oz made it.

Maton would be my guess.

[Pontiac Jack]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

errrm ....where's the output jack, Jack ??

On the back,out of the way.
Here's a pic taken while I was wiring it.


Cheers,PJ

[aneyekay1]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

looks like a prs se custom,
only the body is rectangular

nicee

[Laughing Kookaburra]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Kewl. I always wondered what the original Bo Diddley ones must have sounded like. How thick is that maple on the top ?

A reviewer once said that Bo sounds like "the devil moving furniture" Undoubtedly, much of that was Bo himself, but I'm sure his gtr had a part!

[75lespaul]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

That's a righteous axe, bro. You did an outstanding job, congratulations on a great outcome!

[BloodRose]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

This is awesome! I love how you mounted the jack. is that how the orig is??

[butnut]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Good stuff!

[Bass_Medic_05]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

I'm not a fan of that body style but that looks great!It's great to complete a project and have it up and happening.

Very cool.....how do you like it? hows the sound?

[Bass_Medic_05]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

I want to say "Stu box" but he makes hammer style guitars
- http://www.bme.com.au/ -

WOW that crazy.......but cool!

[Pontiac Jack]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Very cool.....how do you like it? hows the sound?

You know,because it gave me so much grief while I was building it,I just wanted to finish it and get rid of it.
Then the plan was changed to finishing it,just because I couldn't waste the wood,then later I would use the neck and all the other components in one of the other bodies I make.

But.......

I've been playing it for a week,and it's turned out to be a very nice guitar.
A VERY nice guitar!!
Originally it was to be fitted with an SD 59n/JBb set up,a Schaller bridge/tailpiece,Grover machineheads,CTS pots,etc.
But when I cracked the sads with it,I thought "Bugger it! This thing can have all the cheap stuff!!"
I fitted a set of GFS Fat PAT's,Korean bridge/tailpiece,GFS Imperial style machineheads and Alpha pots.
To my absolute amazement,it sounds teriffic!
In humbucker mode it does a very nice LP impersonation. The tone is full,rich and smooth. With the pickups tapped,it really has a great Gretsch kind of tone. It's not thin and weedy at all. It's a very natural sound. More P90 than Fender.
The sustain is excellent. The note decay is smooth.
It's surprisingly comfortable to play,standing or sitting.

Awwww...Don't let me fall in love with another one!!

I built this one to sell.
Maybe if I build another one......

Cheers,PJ

[Fender_Punk]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

Very nice! I love the bookmatched flame.

But I gotta ask, how's the upper fret access?

[Pontiac Jack]

Re: Bo Deadly relic is alive!

But I gotta ask, how's the upper fret access?

If you've got stumpy,little,sausage fingers like me,you're in trouble!

Cheers,PJ