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What feels like a lifetime ago, I built a guitar with my then-business partner and I took it along to the NAMM show 2015. I was invited to go to the SD Factory with my friends from the blog (who here doesn't love forum member Mincer? No? Shame on you
) and I brought along this axe. It was what I felt like was the apex of my skill. It features a solid rosewood neck, ebony fretboard, maple top on a white korina core, tremolo, 2 p90's and a humbucker. GOD this axe had it all. Except for decent looks. Hey, man, hindsight is always 20-20.
So, a while ago a friend of mine asked for a guitar and I had nothing left for him, so I opted to either refinish an oldie or make him one. I opted for the latter, to be honest, but not after I noticed this axe needed a LOT of work to get it fairly OK. I stuck to my guns, however, and completed this project. What I would do differently?
- not do this complicated finish on a completed guitar.
Not much beyond that.
I lacquer a guitar and glue in the neck afterwards; that's my current process. I simply didn't know how to do that back then.
I also decided to thin the body 5 millimeters, use hybrid gold/black hardware, premium electronics and my 'signature' wiring. Plus, three humbuckers. The added difficulty of routing those in where p90's used to exist was an sacrifice well worth it.
The bridge pickup is a pegasus/customcustom hybrid, the neck is a pearly gates/59 hybrid. Middle is a stock albeit split JazzN. I completely filled the voids in the top and finished the guitar black first. Then I added the gold/purple chameleon burst and splatter, filled that with 2K, then the purple/green chameleon 'binding' and finished that off in 1K. Sand, polish, assemble. Done.
I truly hope you appreciate the effort.
What feels like a lifetime ago, I built a guitar with my then-business partner and I took it along to the NAMM show 2015. I was invited to go to the SD Factory with my friends from the blog (who here doesn't love forum member Mincer? No? Shame on you
) and I brought along this axe. It was what I felt like was the apex of my skill. It features a solid rosewood neck, ebony fretboard, maple top on a white korina core, tremolo, 2 p90's and a humbucker. GOD this axe had it all. Except for decent looks. Hey, man, hindsight is always 20-20. So, a while ago a friend of mine asked for a guitar and I had nothing left for him, so I opted to either refinish an oldie or make him one. I opted for the latter, to be honest, but not after I noticed this axe needed a LOT of work to get it fairly OK. I stuck to my guns, however, and completed this project. What I would do differently?
- not do this complicated finish on a completed guitar.
Not much beyond that.
I lacquer a guitar and glue in the neck afterwards; that's my current process. I simply didn't know how to do that back then.
I also decided to thin the body 5 millimeters, use hybrid gold/black hardware, premium electronics and my 'signature' wiring. Plus, three humbuckers. The added difficulty of routing those in where p90's used to exist was an sacrifice well worth it.
The bridge pickup is a pegasus/customcustom hybrid, the neck is a pearly gates/59 hybrid. Middle is a stock albeit split JazzN. I completely filled the voids in the top and finished the guitar black first. Then I added the gold/purple chameleon burst and splatter, filled that with 2K, then the purple/green chameleon 'binding' and finished that off in 1K. Sand, polish, assemble. Done.
I truly hope you appreciate the effort.
Otherwise I really like it!
And nop, no name. Wouldn't know what to name it!
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