jerryjg
PinkElephantologist
Some of you all may have seen this guitar in a different incarnation.Once I had the body for sale, believing it was basswood, but now am pretty confident that its a Alder body with flamed maple cap. The neck has been switched around on some other of my home brews.
Well, I'm pleased as punch to present you the guitar as was instructed by me to build from on high ( well from *being high anyway).
Bridge is a vintage brass block bridge with vintage Dimarzio brass saddles ( which the saddles kind of soften and round it up and whether thats good is debatable, but part of the reason they are there is cosmetic).
The wiring was done part Vintage Cloth and part extension of short leads with plastic wire. It has Hoviland Music cap Boutique capacitor, and all CTS pots. The pickups are Duncan APS-1 bridge, Five-Two Middle and Custom Shop '54 neck.
The Neck is a Warmoth Fat slab real dark rosewood board radiused neck with a bit of birdsye and just a great neck . The frets have just been levelled and polished. The neck has a real slight twist which makes the low e buzz but only due to the fact i love my action as low as humanly possible, and will even live with some buzz cause of it.
I added some black pearl UFO metal knobs, which i believe look nicer than the all black pearl knobs, and accentuate the real MOP dots on the neck. I also added black Sperzels to complete the blackout look, as well as black strap end pins and a black neckplate( but warmoth sent two wrong size screws so youll see two silver screws on the back till i can get two more black ones. I also have a black input jackplate/cup on the way which should look a whole lot better than the chrome .The tremolo plate cover is ebony stained real Maple wood.
Im really very happy with the action on this axe. I doubt I'll ever change it up or get rid of it, and i think its pretty much done .
The guitars sounds great, it does play really well now with the action very low as is my preference. Here she is fellas;
Well, I'm pleased as punch to present you the guitar as was instructed by me to build from on high ( well from *being high anyway).
Bridge is a vintage brass block bridge with vintage Dimarzio brass saddles ( which the saddles kind of soften and round it up and whether thats good is debatable, but part of the reason they are there is cosmetic).
The wiring was done part Vintage Cloth and part extension of short leads with plastic wire. It has Hoviland Music cap Boutique capacitor, and all CTS pots. The pickups are Duncan APS-1 bridge, Five-Two Middle and Custom Shop '54 neck.
The Neck is a Warmoth Fat slab real dark rosewood board radiused neck with a bit of birdsye and just a great neck . The frets have just been levelled and polished. The neck has a real slight twist which makes the low e buzz but only due to the fact i love my action as low as humanly possible, and will even live with some buzz cause of it.
I added some black pearl UFO metal knobs, which i believe look nicer than the all black pearl knobs, and accentuate the real MOP dots on the neck. I also added black Sperzels to complete the blackout look, as well as black strap end pins and a black neckplate( but warmoth sent two wrong size screws so youll see two silver screws on the back till i can get two more black ones. I also have a black input jackplate/cup on the way which should look a whole lot better than the chrome .The tremolo plate cover is ebony stained real Maple wood.
Im really very happy with the action on this axe. I doubt I'll ever change it up or get rid of it, and i think its pretty much done .
The guitars sounds great, it does play really well now with the action very low as is my preference. Here she is fellas;
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