I was killing time on watch by listing my stuff and what I want to do to it when I realized I have a problem. GAS hasn't been much of a problem lately, and here's why:
Jay Turser JT-139T (natural):
I just wanted one. Comfy player but I've already spent too much on it. CTS/Switchcraft everything, direct-mount Nashville bridge, added master volume, custom P90s. It's fun but I'll probably send it on down the line.
Dean Firebird (black):
Originally an 81 E'lite made into a Firebird. Mahogany body/neck/ebony board. WCR Fillmores, brass Jackson TOM, stop bar.
History Jazz bass (natural):
Fujigen house brand, all stock. Ash body, maple neck/board w/binding, split blocks. B/T/Vol/Blend.
74 Gibson Ripper (natural):
Dimarzio humbucker/BLUSA L500XL(really). You'd be surprised how good a bass pup that can be.
Seagull Mini Jumbo (natural):
Um...it's nice, I guess. For an acoustic.
92/93 Dean ML carved top (trans blue):
Chandler ghost build, super thick mahogany body/quilt maple cap, mahogany neck, ebony board. Bill Lawrence L350s. Weird look but awesome player and tone. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
30s Kalamazoo Oriole (gnarly old):
Oh-so-screwed up by my granddaddy. When he died, I had the sides and top repaired so it's playable. It still has the pencils he carved into bridge pins!
82 Greco EX800B (black):
To capitalize on the popularity of The Runaways, Greco sold this copy of Lita Ford's Hamer Standard. It was spraypainted or something and then partially cleaned off. It looks like utter crap but I plan on just keeping it that way. Stone stock. Ash body, mahogany neck(I think). HUGE frets on rosewood. Trapezoid inlays.
Charvel Legend (white pearl):
MIJ Super Tele look with Tele tone. Reverse pointy maple neck w/rosewood. Stock Tele/Strat
pups. Alder body? It's all the Tele I'll ever really need and plus: it's weird. I like that.
80 Dean ML Standard (black):
Mahogany/mahogany/ebony. Original Super Ds with one rewound coil on the bridge. Vol pot replaced as the original siezed the day I bought it. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
81 Dean ML Standard (white):
Same but with X2N and hs crack repair. It looks cleaner than the other but there's just something about it that doesn't feel as good to my hands, though I'll keep screwing with it. It might need a level. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
81 Dean Z Flame (black):
A bit beat but with plenty of life left in it. Mahogany/mahogany/rosewood. Right now running Wilde L500XL/Dean Nostalgia but I'm not really feeling it. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
Dean Czech Caddy (trans blue):
Fantastic guitar but needs a fret level and new nut. RD Ugly Americans pups, old brass Jackson TOM, Fretsonthenet brass pup rings (black). Thin mahogany body/maple cap/mahogany neck/ebony. Slick guitars.
Outside (with the old pups)
77 Ibanez 2630 (antique violin burst):
Pretty much a carbon copy of a 335 but with a bunch of upscale stuff. Flame maple top/sides/back, 3pc maple neck, ebony, abolone/MOP blocks. Right now running gold 85/81 combo but not feeling it. The stock brass/bone nut is a binding, plinking POS. Needs a new nut and a level.
KxK V6 prototype (pearl white):
Mahogany/Mahogany/rosewood neckthrough. OFR, 85/81, PA2 booster. Slick player with the thinnest neck profile I've ever held. GodDAMN it's fast but I wish it had bigger frets.
Washy Culprit (black):
Basswood/Maple/rosewood. OFR, CTS, Dimarzio X2N/Fred, SS 6000 frets. Not digging the pups. I need more brightness. It's a monster and can open giant beer bottles. Bonus!
Funky Munky Washburn 333 maple Blackjack proto (black):
Mahogany/maple/maple board. Black dots. Schaller Floyd. Dean Baker Act/SD 59. Killer player but I think the super-thick poly is choking the resonance. I'd like to strip it to see what's under there but I probably won't. The run never happened so this is the only maple-necked Blackjack around.
Hondo 2 Les Paul Custom copy (wine red/half stripped):
One of the oddball setnecks. Solid ash body/maple neck/rosewood. Thinner body than Gibson. Super comfy player. Refretted with 6000s, Schaller tuners, Gotoh bridge, CTS, X2N/Super D. You wouldn't believe this is a Hondo. I NEED to get it refinished and reassembled.
09 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro (tobaccoburst):
Square ear Super D/Dimarzio PAF. Stock electronics tossed for CTS. God, I love this guitar. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
73 Gibson Les Paul Custom (black):
Ex-Kahlered and filled by RS. Fantastic player with great big refret frets and Ibanez Super 70s pups. I think I'll put the Pat #s back in when I get back home and play it, as-is. This is, without a doubt, my pride and joy.
93 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus (some custom color that looks like wine red, to me):
X2N/Super D but will be 498T/490R soon enough. Amateur refret that plays ok but looks bad, ABR on some kind of conversion posts. I want to get it properly refretted and a Faber Tone Lock ABR with adapter posts. It's one hell of a player. I didn't like it much initially but it grew on me like a mofo. It's probably my best playing LP.
74 Les Paul Signature (tobaccoburst):
Stone stock oddball full-hollow model with low impedance pups. It's a cool guitar but I'll probably let it go. It does rock like a mofo but I just bought it because it was different and I had the money at the time.
86/87 Burny Les Paul Custom RR thing (white):
Mahogany/maple cap/mahogany/super-dark rosewood. From what I've read, the actual split diamond hs inlay makes it an 86/87. Aside from the board, you'd think it was the real deal. It already HAS the Faber Tone Lock and was was really turned me onto them. The stock pups blow but a CC/59 set are going in there. It could use a level and a new nut.
97 Hamer Korina Vector (natural):
The one that got away...then came back via Tattooed Carrot. Limba/limba/rosewood. JB/59, Faber Tone Lock on the adapter posts. Goddamn...perfect.
08 Hamer Korina Vector (natural):
The one I ordered to replace the other one except with Dunlop 6000s, 59/59, and tortoiseshell plastic. Another keeper. WANT Faber Tone Lock and adapter posts and it'll be as perfect as the other one.
Kaufman EN-V (trans green):
Spec'd out from the 97 Vector but mahogany/mahogany neckthrough with a maple center strip and cocobolo board. The only V ever made by the brother of KxK's owner, it's proven itself bulletproof. Nitro checking, chips, and huge frets. Dean Flathead/A2 Nostalgia but they're getting changed out...with something I don't know yet.
04 Hamer Standard Custom "The Punisher" (trans black):
Mahogany/mahogany/super flamed maple/ebony with Punisher skull inlays by Ron Thorn. 81/60. This will stay stone stock, forever. Awesome player but that's not why I bought it. It's just cool.
89 Gibson V90 (white):
Trashed. Disgusting hs repair. I'm probably going to strip the parts and ebay it as a project. Totally beat and probably not worth fixing.
Burny 67 V copy (faded cherry):
Super badass guitar. Faded cherry as in sun faded, not halfassed. Big, zero angle neckjoint like the 70s versions, mahogany/mahogany/rosewood with a fat volute and stubby hs. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was the real thing. BBQ bucker/Armstrong Vintage. CTS/Switchcraft everything. This is the only guitar I ever refretted myself, using KxK's shop. Even with all those tools and all that help, I'm never going to do it again. What a PITA.
I don't know exactly why I can't leave well enough alone, but there it is. Feel free to post your projects, no matter how big or how small...
Jay Turser JT-139T (natural):
I just wanted one. Comfy player but I've already spent too much on it. CTS/Switchcraft everything, direct-mount Nashville bridge, added master volume, custom P90s. It's fun but I'll probably send it on down the line.
Dean Firebird (black):
Originally an 81 E'lite made into a Firebird. Mahogany body/neck/ebony board. WCR Fillmores, brass Jackson TOM, stop bar.
History Jazz bass (natural):
Fujigen house brand, all stock. Ash body, maple neck/board w/binding, split blocks. B/T/Vol/Blend.
74 Gibson Ripper (natural):
Dimarzio humbucker/BLUSA L500XL(really). You'd be surprised how good a bass pup that can be.
Seagull Mini Jumbo (natural):
Um...it's nice, I guess. For an acoustic.
92/93 Dean ML carved top (trans blue):
Chandler ghost build, super thick mahogany body/quilt maple cap, mahogany neck, ebony board. Bill Lawrence L350s. Weird look but awesome player and tone. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
30s Kalamazoo Oriole (gnarly old):
Oh-so-screwed up by my granddaddy. When he died, I had the sides and top repaired so it's playable. It still has the pencils he carved into bridge pins!
82 Greco EX800B (black):
To capitalize on the popularity of The Runaways, Greco sold this copy of Lita Ford's Hamer Standard. It was spraypainted or something and then partially cleaned off. It looks like utter crap but I plan on just keeping it that way. Stone stock. Ash body, mahogany neck(I think). HUGE frets on rosewood. Trapezoid inlays.
Charvel Legend (white pearl):
MIJ Super Tele look with Tele tone. Reverse pointy maple neck w/rosewood. Stock Tele/Strat
pups. Alder body? It's all the Tele I'll ever really need and plus: it's weird. I like that.80 Dean ML Standard (black):
Mahogany/mahogany/ebony. Original Super Ds with one rewound coil on the bridge. Vol pot replaced as the original siezed the day I bought it. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
81 Dean ML Standard (white):
Same but with X2N and hs crack repair. It looks cleaner than the other but there's just something about it that doesn't feel as good to my hands, though I'll keep screwing with it. It might need a level. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
81 Dean Z Flame (black):
A bit beat but with plenty of life left in it. Mahogany/mahogany/rosewood. Right now running Wilde L500XL/Dean Nostalgia but I'm not really feeling it. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
Dean Czech Caddy (trans blue):
Fantastic guitar but needs a fret level and new nut. RD Ugly Americans pups, old brass Jackson TOM, Fretsonthenet brass pup rings (black). Thin mahogany body/maple cap/mahogany neck/ebony. Slick guitars.
Outside (with the old pups)
77 Ibanez 2630 (antique violin burst):
Pretty much a carbon copy of a 335 but with a bunch of upscale stuff. Flame maple top/sides/back, 3pc maple neck, ebony, abolone/MOP blocks. Right now running gold 85/81 combo but not feeling it. The stock brass/bone nut is a binding, plinking POS. Needs a new nut and a level.
KxK V6 prototype (pearl white):
Mahogany/Mahogany/rosewood neckthrough. OFR, 85/81, PA2 booster. Slick player with the thinnest neck profile I've ever held. GodDAMN it's fast but I wish it had bigger frets.
Washy Culprit (black):
Basswood/Maple/rosewood. OFR, CTS, Dimarzio X2N/Fred, SS 6000 frets. Not digging the pups. I need more brightness. It's a monster and can open giant beer bottles. Bonus!
Funky Munky Washburn 333 maple Blackjack proto (black):
Mahogany/maple/maple board. Black dots. Schaller Floyd. Dean Baker Act/SD 59. Killer player but I think the super-thick poly is choking the resonance. I'd like to strip it to see what's under there but I probably won't. The run never happened so this is the only maple-necked Blackjack around.
Hondo 2 Les Paul Custom copy (wine red/half stripped):
One of the oddball setnecks. Solid ash body/maple neck/rosewood. Thinner body than Gibson. Super comfy player. Refretted with 6000s, Schaller tuners, Gotoh bridge, CTS, X2N/Super D. You wouldn't believe this is a Hondo. I NEED to get it refinished and reassembled.
09 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro (tobaccoburst):
Square ear Super D/Dimarzio PAF. Stock electronics tossed for CTS. God, I love this guitar. WANT Faber Tone Lock ABR and adapter posts.
73 Gibson Les Paul Custom (black):
Ex-Kahlered and filled by RS. Fantastic player with great big refret frets and Ibanez Super 70s pups. I think I'll put the Pat #s back in when I get back home and play it, as-is. This is, without a doubt, my pride and joy.
93 Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus (some custom color that looks like wine red, to me):
X2N/Super D but will be 498T/490R soon enough. Amateur refret that plays ok but looks bad, ABR on some kind of conversion posts. I want to get it properly refretted and a Faber Tone Lock ABR with adapter posts. It's one hell of a player. I didn't like it much initially but it grew on me like a mofo. It's probably my best playing LP.
74 Les Paul Signature (tobaccoburst):
Stone stock oddball full-hollow model with low impedance pups. It's a cool guitar but I'll probably let it go. It does rock like a mofo but I just bought it because it was different and I had the money at the time.
86/87 Burny Les Paul Custom RR thing (white):
Mahogany/maple cap/mahogany/super-dark rosewood. From what I've read, the actual split diamond hs inlay makes it an 86/87. Aside from the board, you'd think it was the real deal. It already HAS the Faber Tone Lock and was was really turned me onto them. The stock pups blow but a CC/59 set are going in there. It could use a level and a new nut.
97 Hamer Korina Vector (natural):
The one that got away...then came back via Tattooed Carrot. Limba/limba/rosewood. JB/59, Faber Tone Lock on the adapter posts. Goddamn...perfect.
08 Hamer Korina Vector (natural):
The one I ordered to replace the other one except with Dunlop 6000s, 59/59, and tortoiseshell plastic. Another keeper. WANT Faber Tone Lock and adapter posts and it'll be as perfect as the other one.
Kaufman EN-V (trans green):
Spec'd out from the 97 Vector but mahogany/mahogany neckthrough with a maple center strip and cocobolo board. The only V ever made by the brother of KxK's owner, it's proven itself bulletproof. Nitro checking, chips, and huge frets. Dean Flathead/A2 Nostalgia but they're getting changed out...with something I don't know yet.
04 Hamer Standard Custom "The Punisher" (trans black):
Mahogany/mahogany/super flamed maple/ebony with Punisher skull inlays by Ron Thorn. 81/60. This will stay stone stock, forever. Awesome player but that's not why I bought it. It's just cool.
89 Gibson V90 (white):
Trashed. Disgusting hs repair. I'm probably going to strip the parts and ebay it as a project. Totally beat and probably not worth fixing.
Burny 67 V copy (faded cherry):
Super badass guitar. Faded cherry as in sun faded, not halfassed. Big, zero angle neckjoint like the 70s versions, mahogany/mahogany/rosewood with a fat volute and stubby hs. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was the real thing. BBQ bucker/Armstrong Vintage. CTS/Switchcraft everything. This is the only guitar I ever refretted myself, using KxK's shop. Even with all those tools and all that help, I'm never going to do it again. What a PITA.
I don't know exactly why I can't leave well enough alone, but there it is. Feel free to post your projects, no matter how big or how small...
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