ratherdashing
Kablamminator
It all started with this thread:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=48351
That Les Paul brought back a lot of great memories for me. My grandfather (whose initials were GRP) owned a '62 Chrysler that he kept in his barn. It had a very cool colour that you don't really see on cars these days - a metallic light blue, which I have learned is called "Glacier Blue". In addition to the car, Grandpa owned an Anjo LP clone painted in the same colour, as well as a violin. I came to call this "Grandpa's colour", because as a child I identified it strongly with him.
My Grandpa was the only grandfather I ever knew (my mom's father passed away long before I was born), and I loved him dearly. He loved country and bluegrass music, and he used to "jam" with me and my sister when we were little. I would play the washboard while he sang and played that Anjo. When I got older and started playing myself, he would let me play the old thing. At the time I was more into classic rock/grunge (who wasn't back then?), but I managed to crank out some respectable blues licks on that Anjo through his solid state amp. It wasn't the greatest guitar technically speaking, but man did it have a cool vibe. It's one of those instruments that seems to magnetically attract you to it and want to play it.
When he passed away in February 2004, it was decided that the guitar would go to my uncle, because he wanted to learn how to play it. At first I was a bit pissed since I had such a deep history with it, but I realized the following things:
1. I already had two electrics at this point, both of higher quality than the Anjo, so it was pretty unlikely I would ever use it seriously.
2. I play left-handed, and this is a right-handed guitar
I told my father (who was in charge of the estate) not to put up a fight if Uncle Fred really intended to play it. I was given Grandpa's harmonica, and have been making a decent effort at learning that.
Anyway, I have recently come into some extra money, and I have been jonesing for a dual hum guitar for a while now. After seeing the thread posted above, I decided what I want to do: build a left-handed LP clone in the same vein as Grandpa's Anjo.
The specs I have decided on are in the next post.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=48351
That Les Paul brought back a lot of great memories for me. My grandfather (whose initials were GRP) owned a '62 Chrysler that he kept in his barn. It had a very cool colour that you don't really see on cars these days - a metallic light blue, which I have learned is called "Glacier Blue". In addition to the car, Grandpa owned an Anjo LP clone painted in the same colour, as well as a violin. I came to call this "Grandpa's colour", because as a child I identified it strongly with him.
My Grandpa was the only grandfather I ever knew (my mom's father passed away long before I was born), and I loved him dearly. He loved country and bluegrass music, and he used to "jam" with me and my sister when we were little. I would play the washboard while he sang and played that Anjo. When I got older and started playing myself, he would let me play the old thing. At the time I was more into classic rock/grunge (who wasn't back then?), but I managed to crank out some respectable blues licks on that Anjo through his solid state amp. It wasn't the greatest guitar technically speaking, but man did it have a cool vibe. It's one of those instruments that seems to magnetically attract you to it and want to play it.
When he passed away in February 2004, it was decided that the guitar would go to my uncle, because he wanted to learn how to play it. At first I was a bit pissed since I had such a deep history with it, but I realized the following things:
1. I already had two electrics at this point, both of higher quality than the Anjo, so it was pretty unlikely I would ever use it seriously.
2. I play left-handed, and this is a right-handed guitar
I told my father (who was in charge of the estate) not to put up a fight if Uncle Fred really intended to play it. I was given Grandpa's harmonica, and have been making a decent effort at learning that.
Anyway, I have recently come into some extra money, and I have been jonesing for a dual hum guitar for a while now. After seeing the thread posted above, I decided what I want to do: build a left-handed LP clone in the same vein as Grandpa's Anjo.
The specs I have decided on are in the next post.
