Snake Aces
Singlecut Slut
You know it, I had to roll the dice!!
I recently sold my 2004 Gibson LP Studio because there were a ton of things about Gibson that started to really get on my nerves. Let's just say their methods and care can be... shall we say flawed and stubbornly traditional at times??
Anyway, I decided to take this nice angled strat neck I've had from Warmoth for the past 6 months now and turn it into something better than the MIM strat it was on. Again the neck is unfinished Wenge with a Ziricote fretboard, 24 3/4" conversion with the 59 roundback profile. It was a real star on the MIM, that's fo sho! (You can hear it on the song "the Tease" if you follow the link in my sig)
I missed my LP shape, just not the whole Gibson part too much after I sold it. What to do? Order a LP built to my specs of course... from Warmoth simply because NOBODY else offers them as bolt-on's (even though it's a brilliant idea!).
So I ordered an unfinished hollow Black Korina LP and got to work. Here we are now at 80% completion and I couldn't be more excited!! (I'm waiting for my new humbucker choices to arrive which are, of course, both duncans as well as the Wenge volume and tone knobs).
HSH: 59 neck, STK-S4 middle, Alnico II pro bridge with coil splits (push-pull volume).
The finish? I wanted to make it look old and vintage. I had my eye on the vintage mahogany LP studio's gibby was making for a while until I played one and realized I would never spend money on one. I still think they looked great though so I used that as inspiration and got to work!!
I thought the Joe Strummer Tele was looking way too overly forced and manufactured as far as the whole relic/aged thing goes so I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to do this...but alas... I did and I couldn't be happier!! It's a translucent Olive green and the pics don't really show it but the grain does show through a ton on the back and if the top did have a grain... it'd show though. Sadly I kind of got a White Korina lookin piece of Black Korina on the top... so on with the non-oil based staining it was!! Several coats of satin poly seal it all in for me. Regardless I chose Korina for the tone, not the looks.
BTW, she sounds incredible through the STK-S4!! I can't wait to hear the buckers, especially that 59!! Oh glory, I might convert to christianity when I hear the godly hollow Korina/59 marriage!
I love my Warmoth J basses so I guess I shouldn't have expected this idea to flop, but I had some doubts... they were quickly put to rest!
I recently sold my 2004 Gibson LP Studio because there were a ton of things about Gibson that started to really get on my nerves. Let's just say their methods and care can be... shall we say flawed and stubbornly traditional at times??
Anyway, I decided to take this nice angled strat neck I've had from Warmoth for the past 6 months now and turn it into something better than the MIM strat it was on. Again the neck is unfinished Wenge with a Ziricote fretboard, 24 3/4" conversion with the 59 roundback profile. It was a real star on the MIM, that's fo sho! (You can hear it on the song "the Tease" if you follow the link in my sig)
I missed my LP shape, just not the whole Gibson part too much after I sold it. What to do? Order a LP built to my specs of course... from Warmoth simply because NOBODY else offers them as bolt-on's (even though it's a brilliant idea!).
So I ordered an unfinished hollow Black Korina LP and got to work. Here we are now at 80% completion and I couldn't be more excited!! (I'm waiting for my new humbucker choices to arrive which are, of course, both duncans as well as the Wenge volume and tone knobs).
HSH: 59 neck, STK-S4 middle, Alnico II pro bridge with coil splits (push-pull volume).
The finish? I wanted to make it look old and vintage. I had my eye on the vintage mahogany LP studio's gibby was making for a while until I played one and realized I would never spend money on one. I still think they looked great though so I used that as inspiration and got to work!!
I thought the Joe Strummer Tele was looking way too overly forced and manufactured as far as the whole relic/aged thing goes so I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to do this...but alas... I did and I couldn't be happier!! It's a translucent Olive green and the pics don't really show it but the grain does show through a ton on the back and if the top did have a grain... it'd show though. Sadly I kind of got a White Korina lookin piece of Black Korina on the top... so on with the non-oil based staining it was!! Several coats of satin poly seal it all in for me. Regardless I chose Korina for the tone, not the looks.
BTW, she sounds incredible through the STK-S4!! I can't wait to hear the buckers, especially that 59!! Oh glory, I might convert to christianity when I hear the godly hollow Korina/59 marriage!
I love my Warmoth J basses so I guess I shouldn't have expected this idea to flop, but I had some doubts... they were quickly put to rest!
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