koldo2552´s ES-3 (The WorkHorse)

Really nice, an axe to be proud of - one for GOTM!

Outstanding build, looks great

Great job on the burst man. She looks amazing.

cheers,
Gav.

one of the nicest bursts I've seen. It has a real aged look with out being reliced....aged and looked after :)

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Originally Posted by koldo2552

Well, I´ve been busy last days but the guitar is already screaming!
After a little fretwork, installing electronics, Tusq nut and a nice adjustment today i plugged the guitar into one of my amps and all i can say is that it worth all the effort.
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So, the guitar is the ES-3 kit with:
- Grover Mini rotomatics
- Tusq XL nut
- Tonerider Alnico II Classics
- Dimarzio Pots and Allparts/CTS pots with push pull for coil split
- Mallory 150´s caps
- Switchcraft connectors
- Piezo disc working as contact mic
- Stock bridge
- 11-48 strings

Nice action, nice tuning, it´s very confortable, very easy to play with.
Played unplugged it is a warm sounding guitar, not a lot of volume but more than expected. Plugging the piezo output gives a nice acoustic sound. I can imagine myself gigging an acoustic set list with it without any problem. It needs a litlle bit of EQ, but i made a preamp for acoustic instruments and i can use it.

But the real deal comes plugging it into a good amp. I´ve been testing it with my last made amp, it´s based on the ´57 5E3 tweed deluxe with some mods. What can I say... I´m impressed. Tone rider pickups are absolutely amazing. They give a fat, warm and full of harmonics sound. Low output, i´ll say that they are between powerful singles and my other gibson´s 498/490 set. Vintage voiced... You can get warm Jazzy sounds (it´s supposed to be a jazz box), bluesy, rockabilly... while playing clean. But if you crank the amp, you immediately get into 60´s and 70´s rock. Think about Led Zeppelin, Free... Well, very close to that vintage Les Paul sound. Less sustain than a Les Paul of course, but it´s surprisingly good with overdriven sounds.

I know that those guitars are for jazz, but i don´t play jazz (i wish i could)... so this one is going to be used for alternative rock, indie, pop-rock and acoustic stuff. That was the original idea, a guitar that can be used for everything from clean to rock and all in-between sounds with the plus of the piezo disk... A workhorse.

I´ll make a video-demo of it, but this week i´ve got a gig with my band... maybe next week.

Looks great for all your hard work, the next one wont be long coming along, lol

Really nice, well done!

Great result! Both in Sounds and looks.

These are great fun guitars, I cant stop playing mine. And the Toneriders are brilliant.

One thing to watch out for is that tail piece. Mine bent and caused a few problems. Details in my old post:
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...l=1#post118394

What a cool guitar. Well done

Thank you all!

And thank you enikoy, i´ll be watching the tail piece just in case. I´m using 11-48, your is with 12-52... hope it does´t bend like yours, if it does, i´ll change it for a better one... I´m thinking about changing the bridge too, but it´s working, so i´ll think about in the future.

Hello!

Here it is, the demo. Testing the pickups, the piezo and a litle mix without bass guitar.

https://youtu.be/eiSPIvCIjIE

Hope you'll enjoy it.