Originally Posted by
Sonic Mountain
Thanks Col. I'm in two minds about selling it. It has a few imperfections, which are not dealbreakers, but its not quite the quality I want and would expect if i purchased it myself. The Deluxster is the same, probably a slightly better build, but not what I'm comfortable to sell.
My plan at the moment is to build one more of each shape, both with double humbuckers. The Deluxester in the same colour scheme and the Shoegazer in Black on Black using stain and satin poly. Those two will be the first offical for sale builds. I'm also thinking of just using the SMG logo on the headstock rather than the names I've invented.. will see.
I've been tinkering away with the Shoegazer this week. My fret install on this one is not as good as the previous and I've had a couple of bum notes and re dressing to do in a few spots. It's very close to being Ok now. I like the D profile, its a lot thinner than the Deluxester, but still pretty wide and meaty, which is what I prefer. The Queensland maple neck is so solid. Truss rod works great and if feels good in your hands.
I was getting pretty wild hum out of the neck pickup, so I pulled it all apart and shielded the cavities. I also re did all the wiring as it was still in standard oriention, just with the control plate flipped. I thought I'd grabbed a pic, but apparently not looking through my phone. I colour coded everything in black and white and tried to make it super tidy. I've been inspired by Woltz's wiring that looks so pro.
It's a lot better, but there is still a bit of single coil noise that I suppose is unavoidable. My little VOX pathfinder really brings out the worst in some guitars lol. My big Ross bass amp is much more forgiving.
I'll try and get a bit of a demo up over the weekend.