Holy dooley, this is shaping up to be a tough month. Seriously awesome axes here. Not a stinker among them.
Holy dooley, this is shaping up to be a tough month. Seriously awesome axes here. Not a stinker among them.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
I wouldn't say no stinkers. Mine smelled like rusty vinegar for a couple days... The guitar and the apartment...
sure it was worth the smell Ken !
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
OK, with some trepidation, I am throwing my hat into the ring, so to speak. Constructive comments welcome. Let me add I haven't had this much fun, even when frustrated with non working capacitors, fret buzz and other things, get in your way, for a very long time. This guitar has been very much a journey for me. But the best bit of advice I got from this forum was that "There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins...". This really got me through. Thanks DB. Now for the guitar - it does have mods ie:BJM kit, trem weight and pick guard from Guitar Fetish and small parts from eBay ie:string tree and silver knobs, plus Entwistle pickups along with DB clear neck finish, bought proudly from the Pitbull website. Now, I hope I just got the right photosPS: Intonating was especially fun - what a surprise it was to Adam rocking out on the TL-1!
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I think I have about 14 guitars on my to-do list...
nDR01d
And here's the headstock detail...FYI - It's a swan head.
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I think I have about 14 guitars on my to-do list...
nDR01d
Love the color and the antiquing on the finish. And that hardware is sick!
Nice one nDR01d and subtly reliced. Like the headstock!
Current Projects
#Planning 5 String Bass
Is that "Red Special" wiring nDR01d?
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
nice work droid, some cool customs bits, love the neck plate and you need to tell us more about that wiring!
Stan's LP Build for my Sister: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3146
Benson Pickup Strat mod: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5229
Epiphone LP headstock fix: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3410
Martin Backpacker Repair: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=5038&page=3
'57 Harmony Jazz guitar project: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=2972
Fretworn and Stan, yep. That's right, BHM = Brian May wiring (although I think my finger slipped and hit the J next to the H key in the original description). It was a rather large bite to chew on for my first build let me tell you. But in the end, with tips from a few of the gurus (looking at you Wokka, Stan and esp. Rabbitz) I was able to get the thing making some noise. =D It sounds so beefy just on a clear channel, and then you flick a few switches and she sounds like it's made of (dare I say - Bohemian) crystal.
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I think I have about 14 guitars on my to-do list...
nDR01d
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