Marcel's ES-1TL

[andrewdosborne]

Nice job Marcel. For my ES, the acoustic volume increased vastly when I upgraded to Gotoh tuners, bridge and saddle

[Marcel]

Don't get much chance of going to the shed and working on my builds when the grandkids come to visit.

Had the 2yo grandson most of this morning playing on the tiny drum kit we bought for him so he could make noises like his dad does on his electric kit....The grandson also has a plastic toy LP guitar that makes wicked guitar solo noises and squeals which he also loves to dance and play with while he is here at Opa's and Nonna's house. His Mum told him to put it away as they were going home, so he put it back in its box and put it away saying "I love you" to the toy LP as he walked out of the room.... Yes, we set the good example of looking after our instruments, take care of them and put them away but we were all amazed as none of us ever say things like that in that way... It will be interesting to see with this little guy what happens in the next few years.....

[Dedman]

LOL, what a cool lil dude!

[dave.king1]

very cool, got the sticks going hard in the first shot

[Fretworn]

My son wore out one of those kits when he was that age. He's now 19 and an exceptional drummer.

[Marcel]

Yep, the wife is pretty keen on giving the grandson as much musical exposure as possible. Good to know Fretworn that our efforts have every chance to eventuate into something...

I've been reading some others build diaries, and the issue of mounting a B7 style trem has often been mentioned.

When I was fitting my B7 style trem I noted that there would be nil support under the crossbars if the B7 was to lay flat against my ES-1TL body. The only way I found to achieve the required support was to raise the 'hinge' so that the two mounting screws holes were hard against the body thus eliminating any need for wedges or shims.

The arrangement in the photos allows reliable and full 'dive bomb' pressure to be applied to the trem without any 'creaks' or 'groans' from the ES body.

[Marcel]

Was surfing the net the other day and by chance discovered that the colour of this ES-1TL build is very close to an actual Gibson colour.... Georgia Green....

I can live with that sort of happen-stance coincidence....

[Simon Barden]

I thought it was a sweet Georgia Brown?

[wazkelly]

I thought it was a sweet Georgia Brown?

Could be if you were colour blind (red/green deficient).

[Adam Barnes]

I like it looks great6