outstanding looking guitar mate, is the body one piece - hard to tell it looks so good
outstanding looking guitar mate, is the body one piece - hard to tell it looks so good
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Outstanding build. Magic....
Beautiful. Heck of a flame on that neck too.
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Wow. That looks sensational. The way the front and back have been finished is very classy. And those individual pup surrounds really make this a sweet axe to look at. Very envious!
Couldn't agree more about those surrounds, the whole thing looks plush. Very nice job!/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on June 18, 2014, 08:30
Wow. That looks sensational. The way the front and back have been finished is very classy. And those individual pup surrounds really make this a sweet axe to look at. Very envious!
wow what a superb looking axe Kimball. By the looks of the end grain Stan its a 2 piece tasmanian blackwood blank that DB has done the body shaping and routing (I recognise the bench in the first pic), then Jarrod has shaped the tummy and elbow cuts, put binding on (good job Jarrod to bind with those angles created by the elbow tuck), then stained and clear coated it. Then its over to Kimball has organised the awesome pearl pup surrounds and other hardware, looks like a PBG maple neck.
Very classy looking axe, good to see a deep red stain works well on the tassy blackwood !
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Cheers Gavin, I've used Johns pickups before I had a pair made in the style of John Mayer , on a replica Strat I made . The sound was spot on considering I don't have John Mayers fingers. I have a pair of coil tapped humbuckers on another strat the versatility amazing. Precision bass pickups punchy great sound. John is very helpful just tell him what you want ,the sound your looking for he will do them for you. Time scale if he doesn't have in stock special orders 2-4 weeks. . As soon as I've got the neck finished and got it setup, I'll willingly send you sound demos or samples . But if you check out most the favoured guitar product or reviews sites he scores highly from clients .hes well known for his Mayer pickups and now has a great set of Hendrix style pickups. Which I look forward to buying n trying out .
Thanks
Kimball
Very nice looking guitar, Kimball
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
Hey Wokkaboy. Yep two piece Tasmanian Blackwood . The body needed lot of work regarding shape and had few problems with moisture content. Which was discovered in doing the various coats.The edge had slight mark . So I decided to get some binding on. Which hid the mark beautifully as stated previously Jarrod did a great job of spraying n fitting binding while body was in spray shop thanks again Jarrod.Wokkaboy it seems you know more about the binding and paint job than I do lol , I shall be removing the cameras from my man cave as of today lol.
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Kimball
Thanks Fretworn much appreciated
Kimball
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