Gavs ES-2T Florentine

[lawry]

Hey Gav. Wish you lived closer. I would love to play some jazz on that. It's gorgeous.

[gavinturner]

@Max: yeah you gotta love that quilted maple veneer. Could have done more with it (popped it more) but it's looking ok as-is.
@Lawry: I imagine after bludgeoning my way through Smells Like Teen Spirit for the tenth time, the guitar is gonna wish you lived closer too!!

Cheers,
Gav.

[gavinturner]

hi guys,

Well, i left the neck clamped for 2 whole days. Is it long enough?? I hope so. The clamps are off now and the neck joint looks good. I was a bit worried that the angle of the neck looked too shallow, so I immediately attached the trapeze tailpiece with a couple of strings across the bridge (no posts) to see what the relief was like. The strings are still on the deck (but only just) with the bridge sitting like this. I'm hoping that with the bridge posts in there will still be some adjustment necessary, allowing a nice action to be achieved. I'm finding this 'not being able to shim' is a real ball breaker! Anyway I think it looks ok, but the bridge posts will be the kicker.



Yet another photo, and yet another different shade of cherry being shown. Hard to show you guys the real colour here. Always looks better in the photos!

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

well done Gav you must be proud of this build. Love the gloss factor. So another F hole wiring installation you've done one of these before ?

[Gavin1393]

Flippin Awesome....hope this end up in the compo....me like.....!

[gavinturner]

@Gav: thanks for the kind words!
@Wokka: yeah I've done a 335 before using the fish pipe method. Frustrating as hell!! Not looking forward to the wiring phase of this one .

Cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

if you have built a 335 then it should be easier 2nd time and pot distances look a bit closer to the F hole in this one. Is the input jack on the side about same place as a Les Paul ? Noticed its a long way to the pickup selector, might be a coat hanger job to get that far !

[Brendan]

Looking awesome here Gav - loving it!

[gavinturner]

@Wokka: yeah the 5mm aquarium pipe should see the pickup selector right (i hope!!). I've bought some shielded 4-core wire from Stewmac to help me wire the sucker.
@Brendan: thanks man. Here's hoping there isn't some last minute stuff up!

cheers,
Gav.

[Andyport]

That really does look beautiful Gav...what a lovely job you've done.

Been meaning to ask how do those GFS pickups sound? Have you tried any of their others as well?
Been looking through their extensive range, and for the money they look very tempting.
Especially for someone as musically challenged as myself :? it's not a lot to outlay to upgrade a kit.