I agree with Frankie.
Nude looks better.
Cheers Waz
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I agree with Frankie.
Nude looks better.
Cheers Waz
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# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
+1 on that one.Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Make that +2 for no guard.
I'll be different and say I like the guard. Gives it that Explorer Jr vibe.
I don’t think the pick guard suits the pine grain finish. Maybe if it was a dark solid colour instead I’d change my mind because the pick guard does have a certain flare.
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
Thanks for the guidance and opinions. Yes Simon I was going for the Junior feel. I'm still undecided - and I do not want to drill holes yet! I may have enough black 3 ply to try a darker version.
I'll keep thinking.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
All the other acrylics are black so it would be a better fit.
cheers, Mark.
Sacrilege to hide any decent timber grain under a scratch plate.
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# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
Have you any transparent acrylic? maybe the best of both worlds?
Guns, Guitars, Bikes and Cars and the love of a good woman who allows me to indulge
Still unsure about the pickguard and waiting on some black 3 ply to arrive. It does not have to have one - I just thought it would be different.
So have completed the electrics, put on strings, set intonation etc.
I changed the placement of the strap buttons - the front is connected to the top outside of the neck backing plate (a suggestion from Simon B for my FBM-1), the bottom one is connected higher than the centre line (so it can keep it fixed in place on the guitar stand). Glad to say that she now does not nose dive.
Overall, much happier. The knots in the timber are filled with CA glue, the body edges are rounded, back plates are recessed, headstock matches better with shape and colour, and trialed a headstock logo.
It has a G brand Explorer Swamp Ash (from 2004) feel to it - weird that this was originally built in 1992.
The last picture is from 1992.
Last edited by Trevor Davies; 08-01-2021 at 11:03 AM.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1, TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1.
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
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