From the top then:
1. The Old Burny One
This is just waiting for me to remember which wires go where and then it should be done.
Soldering.
Today.
Really.
I have to say this has turned out better than I hoped, just mad curious to hear what old Bill Lawrence was doing when he was at Gibson for such a short time.
2. The Drip Dry One
Another that is turning Odyssey-like, I've finally decided on the pickups.
At the neck will be an old favourite, an IronGear Alchemist 90 P90. Lovely.
At the bridge is a bit of a gamble. It is an American small-hand-winder pickup which is meant to be Hot PAF like. Quality is meant to be similar to Bare Knuckle and sound similar to their Emerald, but we shall see. It is made by M Pire anyway, but I can't find out much about them beyond that. Other than that I've gone for some aged Kluson tuners, a Wilkinson Bridge and a splatted rust finish over the beautiful mahogany body. Should be a Rocker, methinks.
3. The Bye Bye Buy One
I mentioned the other day that I'd got an old '70s DiMarzio Super Distortion, and naturally that should go nicely with a Kent Armstrong Hot Lipstick.
Curious in a big way about this one, and I am still loving the finish...
The only real question is when will the pickups arrive
La la la
4. The Porn Shop One
Red Cedar Telemaster body, maple/maple Tele neck, Bare Knuckle Boss bridge pickup and a hidden '70s Gibson mini-humbucker under the hood.
Can't wait in truth... Mucho rustiness.
I'm refusing to start this one until I've caught up on the precious three.
Well, so I say now anyway.
I might just rustify the body,
it can't hurt.
And there we are.
After those I literally have nothing left to do. Simon at Fusion is going to do me a Teardrop body, and maybe something more Rickie shaped, but they are down the road somewhat. Until then, I think I'm going to be looking for a Firebird of some kind to defile. Time will tell though...
4 comments:
Wow they all look good - Sadly I'm still paying off purchases for my wife - but when(if) I get solvent again The Old Burny On is right up my street (to quote Cheryl cole :S ). I kind of like the look of the Grecian 201 One too - The choice of pickups being very interesting, especially if I have an excursion into 60s jangly pop like I want to.
The Futuristic One is rapidly becoming my favourite live guitar - classic sounds - easy/fun to play looks amazing.
I'm off to buy some lottery ticket :(
Ah well, you will buy that lady TVs, you only have yourself to blame :)
The Old Burny One is under the iron now, well, once it warms up a bit, so hopefully more on that later. If I do it right...
Glad The Futuristic One is earning it's corn, mind. The Grecian 201 I've been playing this morning. It has a lovely neck on it, quite big for a Strat though, sort of '70s-like really. The pickups are nice though, with a bit of fuzz they sound massive.
Heh ho
Firebird type of guitar you say ???
Keep me in the loop :-)
That box-o-bits you sent me , I have put together a guitar for my mum (whos learning). Hopefully I'll get to wire that up for the weekend, to take to portugal next week. I'll email you a photo mate .
But definatly keep me in the loop over the firebird , I have allways wanted one :-)
Heh Dickinstein
That's cool - hope she likes it :)
Yeah, I'll let you know.. I'm just short of body, neck, pickups...well all of it, as it happens. Time to get mooching...
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