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| A rusty back. Probably better than a hirsute one |
Once that is good and solid we'll be ready to start putting it together. Well, assuming the rest of the parts arrive sometime soon.
I'm really looking forward to hearing Jess Loureiro's take on the original Broadcaster/Nocaster pickups. If his P90 is anything to go by - and attention to detail-wise I'm expecting it to be - they should be a real treat.
Not that I'm missing having a Tele to play, since the Sick One left me...
Honest.
I've been having a bit more of a ponder about The Iceblink One, and I'm coming around to the idea that it might be nice to put a Jaguar single coil in it, although obviously some kind of P90 is my natural response. Everything I've read suggests that a fretless will lack a bit at the top end, tone-wise, so I'm thinking something a bit more trebly might be a good idea to counter balance it.
Not that I know, of course, until I give it a go.
In other news, I've finally organised another router (after all previous disasters), which should arrive in a week or so, along with a dedicated table thing. In the longer term I'll hopefully get around to making a couple of bodies, but initially I think it will be mainly used for enlarging pickup holes so that I can fit soapbars in them and making the odd scratchplate here and there. Assuming I can work out how to turn it on, that is.
But to The Gypsy One, la la laaa.
2 comments:
Looking good! As I type this, I'm looking over the top of the laptop at the Gypsy One's older brother, the equally rusty Porn Shop One. Just love the rust! Also, love the weird shape of your fretless project - any idea of it's pedigree? I don't recognise the profile at all.
Heh Chris
Hope you are looking after my baby there... I was (pining) looking at fotos of her last night, and it brought a lump.
The Gypsy is probably the most battered wreck of a guitar I've ever done - what yours would have been like if I had been, honester.. You'll see what I mean soon anyway.
The Offset thing I know nothing about. The chap I got it from said he believed it was sycamore, but other than that he was as clueless as me. The shape vaguely reminds me of something but I can't think what. Looking at it though, I'm guessing it is hand made and perhaps an 'unfinished project' somebody did. It has some nice touches though... All good stuff :)
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