Ganga Game-on

They Cut Them With Their Metal Knives
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Well, it has taken a while but sick children, flood warnings, roof-ripping Gales and general pestilence apart, I am finally going to start on the Ganga6 Jooky Jrs tomorrow, as well, it is about time and slightly overdue even by my standards.

And if you can't remember what these are, I won't be surprised or throw chalk at you, as I'm not sure I can really remember meself.

So from the top, the idea is to make six guitars that all have the same spec but stay utterly unique by having completely different finishes.


The Gangas are all based on a streamlined Tele body, some are alder others ash, and the back and sides will all be walnut stained which always looks rather good. I've listed the finishes before but they are all Jooky faves, rusty iron, corroded copper and bronze, Mother of Jooky pearl, paisley and gold leaf'd.

Each will have a single bridge pickup, one of Mr Mojo's finest Teisco-stylee Gold Foils, and some Mojo wiring for long-term uncomplicated and predictible motoring.

The necks are some lovely Strat ones that have already been levelled, frets polished, nuts cut and woody bits stained and Tru-oiled and waxed which is rather deevine, and may even boast tuners. I know, they have it all.

As for the rest, well the final Midget Gem in the jar is an especially made scratchplate which will set it off a treat.

I also mentioned before that these will be available to pre-order at a cheaper price and as it happens three have already gone, the Gold Leaf one, and two others that I can't remember at the moment and genuinely can't be arsed to look at, so if you do fancy joining the fray, it might be wise to give me a tinkle bell. £599 now or £749 later, I think I said. (Note to self, you'd better check).

So tomorrow, I start with the body staining. or fake tanning as it is known locally, as I look kinda like Jooky Essex by the time it is done and from there it is party on.

So anyway, the Ganga6, gammon.

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Thinking Junior

Well, other than everything I never finished in the old year, the new year will see a couple of customs (more on those later) and general sloth plus the top of the list for me in the little kingdom of Jook is to get the first set of Juniors together and out there in the form of my debut Ganga6.

As I'm sure you'll remember, the idea with these is to make a set of six guitars of one spec, but with different finishes. Each set will be different, but fun nonetheless.

As for my first Ganga6, it is going to be rather cool, with each guitar...

1. Being Tele shaped in a vaguely La Cabronita way

2. Having a Strattish neck

3. Having a Hard tail bridge

4. Boasting a rather cool and unique scratchplate you-cannot-buy-in-the-shops

5. Having a quite wicked Mojo Gold Foil pickup at the bridge

6. Hiding a groovy top notch Mojo wiring loom under the hood, and

7. Tuners and Strap Pins to taste

As for the finishes, well this is where it gets to be real fun, as each of the 6 will have a different one..so:

#0101 - Gold Leaf
#0102 - Rusted Iron
#0103 - Corroded Copper
#0104 - Corroded Bronze
#0105 - Time Stained
#0106 - Paisley

Each of these beauties will come in a lovely hard case with all the usual bobbins that I forget right now.

As for prices, they are likely to come in at a silly cheap £749 each, but for the first time we'll be taking pre-orders at a stupidererer £599 including delivery to your UK doorstep if you stump up before they are finished. It's over to you from there.

And when will these delights be done and dusted? The aim is to have them sorted by the end of March...

No, really. I promise.

And of course these are as ever total one-offs and will never be repeated, as that would be sooooo very boring.

The Ganga6, finally happening, I am so excited.

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Ganga Style

Well, The Lingering Honey one is hardening off, and hopefully will be together-again next week sometime. I've got something spesh likely for the scratchplate as a finishing touch which should be cool if it comes off.

So being a chap of little brain, I am wandering on to something else and hopefully getting on with the first Ganga6 of the Jooky Juniors.

I can't remember what I've said before, but the Juniors will be released in sets of six, each set having a different body shape, and each individual guitar having a different finish. It's a lot simpler than it sounds.

Anywaysup, the first run of these will be based on a Tele shape, though with more of a Les Paul Jr feel, as it will feature a single Mojo Gold Foil pickup at the bridge, a Strat neck, simplistic controls and again a groovily custom scratchplate, again if that comes off. I want these to be cut down, cheap and trashy yet exquisitely beautiful, so obviously I am the man for the job.

And more to the point, I have sorted the bodies and necks and everything else can follow from there.

I've become a leetle over-run with enquiries about Custms at the moment, which is nice yet perplexing, so apologies if I am a leetle slow on the replying or the uptake, come to that.

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Free The Ganga6

Well, one good thing about having nowt I can do at the moment is that I get to think a bit more...and today's thoughts have been thunk in a Junior kind of direction.

I mentioned (many times) before that as well as doing the posher Customs and Classics, I also wanted some cheaper plug 'n' play dirty and deep down guitars that will be hot sexy hot and fundamental fun - the Jooky Juniors.

I'm sure Paul Reed Smith feels the same way. (watch the comments, he is a regular reader, of course (ahem.))

But what I haven't sorted in my little brain is what these should be.

I know they will be a single pickup - maybe a P90, or more likely a Gold Foil or having played the Mojo Mosrite inspired pickup in The Sappho One, that too is a seriously cool option.

As for the necks, that I know too - initially something trad, later something more like home (it takes a while and I'm never good at waiting).

But the body, what will the body be like? You see I have all sorts of ideas, but can't choose between the blighters, and so I thought, well why should I?

So instead, I'm going to go for gangs of six (gangs of four would have sounded better, of course, but what the hell), and by that I mean that I will make six of one body shape and that will be that, and then the next time something different again. And these little Sixers, will all still be unique of course, each of the six will have a different finish and no doubt be groovy on it.

These will be:

1. Gold Leaf
2. Rusted Iron
3. Corroded Copper
4. Corroded Bronze
5. Corroded Aluminum/Copper
6. Paisley

And that will be fun, fun and a bit more fun. Wonder if I   can get the first Ganga6 done by Crimbulmus?

Would be kinda groovy...

La la laaaa