Members Freeman Keller Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 A couple of years ago a friend asked me to build him a special guitar. He wanted an acoustic that looked like an ES-175 but didn't have the pickups. And it had to be red. Oh, and it had a couple of special features.... I got a call from him this morning asking if he could bring the guitar by - it needed strings and he wanted me to check it over. Here it is back on my work bench [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"redguitar2.jpg","data-attachmentid":32219626}[/ATTACH] And here is what he was driving when he pulled up to the shop [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"Redcar.jpg","data-attachmentid":32219627}[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 Ahhhh, that explains how he can afford the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 Nice! How has the guitar settled in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 hmmm i always wondered how this sound, without a soundhole. can it produce some volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 F holes? F as in Ferrari... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 Very cool guitar ... and car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 I was expecting the colors to match... I'm sooo disappointed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted May 3, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 Yeah, you would think Ferrari could have done better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Grant Harding Posted May 3, 2018 Members Share Posted May 3, 2018 You should offer to do a burst on his Ferrari! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted May 4, 2018 Author Members Share Posted May 4, 2018 Nice! How has the guitar settled in? The guitar has settled very nicely. Geometry is still spot on, action is good but I'll tweak it slightly, no dehydration issues. Still plays and sounds like I remember hmmm i always wondered how this sound, without a soundhole. can it produce some volume? This guitar was a complete experiment - it has characteristics of an archtop and a flat top, but looks like a lami top. I was totally winging it when we built it and was really wondering what it was going to sound like. The best I can say is that it sounds like a little archtop - that same quick attack and decay, mostly fundimentals, strong but not boomy bass, pretty well balanced. The f-holes still let air move in and out of the box - nothing says the hole has to be one round one in the middle. I had a very simple X brace (again, copied from an archtop) - the floating bridge means the top is driven more as a piston and less rocking. I guess what I'm saying is that I don't know why it sounds good, but it does. Now if you want to hear something that really sounds good, that little red car at 8000 rpm just runs shivers up your spine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted May 6, 2018 Members Share Posted May 6, 2018 I was expecting the colors to match... I'm sooo disappointed! No doubt would also need the Ferrari horse proudly displayed on the guitar as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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