Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 15, 2017 Members Share Posted May 15, 2017 I've posted this on another forum, but thought I'd share it here too. Freeman, this may hurt your eyes. Last Thursday a real nice chap popped in my local open mic night. We were quite surprised when he took his guitar out to play..... to say the least!!!!! As the most eagle eyed of you will have noticed, this guitar isn't stock anymore. A few mods have been carried out by the owner, including shaving the internal bracing to the minimum to improve resonance, sanding the body free of lacquer for the same purpose, a few extra holes for volume control and mystery switch, and the owner played in D standard, and needed to adapt the bridge saddle placement for accurate intonation....... The headstock had been broken by the owner's dog who toppled it, and was fixed...... not particularly straight, but stable and solid, by the owner. All in all, the guitar looks like it's ready to become a fire starter, but it sounded great! The owner was a very tasty player too, and got some great blues going playing it - it was very absorbing!!!! Great player, a guitar with more stories than you could tell in one night, and a great few songs..... Good night had by all!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted May 15, 2017 Members Share Posted May 15, 2017 Rode hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted May 15, 2017 Members Share Posted May 15, 2017 I'll quit bitchin' about the stuff people bring me to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 15, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 15, 2017 what was it before he started improving it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2017 You can keep bitching. That one doesn't need fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2017 It was a 70s Korean made Hondo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted May 16, 2017 Members Share Posted May 16, 2017 And it still has the price tag on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 16, 2017 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2017 Ah Ah!!!! Either that or a recorded delivery label...... I reckon that's where its tone resides. The guitar would probably fall apart without it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted May 17, 2017 Members Share Posted May 17, 2017 Yup. Universal Picking Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted May 17, 2017 Members Share Posted May 17, 2017 Was that a home remedy cutaway? I love what he has done: doesn't give a damn about conventional wisdom or any of that, just has at it and against all odds, came up with a winner. Perhaps doesn't have to worry about anyone stealing his mongrel either. Brought to mind guitar JJ Cale used, where he just took the back off so could try all sorts of things out easily. Sorry, no link. Open mic at a bar might explain bar code.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 17, 2017 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2017 The cutaway shape doesn't look original, but I didn't think to look at it. I agree with you, every single mod in this guitar has been planned and thought through, with purpose in mind.It sure doesn't look great, but the owner gets exactly what he wants from it. I couldn't that to my own guitar, so all the more power to him. He clearly is a tinkerer, he had another contraption on the floor with half a tambourine to amplify a rhythm beat whilst playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted May 18, 2017 Members Share Posted May 18, 2017 The chewing gum on the top of the 17th fret as a pick holder is a MacGyver Achievement Award shoo-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted May 18, 2017 Author Members Share Posted May 18, 2017 The chewing gum on the top of the 17th fret as a pick holder is a MacGyver Achievement Award shoo-in. Yeah, that bit of blue tack made me chuckle when I saw it. Doesn't look great, but serves a purpose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Well then... it really couldn't get any worse now, could it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 That thing looks even more beat up than Willie Nelson's guitar Trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted May 19, 2017 Members Share Posted May 19, 2017 "what was it before he started improving it?"A guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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