Electric Guitars

[GreatDane]

Malinoski Howlin' Moon #137

24-3/4" scale
24 frets Jescar 55090 @ 12" radius
Delrin nut @ 1-11/16"

Neck thickness @ 7/8" - medium "C"

Dual action truss rod and carbon fiber rods

Sperzel tuners
Tonepros bridge
P-90 pick-ups
single volume pot
single tone pot

Oiled Maple and Cherry neck w/ Padauk fretboard
Oiled reclaimed Douglas fir body

Weight - 6 lbs 13 oz 



This is a prototype for this model and has gone through some revisions before finalized, 
the Douglas fir is in no way perfectly flawless but the neck is my standard style and brand new,

it plays like a dream with some tremendous sustain.

I've had some questions about what Douglas fir is like;
this piece is a reclaimed roof rafter from a 1920s bungalow in my neighborhood,
it has splits and checks and old nail holes- none of which are structural issues.
It was probably over 100 years old 90 years ago and it is hard as a brick-
all the resin crystallized long ago and you couldn't drive a nail in it now if you wanted to.

Douglas fir is a conifer but it is not like pine, it is much denser and heavier even when fresh cut. 
Sonically, this old hard Doug fir exists somewhere between maple and ash, warmer than maple and brighter than ash. 

This guitar snorts and snarls with tremendous bloom and sustain- it's like a SG on steroids.

[D-28]

uh......YES!

But the body does look like it has flood damage.

[Mark Wein]

I was originally going to give that a "YIKES" but for some reason its starting to grow on me.

I might need to get that looked at

[BeanoBoy]

I wouldn't buy one but if it landed on my doorstep, I'd play it.

[jelloman]

Hot...love the Doug fir...but the body proportions look a little off to me...

[onerailunder]

Yeah, ummmm, no, and why does it look like it has two 1/4" dowels running all the way from the fretboard through the neck at the first fret?

[Pine Apple Slim]

I like the idea of fir, P90s, and cherry.
But not that one.
Make mine a reg ol Junior.

[A Happy Crowd]

I vote Hot. It has a really interesting shape - familiar yet different.

I wasn't really into the car pic on the bridge pup until I looked closer and realized it was a hearse. That kinda made it cooler.

[TeleFromHelly]

I don't even post here anymore but that thing is awesome

[yoganath]

Hi , I am a new person to this forum , from my self its not hot on february 6th.

[lz4005]

I have no idea why, but I dig it.

[w00dsy]

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TeleFromHelly wrote:

I don't even post here anymore but that thing is awesome

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yes you do

[PurpleTrails]

Fugly, but I bet it plays like a sumbitch.

[Malfunction]

I like most of it not the lower horn tho..

[Malcolm Ramone]

Ordinarily, I like old wood. But, this looks like a bad high school shop class project, imho! -Adam

[MephitBlue]

It's a cool concept, but I don't like how it turned out.  A better, or shall I say more traditional, LP shape with the same wood would look a lot nicer.

Still, good to see a company trying something like this.

[Belva]

I like it, but the Hearse has to go. Maybe good for someone playing, um, death metal?

[bjcarl]

Hot.

But also weird...it looks like one of those strange, custom fretless basses that fusion jazz/funk guys play...

[Jkater]

A few things i like, a few things I hate.