Members Elias Graves Posted December 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2011 I'll probably show the work here and start a new thread when it's complete. The pickups are coming from Ken at Rose Pickups. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 27, 2011 Members Share Posted December 27, 2011 I'll probably show the work here and start a new thread when it's complete. The pickups are coming from Ken at Rose Pickups. EG Cool. I'm looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mediocreplayer Posted December 27, 2011 Members Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hollowness on the right: (eh, on the top, I am too lazy to rotate ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2011 Cool. I'm looking forward to it! Me, too!Going to cut the pickguard tonight. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 A rough cut pickguard. Still needs shaping, but coming along. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 A rough cut pickguard. Still needs shaping, but coming along. EG Good, clean, sharp work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 My lefty semi-hollow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Good, clean, sharp work. It's tedious work. Beginning to take shape... EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cbh5150 Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Very classy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Beginning to look like a pickguard... EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks. The walnut is difficult to carve. It's hard stuff! EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Did you get a free bowl of soup with that strap? Just kidding. I found a couple old straps of mine that are equally gaudy that I have been using lately. You just don't see them anymore, but in like 1980 that was all they had at the store. I had one that was double width and purple, blue, black and brown. Hideous. I wish I could find that one. My lefty semi-hollow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 I have one of those and it is awesome sauce. I can't tell but it doesn't look like you have a spacer under the bridge pickup. i put one under mine and raised the pickup up where it is supposed to be. I also screwed the polepieces way up to get some more highs. I keep wanting to get the beefier spring for the bigsby. Over time, mine has just gotten a little flaccid. I think I put a penny under mine when I first got it to stiffen it up, but it seems to have fatigued lately. still a great guitar. I really lucked out. My wife bought it for me online. If i have to take a twin pick uphollow, it will deff be this here Epi ES-295 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 It's tedious work. Beginning to take shape... EG Nicely colored piece of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Nicely colored piece of wood. It's wet in the pic so it stands out. I think I'll ebonize it and see how it looks. If it doesn't look right, I'll go with gloss black. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members meandi Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Ma lil '69 gibson J-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 28, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Would EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DavidMgT Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 A few more pics of my Newport - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 I received this this morning. It is a Ibanez AF55. It's quite nice for a basic jazz box. Nothing fancy. It's just a really nice full hollow body. I'll probably swap out the pickups at some point. Gibson 57 classics would work well in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pascal Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Nice! Love the finish on this one...Before you swap the pickups, remove the foam from under the bridge: it should already make a significant difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 29, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Pickguard is as complete as it's gonna get until I have pickups. Turned out pretty good. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted December 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 31, 2011 The pickguard is shaped, ebonized and has one coat of clear Defthane on it now. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted January 2, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2012 Time to test. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted January 2, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 2, 2012 It works! Yay. The pickup is real close to a P90 in sound. Maybe not quite as much mids, but it's a nice fat single coil. It's just a hint microphonic, which sounds killer with the hollowbody. With the still unfinished pickguard. One more quick spray, then I can install that tomorrow. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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