Recent content by Hodgo

Oh yeah I didn’t articulate that well… I mean to say that particular rear rout doesn’t follow the hips of the Tele as cleanly. I’m a big fan of the concept - here’s a render I designed a few years back for the ultimate Tele/SG hybrid, except I rendered it with Hamer style controls.

I don’t think the Tele has wide enough hips to support the exact same orientation

When the Thinline was released Fender actually referred to it as semi-solid in their advertisements. It was also routed out from the back, not the front, and had a cap of wood placed over the back. This is also how Paul F Bigsby did it on the Merle Travis guitars. In the same era Gibson’s...

It just moves the problem to the other side sadly. In the meantime, some weird strings I ordered

Duncan has a great comparison of all of their PAF flavors here: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/a-guide-to-seymour-duncan-paf-pickups I have played the Seth’s, the Antiquities, the Jazz/JB hotrodded combo, and the 59s. They’re all great, I’d recommend the Seth Lovers for what...

Ostensibly that would be an all maple (core and top) Mooncaster with all the controls except the lower horn toggle, humbuckers, TOM bridge, ivoroid binding. Mahogany Hombre neck with rosewood or ebony fretboard and trapezoid/split/block inlays and again ivoroid bindings Gibson 57 Classic neck...

Wellllll this doesn’t quite fit right. I think I can dremel out a little room near the jack hole to slot this in sideways, but I might just go with a straight switch.

You’re the marketing guy, surely you have a pitch I mean have you recorded a Set Neck vs Bolt On video? Gibson vs Warmoth? How about a video comparing the various chambering options? I bet you have years of video topics in the hole you need a Gibson reference for If all else fails say “Hodgo...

Thanks for this info. On an unrelated question, what do you think the answer is to “how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” Like… 2500 woods? 3500 woods? As I said totally unrelated

To be honest - they might be too rich for my blood as well for something that isn’t quite how I’d have spec’d it - particularly the pickup choices and the inlays. There is a price point where that compromise would be intolerable for me. But I’m absolutely in love with the Northern Lights over...

If someone buys forktail or petaltail before I get a chance I may lose all interest in eating

That came off threatening… if you don’t ill just cry and buy a KNS

You better send me a PM 2 minutes prior to posting

That’s my fear - that he burned through the insulation and shorted the inner signal wire. It can be, but it also can dramatically cut down on shielding requirements. Still not the best solution in 2026, just tradition. The trick is to always always pre-tin the braid and the pot. @Stewart1983 I...

I wasn’t sure how a KNS would look without indulging in the typical metal/shredder tropes of black hardware, exposed bobbins, etc. This is gorgeous. Reads as something EBMM might do, an evolution of the Sabre or something.