Recent content by Hodgo

From the king of guitar face

Nonsense, you just need to market it as small batch, artisanal finishes that cost $3k and have no lead times.

So friggin gorgeous. I get Morse Y2D vibes, but even better cause of all that Meadowhawky goodness. Can I order one from you??? When are you opening up your finishing shop??

I believe there is a Duesenberg wraptail that fits TOM posts, lemme see if I can dig it up Edit: had it saved https://store.duesenberg.de/en/hardware-parts/31/duesenberg-wrap-around-bridge-74mm-spacing

You are probably better off ordering a 59 and selling the existing, unmodified neck

I think rollers are fairly out of vogue, but maybe that’s just me. Seems like the hip offset folks are using Mastery or Belrok bridges.

I didn’t say the showcase is exclusively uggos! Just feels like custom orders get nice chunks of wood. Who knows. Maybe the truth is Warmoth only buys nice manager.

I did ask for extra light!

6lb 1.5oz assembled and it balances beautifully seated. The satin finish is so buttery.

Moving at @Spud speeds this weekend.

I have a feeling I’m going to like this D profile. I’ve started burnishing the canary and it feels like a nice medium chunky. I’m half tempted to go back a step and add an asymmetric carve and use the bottom flat transition as a “soft V” apex. Strings procured. Seemed like the obvious choice...

Pickup mounting - in this case I used 2-56 machine screws and press fit bushings. The pickups were lined up using playing cards as shims - these fit about 3 per side - and then I marked the mounting holes with a punch. Worked up to a 1/8” drill and eyeballed the depth, then a few taps to get the...

Hey am I crazy or does the menu no longer expand on mobile? I could have sworn before if I clicked on Guitar Bodies it gave me the top 20 with silhouettes as a sub menu

I don’t think it’s official but it feels like custom orders tend to get pretty consistently high quality wood picks and the uggos end up in the showcase.