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Mmmmmmmmmm......I'm bloated...
I love the opposites... :icon_biggrin:
I love the opposites... :icon_biggrin:
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Reminds me of a buddy's guitar, which he had custom made from scratch...
Over time, he collected up chunks of interesting wood and once he thought he had enough, took it all to a local luthier along with a drawing and some instructions/wishes. All told, it took that guy a couple years to build it. It's not obvious from the picture, but that neck is 9 layers wide and comprised of curly maple, ebony and purpleheart. The rays on the back are inlaid walnut. The pickup rings I think are also purpleheart, surrounding some kind of active EMG pickups. The body is solid curly; that's not just a top. The "Gizmo" character is inlaid wood intarsia, and he's juggling "Linde Stars", which are a type of artificial sapphire.
Over time, he collected up chunks of interesting wood and once he thought he had enough, took it all to a local luthier along with a drawing and some instructions/wishes. All told, it took that guy a couple years to build it. It's not obvious from the picture, but that neck is 9 layers wide and comprised of curly maple, ebony and purpleheart. The rays on the back are inlaid walnut. The pickup rings I think are also purpleheart, surrounding some kind of active EMG pickups. The body is solid curly; that's not just a top. The "Gizmo" character is inlaid wood intarsia, and he's juggling "Linde Stars", which are a type of artificial sapphire.
The maker of the guitar is on the project guitar forum, he does some of the craziest builds.Jusatele said:I actually was referring to the style, that F hole so calls out for that classic Jazz look.DangerousR6 said:Yes, most definitely a trapeze tailpiece would be in order, but not an arch top. They make tailpieces for flat tops too. :icon_thumright:Jusatele said:Dangerous, I am thinking a Archtop style tail piece with a Archtop TOMDangerousR6 said:This is kinda cool, the dark tele shape on the upper portion is actually an F-hole, if you will...Kinda unique...
would look really good with that sound hole and give it a real jazz meats tele look.
you may need to angle the neck to get that to work, but it would be sooooooooooooooo kewl and different. real tasty
I have just ordered my Tele body last weekend, that would have stopped me.
It is a must do I think, If you do not, I may next year.
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does he have a website?reinhold said:The maker of the guitar is on the project guitar forum, he does some of the craziest builds.Jusatele said:I actually was referring to the style, that F hole so calls out for that classic Jazz look.DangerousR6 said:Yes, most definitely a trapeze tailpiece would be in order, but not an arch top. They make tailpieces for flat tops too. :icon_thumright:Jusatele said:Dangerous, I am thinking a Archtop style tail piece with a Archtop TOMDangerousR6 said:This is kinda cool, the dark tele shape on the upper portion is actually an F-hole, if you will...Kinda unique...
would look really good with that sound hole and give it a real jazz meats tele look.
you may need to angle the neck to get that to work, but it would be sooooooooooooooo kewl and different. real tasty
I have just ordered my Tele body last weekend, that would have stopped me.
It is a must do I think, If you do not, I may next year.
Not that I know of, but his username there is the same as his ebay name, you could try to join and private message him there.DangerousR6 said:does he have a website?reinhold said:The maker of the guitar is on the project guitar forum, he does some of the craziest builds.Jusatele said:I actually was referring to the style, that F hole so calls out for that classic Jazz look.DangerousR6 said:Yes, most definitely a trapeze tailpiece would be in order, but not an arch top. They make tailpieces for flat tops too. :icon_thumright:Jusatele said:Dangerous, I am thinking a Archtop style tail piece with a Archtop TOMDangerousR6 said:This is kinda cool, the dark tele shape on the upper portion is actually an F-hole, if you will...Kinda unique...
would look really good with that sound hole and give it a real jazz meats tele look.
you may need to angle the neck to get that to work, but it would be sooooooooooooooo kewl and different. real tasty
I have just ordered my Tele body last weekend, that would have stopped me.
It is a must do I think, If you do not, I may next year.
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Don't know if W or SweetW does it, but the change the "i" to an "a" in the sweetH20 part link if opening.
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More of that annoying autocensor: it's changing a naughty word for the female genitalia into "twit." As in swee TWA Ter.
Also, $3499 for the dinky charvel in the link? YHGTFKM (you have got to be f&*king kidding me).
I mean, it's purty and all, but gimme a break! This is why Warmoth exists - to counteract such lunacy:
Also, $3499 for the dinky charvel in the link? YHGTFKM (you have got to be f&*king kidding me).
I mean, it's purty and all, but gimme a break! This is why Warmoth exists - to counteract such lunacy:
bagman67 said:More of that annoying autocensor: it's changing a naughty word for the female genitalia into "twit." As in swee TWA Ter.
Also, $3499 for the dinky charvel in the link? YHGTFKM (you have got to be f&*king kidding me).
I mean, it's purty and all, but gimme a break! This is why Warmoth exists - to counteract such lunacy:
RIght right I would never buy that thing, but im just giving Charvel points for getting that custom. Normally a company puts a different colored pick guard or different pickups in it and calls it "custom" and slaps the 3.5k price tag on it.
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Charvel does make some killer custom shop stuff, but nowhere near worth wat they are asking for them..You're just paying for the Charvel name and the word "custom shop"... :dontknow:
The only reason they intrigue me is I had a similar idea floating in my head about doing a soloist in walnut and canary, long before I'd seen any of the Charvel's... :icon_biggrin:
The only reason they intrigue me is I had a similar idea floating in my head about doing a soloist in walnut and canary, long before I'd seen any of the Charvel's... :icon_biggrin:
