GAS Alert!!!!

DangerousR6 said:
Got some black korina and rosewood gas.... :eek:
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I just picked up on this thread, and noticed your post. I bought this body in July, and happened to have chosen a pretty similar looking neck to your choice as well. The body was clear-coated and routed SSS and vintage tremolo, plus an additional output rout for an XLR jack. I designed a custom pickguard shape and had it made by Terrapin in clear acrylic. The neck is a quartersawn maple Warmoth Pro, with a Unique Choice Bubinga fingerboard (picked to match the 'orange' body streaks, which are really more of a light brown color), abalone dot inlays, Earvana nut and Gold Schaller tuners. I put in Lindy Fralin Split Blade pickups (Vintage winding), which are fabulous. I finished the build (my first!) several weeks ago. The guitar is a dual-topology (stock and a secret-sauce proprietary stereo design) prototype of mine. That explains the extra controls, which I expect some to express distaste for. I'm a recording engineer by profession though, and if I may say so myself, the stereo sound is killer, and unlike any stereo electric anyone has ever done to the best of my knowledge. Here's a photo of how it came out. It's somewhat overlit directly from above, by halogen lamps, which makes the light color in the body pop much more than it does in more normal lighting. Click on it to see a bigger image (anyone know why it's not coming up big to begin with?):

 

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Ted Spencer said:
DangerousR6 said:
Got some black korina and rosewood gas.... :eek:
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I just picked up on this thread, and noticed your post. I bought this body in July, and happened to have chosen a pretty similar looking neck to your choice as well. The body was clear-coated and routed SSS and vintage tremolo, plus an additional output rout for an XLR jack. I designed a custom pickguard shape and had it made by Terrapin in clear acrylic. The neck is a quartersawn maple Warmoth Pro, with a Unique Choice Bubinga fingerboard (picked to match the 'orange' body streaks, which are really more of a light brown color), abalone dot inlays, Earvana nut and Gold Schaller tuners. I put in Lindy Fralin Split Blade pickups (Vintage winding), which are fabulous. I finished the build (my first!) several weeks ago. The guitar is a dual-topology (stock and a secret-sauce proprietary stereo design) prototype of mine. That explains the extra controls, which I expect some to express distaste for. I'm a recording engineer by profession though, and if I may say so myself, the stereo sound is killer, and unlike any stereo electric anyone has ever done to the best of my knowledge. Here's a photo of how it came out. It's somewhat overlit directly from above, by halogen lamps, which makes the light color in the body pop much more than it does in more normal lighting. Click on it to see a bigger image (anyone know why it's not coming up big to begin with?):
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Dude, that's awesome, I think the all rosewood neck would have been killer, and you need a few more switches and knobs.... :icon_biggrin:
 
Dude, that's awesome, I think the all rosewood neck would have been killer, and you need a few more switches and knobs.... :icon_biggrin:
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Thanks Dangerous! I've been thinking about asking you to do a custom neck plate for me : )

The knobs and switches...yeah...lots of 'em! But like I said, it's 'dual topology'; so first and foremost, all the familiar Strat controls are there, in the normal locations (see the pic), so the guitar can work as a dead-stock instrument (with the little silver switch near the bottom flipped toward the neck) whenever desired, through a standard mono output jack. In that mode, all the extra (stereo mode) knobs and switches are out of the picture. Throw the switch the other way and the 'stock' controls are out, with the others doing the job in stereo, outputting to the XLR.

In use, it's much less complex than it looks due to the either/or control layout - only one set is in play at a time.

And it makes *really* cool tones in stereo : )

I'm showing it this month privately to some of my pro guitarist friends/clients here in NYC, then I'll see about unleashing it on the unsuspecting public ;)
 
Ted Spencer said:
Dude, that's awesome, I think the all rosewood neck would have been killer, and you need a few more switches and knobs.... :icon_biggrin:
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Thanks Dangerous! I've been thinking about asking you to do a custom neck plate for me : )

The knobs and switches...yeah...lots of 'em! But like I said, it's 'dual topology'; so first and foremost, all the familiar Strat controls are there, in the normal locations (see the pic), so the guitar can work as a dead-stock instrument (with the little silver switch near the bottom flipped toward the neck) whenever desired, through a standard mono output jack. In that mode, all the extra (stereo mode) knobs and switches are out of the picture. Throw the switch the other way and the 'stock' controls are out, with the others doing the job in stereo, outputting to the XLR.

In use, it's much less complex than it looks due to the either/or control layout - only one set is in play at a time.

And it makes *really* cool tones in stereo : )

I'm showing it this month privately to some of my pro guitarist friends/clients here in NYC, then I'll see about unleashing it on the unsuspecting public ;)
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Cool, sounds like a sweet set up...Just shoot me a pm when you want a plate.... :icon_thumright:
 
Ted Spencer said:
you need a few more switches and knobs.... :icon_biggrin:
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Thanks Dangerous! I've been thinking about asking you to do a custom neck plate for me : )
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Something like this perhaps?
 

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Tiny picture, but this got my wheels turning:
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Hmmm jazzmaster body w/o the crippling bridge.
 
If I ever get around to doing another, I'll definitely keep the jazzmaster body in mind - I never knew it was available with more traditional hardware & routes, so I never gave it a second thought.  I already know that next W will likely be a Baritone, tuned down a whole step, probably hardtail SSH. But I might need to come up with something cool to do with that upper bout toggle option. Even if its something dorky like a mood light that changes based on an accelerometer.
 
swarfrat said:
I already know that next W will likely be a Baritone, tuned down a whole step, probably hardtail SSH.
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this sounds pretty close to what i've been plotting in my mind. except i'm planning a "surfcaster" with lipstick pickups in the SSH configuration.

swarfrat said:
I might need to come up with something cool to do with that upper bout toggle option. Even if its something dorky like a mood light that changes based on an accelerometer.
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that's the best idea i've heard in a long time
 
sorry, couldn't help putting this up on the 101st page.
 

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B3Guy said:
sorry, couldn't help putting this up on the 101st page.
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i love those! before i had really though hard about a warmoth i almost bought a buddy guy body to put a partsocaster together with. a red with white polka dot body with a black pickguard, black pickups, and black knobs...
 
Hijack but I have been pondering an accellerometer based two axis wah for some time.
 
bagman67 said:
Am I the only guy who thinks the cheapest body in the entire showcase would look ridiculously bad-ass with a black/green/yellow dragonburst?
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You're not the only one.  I like the weird beauty of some pieces of poplar. It's like that metaphorical girl next door, who looks beautiful in her own way.
 
i love some of the more "flawed" imperfect pieces of poplar. i think it's a really cool look! i was actually a little disappointed to see that the back was just plain boring poplar :-\
 
can you get different colors? or just the classic green?  :blob7:

(what would be really awesome is if it was clear in normal lighting, but glowed in the dark. so you could put it over any finish, and it would look like, say, a black-red-yellow burst strat in daylight, but as soon as the lights go out . . . WHAM!!)
 
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