Gecko 5 small - black / flame maple

[mothman]

Hey y'all. Here's my latest Warmoth build for your viewing pleasure.

Here's a run down of the specs first:

Body
- Extra light swamp ash
- Black gloss finish

Neck/board
- Flame maple/flame maple, clear gloss finish.
- Graphite rods
- Ebony scoop
- Rosewood laminates
- Stainless steel frets
- 1 7/8" black corian nut

Electronics
- Nordstrand MM5.2 pickup
- Nordstrand 2B-MM preamp
- 3 way rotary switch series/parallel/rear coil

Hardware
- Hipshot Ultralite tuners, chrome
- Hipshot A style bridge 17.5mm spacing, chrome
- Knobs, jack plate and strap buttons, chrome

...and now the pics.

 

[bagman67]

Beautiful. Simple, elegant, and bad-ass.

 

[Updown]

Wowza indeed  :headbang:

I love Black, and man is that Black    .... love it !!
Killer looking neck too.

Great work.

Beautiful. Simple, elegant, and bad-ass.

Yep sure is.  :icon_thumright:
That would look great next to your Tuxedo Tele Mr Bagman  :icon_biggrin:

 

[SustainerPlayer]

You got some classic looking thunder there mister. 

 

[Jack Michaelson]

Nice!

 

[tubby.twins]

Very nice.  I hadn't thought of painting or covering the heel scoop on the neck for an all-Maple neck.  Interesting!  It almost looks like it isn't there at all. 

 

[mothman]

Thanks for the comments.

Here's another pic of it alongside my G5.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I never would have imagined an opaque color being so elegant, but that is indeed!  Very Slick!!

 

[greywolf]

tres elegante

 

[Dolando]

So subtler...lovely!

Can I ask what postion your music man pickup is in?

Cheers.

 

[mothman]

So subtler...lovely!

Can I ask what postion your music man pickup is in?

Cheers.

I know you already know Dolanda but for future reference - it's in the sweet spot.

cheers